SOARING 100 celebration OCT 2011 / record flight by Wrights

[Burt Compton - Marfa]

OCTOBER 22-24, 2011. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA
Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Orville Wright's record
soaring flight of 9 minutes 45 seconds in 1911 at Kitty Hawk.

Location: Wright Brothers National Memorial and First Flight Airstrip
at Kill Devil Hills, NC. Hang soaring and paragliding at Jockey's
Ridge State Park Nag's Head, NC, about 3 miles south.

Three Days of soaring exhibitions, exhibits, seminars, history, youth
activities and final celebration of one of the landmark early soaring
flights that marks the beginning of sustained soaring as we know it.

The fall 2011 SSA Directors meeting will convene during SOARING 100.

Go to vintagesailplane dot org for more details on this event.

[Frank Whiteley]

On Oct 24, 8:42*am, Burt Compton - Marfa > wrote:
> OCTOBER 22-24, 2011. * Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA
> Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Orville Wright's record
> soaring flight of 9 minutes 45 seconds in 1911 at Kitty Hawk.
>
> Location: *Wright Brothers National Memorial and First Flight Airstrip
> at Kill Devil Hills, NC. Hang soaring and paragliding at Jockey's
> Ridge State Park Nag's Head, NC, about 3 miles south.
>
> Three Days of soaring exhibitions, exhibits, seminars, history, youth
> activities and final celebration of one of the landmark early soaring
> flights that marks the beginning of sustained soaring as we know it.
>
> The fall 2011 SSA Directors meeting will convene during SOARING 100.
>
> Go to vintagesailplane dot org for more details on this event.

This is a good opportunity to publicize soaring locally also. Perhaps
your soaring organization would consider an open house, 'record-
breaking' flights (breaking Orville's record that is), and maybe group
photos. Invite the local media. See also http://www.firstflightfoundation..org/soaring100.html

Frank Whiteley

[Gary Osoba[_3_]]

On Oct 24, 8:37*am, Frank Whiteley > wrote:
> On Oct 24, 8:42*am, Burt Compton - Marfa > wrote:
>
> > OCTOBER 22-24, 2011. * Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA
> > Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Orville Wright's record
> > soaring flight of 9 minutes 45 seconds in 1911 at Kitty Hawk.
>
> > Location: *Wright Brothers National Memorial and First Flight Airstrip
> > at Kill Devil Hills, NC. Hang soaring and paragliding at Jockey's
> > Ridge State Park Nag's Head, NC, about 3 miles south.
>
> > Three Days of soaring exhibitions, exhibits, seminars, history, youth
> > activities and final celebration of one of the landmark early soaring
> > flights that marks the beginning of sustained soaring as we know it.
>
> > The fall 2011 SSA Directors meeting will convene during SOARING 100.
>
> > Go to vintagesailplane dot org for more details on this event.
>
> This is a good opportunity to publicize soaring locally also. *Perhaps
> your soaring organization would consider an open house, 'record-
> breaking' flights (breaking Orville's record that is), and maybe group
> photos. *Invite the local media. *See alsohttp://www.firstflightfoundation.org/soaring100.html
>
> Frank Whiteley

Al little trivia:

The site record was not broken for many decades. Despite several years
of intensive hang gliding instruction on the dunes in the early 70's,
HG performance had not yet reached a stage where it was practical to
soar for very long on the small vertical relief found there. However,
on Thanksgiving Day of 1974 one of the instructors on site unpacked a
new design called a "Thermal Shark"- it featured higher aspect ratio,
lower wing twist, and more controllability. Upon setting up the
glider, he proceeded o break the Wright Brothers historic record by
flying for more than a hour on his first attempt.

I remember the details because I designed and manufactured the
glider. :-)

Best Regards,

Gary Osoba

[Martin Gregorie[_5_]]

On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:13:29 -0700, Gary Osoba wrote:

> The site record was not broken for many decades. Despite several years
> of intensive hang gliding instruction on the dunes in the early 70's, HG
> performance had not yet reached a stage where it was practical to soar
> for very long on the small vertical relief found there. However, on
> Thanksgiving Day of 1974 one of the instructors on site unpacked a new
> design called a "Thermal Shark"- it featured higher aspect ratio, lower
> wing twist, and more controllability. Upon setting up the glider, he
> proceeded o break the Wright Brothers historic record by flying for more
> than a hour on his first attempt.
>
> I remember the details because I designed and manufactured the glider.
> :-)
>
I assume you mean that flight was made at Jockey Ridge near Nags Head,
rather than on Kill Devil Hill itself. If so, I'm very impressed.

I've flown kites on those sand hills and thought it wan't exactly a big
area. I've just measured it on Google Earth and find that its at most 0.6
miles long (quite possibly less) and 0.25 miles wide. Thats a pretty
small area to scratch for lift on, particularly, as you say, its pretty
flat so the lift won't be strong. Wikipedia says the highest point is 100
ft AMSL.


--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |

[Gary Osoba[_3_]]

On Oct 24, 6:01*pm, Martin Gregorie >
wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:13:29 -0700, Gary Osoba wrote:
> > The site record was not broken for many decades. Despite several years
> > of intensive hang gliding instruction on the dunes in the early 70's, HG
> > performance had not yet reached a stage where it was practical to soar
> > for very long on the small vertical relief found there. However, on
> > Thanksgiving Day of 1974 one of the instructors on site unpacked a new
> > design called a "Thermal Shark"- it featured higher aspect ratio, lower
> > wing twist, and more controllability. Upon setting up the glider, he
> > proceeded o break the Wright Brothers historic record by flying for more
> > than a hour on his first attempt.
>
> > I remember the details because I designed and manufactured the glider.
> > :-)
>
> I assume you mean that flight was made at Jockey Ridge near Nags Head,
> rather than on Kill Devil Hill itself. If so, I'm very impressed.
>
> I've flown kites on those sand hills and thought it wan't exactly a big
> area. I've just measured it on Google Earth and find that its at most 0.6
> miles long (quite possibly less) and 0.25 miles wide. Thats a pretty
> small area to scratch for lift on, particularly, as you say, its pretty
> flat so the lift won't be strong. Wikipedia says the highest point is 100
> ft AMSL.
>
> --
> martin@ * | Martin Gregorie
> gregorie. | Essex, UK
> org * * * |

Yes.

-Gary