[45] Aërial Locomotion, A. G. Bell, Washington Academy of Science, March 4, 1907.
[46] The Wrights in 1910 adopted the rear horizontal and vertical rudder, thus returning to the design of their predecessors.
[47] On July 18, 1905.
[48] These glides were abandoned as too dangerous and roundabout, in favor of direct tentative flights with a motor.
[49] Falling weights pulling a cord that accelerates the aëroplane at starting.
[50] Present Status of Military Aëronautics, Journal of the American Society of American Engineers, December, 1908.
[51] On September 18, 1906, Montgomery received a U. S. patent on an aëroplane having curved wings and three-rudder control, the Wright brothers having on May 22, 1906, received a patent on an aëroplane having normally flat wings and three-rudder control.
[52] The daring aviator escaped without a scratch, but his propeller and running gear were damaged slightly.
[53] This was an official record, but Brookins had flown 4939 feet high, at Indianapolis, on June 17th.
[54] This record was made with an uncalibrated barograph, and hence was unofficial and unaccepted as a world’s record.