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	America's First Airplane Flight :: The Southwest Michigan Directory
		In 1896 Augustus Moore Herring applied for what was possibly the earliest patent of its type in the country, a United States Patent for a man-supporting, heavier-than-air, motorized, controllable, "flying machine".
		Herring's craft was a biplane glider of his own design with a compressed air engine.
		Herring's craft may have had issues to work through, however, it did show that such flight was "solvable" in Herring's words.
	www.swmidirectory.org /First_in_Flight.html (450 words)

	Herring Burgess
		Herring built a powered version of one of his gliders in 1898 that was powered by a compressed-air engine.
		Herring's first flight of 122 m (400 ft) was followed by a flight of 23 m (75 ft), this time with Burgess as pilot.
		Herring made several flights in the days that followed and then terminated his association with Burgess shortly thereafter, perhaps as a result of the appearance at Plum Island of Greely S. Curtis, a Harvard-educated engineer and pilot.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/herring.htm (802 words)

	OCTAVE CHANUTE'S DIARY, 1896
		Herring who said that he disbelieved Paul's story of having flown with his machine, that he considered it highly- dangerous, and sooner than be a party to its testing, he preferred to withdraw.
		Herring informed him on arrival that a flight of fifty feet had already been made, but when Herring attempted to get the machine into the air on October 11 all efforts failed.
		Herring, judging from the passing mention his work had received in Chanute's recent McClure's article (June 1900), in which a photograph of the Herring-Arnot glider was labeled a Chanute machine, and fearing that he might again be "left out," communicated with his patron, Arnot.
	spicerweb.org /chanute/diary.html (4999 words)

	Military.com Content
		Herring completed four years of study in mathematics, engineering and drafting and then proposed a bold study for his required thesis: "The Heavier Than Air Flying Machine As a Mechanical Engineering Problem." His professor rejected the topic as "fanciful," an understandable reaction in 1888.
		With the exception of Herring, Lilienthal was held in low regard by the workers in Washington.
		Herring reported that, when Langley returned in September, he was "loud in his condemnation of several changes that were made to the Aerodromes, and several that were not." Herring said that Langley's compulsion to achieve visual perfection had required hundreds of additional man-hours to fit and polish dozens of metal components to instrumentlike perfection.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=PRlangley2 (2194 words)

	The dream that took flight 97 years ago (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Herring's flight "wasn't significant," said Tom Crouch, senior curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. "If it had never happened," he said, "the Wrights' would still be the first flight.
		Herring certainly contributed some ideas for the glider's design, but much of the genius was Chanute's.
		Herring's unwillingness to compromise eventually took its toll and hastened the destruction of his partnerships, including the one with Chanute.
	www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20030302/LN_012.htm (892 words)

	Octave Chanute's Glider Experiments of 1896
		So when Chanute, Herring and several others disembarked at Miller Junction that June 22, 1896, they may have surprised the local residents with the machines they brought for their experiments, but they were company to a great number of men around the nation and the world with a similar ambition: to fly.
		Herring, for his part, was convinced that the two surface glider was the answer to powered flight, and that all that was necessary was to install a motor and propeller on the craft.
		Herring increased the surface lifting area of the craft from 134 square feet to 227 square feet by adding a third wing higher up and reported a successful glide of 927 feet.
	spicerweb.org /chanute/chanute.html (3799 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Augustus Herring & the Wright Brothers
		Herring's engine was underpowered and far too weak to provide the thrust necessary to maintain flight.
		In fact, most of Herring's machines were copies of those he had worked on with Chanute, which themselves had been inspired by a famous German glider builder named Otto Lilienthal.
		Though Herring happened to experiment with a "powered" glider, his work paled in comparison to that of Chanute and the Wrights, and he had no real impact on the course of aeronautics outside of his work with Octave Chanute.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/history/q0207.shtml (680 words)

	FLYING MACHINES - Chanute & Herring
		Herring built a Lilienthal-type glider and, along with William Avery, built the Chanute Multiple-Wing Glider and Chanute-Herring Glider which were tested at Camp Chanute.
		The work of Chanute and Herring should be seen as collaborative, for Chanute's engineering skills are evident in the truss bracing used on the gliding machine, while Herring contributed the cruciform Penaud-type tail, as well as the overall scheme.
		Augustus Herring continued his flying machine experiments, adding a small compressed air engine turning two propellers (one pusher and one tractor propeller) in 1898, and apparently made at least one short hop.
	www.flyingmachines.org /chan.html (707 words)

