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The force of gravity lasted throughout the entire experiment.
It was a man-rated glider, 16 feet and 1 inch long, 8 feet and 1 inch tall, with a wingspan of 32 feet and 1 inch (these odd dimensions resulted from actual construction of the diagrammed 16 x 32 x 8 foot design).
No. Gliders had been long around before the Wrights, Otto Lilienthal, whose work they studied extensively. Lilienthal was among the first (of many) to build gliders that were reliable and flew predictably, time after time. In aviation, 'firsts' are pretty irrelevant. To do something repeatedly and reliably is a much better proof of concept. The Wright flyer was one of the last glider-inspired designs before the 'modern' layout became the norm. "To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything." -Otto Lilienthal more info here: http://hawaii.psychology.msstate.edu/LilienthalMuseum/Lilmuseum.html
the Connecticut river flows into the long island sound.
The Long Island Sound was formed by the retreat of glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age, around 18,000 years ago. As the ice melted and receded, it left behind depressions in the land that eventually filled with water, creating the basin that we know today as the Long Island Sound.
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2minutes
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12 seconds.
For 12 seconds
The propellers on the plane were 8.5 feet long
It lasted for 12 seconds.
8 seconds
No, it was invented by the wright brothers long before that.
It lasted about 4 seconds.