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Old December 18th 10, 08:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Frank Whiteley
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On Dec 18, 10:23*am, jsoar wrote:
However Orville may have invented the "sport" of gliding:

"In 1911 Orville Wright returned to the Kill Devil Hills with a new
glider."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Glider

I wonder what the story behing that was.

jsoar


http://vintagesailplane.org/documents/soaring100.pdf