Orville Wright section When I am shot out

When I am shot out

" he is quoted in The New York Times in 1905

unframed or with black framing

reaching an arc of about 75 feet

sometimes just missing one of the big arc lamps at the top of the arena

Orville Wright section When I am shot outIn 1903, the Wright brothers took flight in a machine of their own creation. The Times first wrote about Wilbur and Orville Wright's "box kite machine" about a week later. "They claim they have solved the problem of aerial navigation, and have never made a failure of any attempt to fly," The Times reported on Dec. 26. It was a number of years later, in October 1911, that Orville was photographed setting a world gliding record of 9 minutes and 45