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Orville Wright typed letter signed. The co-inventor of the airplane writes to R.R. Blythe at Johnson & Higgins insurance brokerage firm in New York about another flight invention, ''sky-sailing.'' Dated 7 October 1922 upon his personal stationery, it reads in part: ''Your letter enclosing a clipping of your article in the New York Tribune on sky sailing is received. I understand there are several projects on foot in America to encourage experiments in soaring flight. I am so strongly of the opinion that soaring flight is possible only in ascending trends of air that I do not expect any new type of machine to be developed from experiments along this line. However, this kind of flight does furnish a very good sport, as well as good training to those who engage in it, and for these reasons is to be encouraged...Orville Wright''. Single-page letter measures 7.25'' x 10.5''. Mounted to paper to an overall size of 8.5'' x 10.5''. Toning and rippling from mounting. Very good. An 8.5'' x 6.5'' glossy photo affixed to verso depicts a small group including early aviator Richard R. Blythe and his business partner Harry Bruno, whose PR firm promoted Lindbergh's flight.
Orville Wright Typed Letter Signed Discussing Aeronautics -- ''...I am so strongly of the opinion that soaring flight is possible only in ascending trends of air...''
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