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WRight Perspective - Article Four of Four

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     This is the final article in the series discussing the 1984 Smithsonian publication The Wright Flyer: An Engineering Perspective.    This article addresses the fourth and fifth sections of the "Perspective" compilation concerning propulsion and structural design *   (The full text of the Smithsonian"Perspective" compilation pictured below can be found here .)   Publication by the Smithsonian critiqued in this and in three previous articles by Joe Bullmer .*          The W Right Perspective--Article Four   by Joe Bullmer      As stated previously, the purpose of these articles is to address differences between information presented in the " Perspective " compilation and that in this author's book The WRight Story .   Chapters III and IV of that book contain detailed discussions of the development and testing of the Wrights’ early aircraft based exclusively on an experienced aeronautical design engineer’s interpretation of the Wright brothers'
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WRight Perspective - Article Three of Four

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        The   W Right   Perspective – Article   Three By Joe Bullmer  The two illustrations including captions ( above) are from the publication The Wright Flyer, an Engineering Perspective    This is the third article in a series discussing the Smithsonian compilation document The Wright Flyer, An Engineering Perspectiv e , cover pictured below. *     [The two p revious] articles have addressed the section discussing the Wrights as aeronautical engineers and the section on aerodynamics, stability, and control.   This article discusses the third section, titled Longitudinal Dynamics of the Wright Brothers’ Early Flyers .     The purpose of these articles is to address differences that have been pointed out concerning information presented in this author's book The WRight Story and that presented in the Perspective.   The purpose of The WRight Story is to record an accurate description of the Wright brothers’ work.   Original documents supporting the following comments are
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