(Fred the Red Shirt) wrote:

Mary Shafer wrote in message . ..
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:26:22 GMT, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:

I've also heard that the Wright brothers attempted to fly again in
Ohio in the spring or summer of 1904 and couldn't get off the ground.
Again the difference in elevation and temperature would be enough
to explain that.

Maybe they should have gone up to Toledo, Sandusky, or Cleveland and
flown off Lake Erie in January....

More likely the lack of consistent onshore winds. You can get a decent
onshore breeze off Lake Erie during the summer, but not the consistent
15-25 kt. onshore winds they needed to assist their takeoff.


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