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I believe the new machine of the Wrights to be the most promising attempt at flight that has yet been made.

Octave Chanute

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Octave Chanute
Age: 78 †
Born: 1832
Born: February 18
Died: 1910
Died: November 23
Aerospace Engineer
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Railway Engineer
Paris
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