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He published his findings in a series of articles in Chanute was too old to fly himself, so he partnered with younger experimenters, including Chanute corresponded with many aviation pioneers, including Chanute was in contact with the Wright brothers starting in 1900 when Wilbur wrote to him after reading Chanute freely shared his knowledge about aviation with anyone who was interested and expected others to do the same, although he did encourage colleagues to In 1978, the U.S.
When he retired from his railroad career in 1883, he decided to devote some leisure time to furthering the new science of aviation. 8. During his career he designed and constructed the United StatesChanute also established a procedure for pressure-treating wooden railroad ties with an antiseptic that increased the wood's lifespan in the tracks. In 1996, the National Soaring Museum honored the 100th anniversary of the glider flying experiments in the sand dunes along Lake Michigan as National Landmark of Soaring No. Octave Chanute began his training as a budding civil engineer in 1848. Chanute first became interested in aviation after watching a balloon take off in Peoria, Illinois, in 1856. Postal Service commemorated Octave Chanute with a pair of 21-cent airmail stamps. ...let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but good into the world; that it shall abridge distance, make all parts of the globe accessible, bring men into closer relation with each other, advance civilization, and hasten the promised era in which there shall be nothing but peace and good-will among all men.Young, David M., "Chicago Aviation: An Illustrated History", Northern Illinois University Press, Dekalb, Illinois, 2003, Library of Congress card number 2002033803, As a way to track the age and longevity of railroad ties and other wooden structures, he also introduced the railroad Chanute retired from the Erie Railway in 1883 to become an independent engineering consultant. Applying his engineering background, Chanute collected all available data from flight experimenters around the world and combined it with the knowledge gathered as a civil engineer in the past.