	The Aerodrome Forum - Augustus M. Herring
		Herring did most of the flying for Chanute during his experiments on the shore of Lake Michigan and was an accomplished hang glider pilot before his 1898 powered flights.
		Herring later induced Curtiss to form an aeroplane company with him apparently by leading Curtiss to believe he had patents that preceded the Wright's (which was for the means of controlling a flying machine, not for the powered airplane).
		Augustus Herring is a great story in search of a good researcher and biographer.
	www.theaerodrome.com /forum/printthread.php?t=15700 (497 words)

	UNC-TV:Mystery Of Flight
		Herring said he took an eight- to 10-second flight 10 days later, flying a total of 73 feet.
		Herring's glider flight did not impress aeronautical professionals for a couple of reasons: he could not steer the machine and could not sustain the flight for very long.
		Herring's flight "wasn't significant," said Tom Crouch, senior curator of aeronautics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. From http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/20030302/LN_012.htm
	www.unctv.org /firstflight/AMHerring.html (147 words)

	Information page on the Octave Chanute and his 1897 hang glider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Augustus Herring, the most experienced member of the group, had brought a glider based on the standard Lilienthal monoplane design.
		Herring was apparently responsible for the cruciform tail.
		With that modification complete, Herring and Avery were soon making repeated flights of over 200 feet in length, occasionally traveling as far as 350 feet through the air.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /aircraft/private/chanute-glider/info/info.htm (1798 words)

	Celebrating The Success Of The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Airplane
		Augustus Herring requests an extension of time to submit his aeroplane, and Orville declines to fly at amusement parks.
		Herring ‘s request, as it would be impracticable to conduct the tests of both the Wright brothers and the Herring aeroplanes at the same time.
		Herring made a visit to Dayton to negotiate with the Wrights and not surprisingly was quickly rebuffed.
	www.wrightstories.com /military.html (13572 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Who Was the First to Fly
		August Herring (1867-1926) was an American aviation enthusiast heavily involved in the glider experiments of Octave Chanute, one of the best known aviation pioneers of the late 1800s.
		Herring also briefly worked for Samuel Langley, who was the principal competitor to the Wright brothers.
		Herring's experiences with these two giants of American aeronautics inspired him to build and fly gliders of his own design at the Indiana Sand Dunes and St. Joseph, Michigan.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/history/q0159.shtml (3207 words)

	The Center of Lift - Tuesday, October 14, 1902 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Orville's personal diary tells us that at 2 A.M. Augustus Herring woke the campsite members up to report he believed a fox had stolen their chicken.
		Herring decided to move the machine back inside the building to weigh and calculate its "center of lift" [a point which acts as if all the lift forces were focused there].
		Octave Chanute and Herring left with Dan Tate in the afternoon via a boat headed for Manteo.
	www.fi.edu /wright/again/history1_1902t89.html (161 words)

	Augustus Herring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Herring versuchte sich im Jahre 1888, während seiner Zeit am Stevens Institute of Technology, zunächst mit einer eigenen Konstruktion eines Gleiters, die jedoch sich als nicht funktionstüchtig erwies.
		Herring selbst berichtete von 2 erfolgreichen Flügen mit diesem ungebauten Gleiter über 15-25 m, die im Oktober 1898 ausgeführt wurden.
		1902 baute Herring Chanutes Katydid Gleiter nach und flog es vor den Augen der Gebrüder Wright in Kitty Hawk.
	www.t131.greatnet.de /lexikon/a/au/augustus_herring.html (341 words)

	Octave Chanute, November 2001- June 2002
		Herring had recently built a full-size Lilienthal-type glider and was quite successful with this machine.
		On 22 June 1896, Chanute, his son Charles, partners Augustus Herring and William Avery and the two family dogs (Rags and Tatters), took flying equipment on the train to Miller Station, now an eastern suburb of Gary, IN.
		Octave Chanute Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. On display is a photo taken on September 1896 of the Chanute camp near Dune Park, Gary, IN.
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/crerar/exhibits/chanute5.html (1089 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of early flying machines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-early-flying-machines (5872 words)

	Text Only--Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		Her ultimate achievement was when she became the first woman to cross the English Channel, on April 16, 1912, a feat also inspired by Bleriot's flight.
		Determined to become a record-setting aviator, she obtained her pilot's license in England, and soon after established a solo flight record, flying from England to Australia in 14 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes.
		Her ultimate goal was to be the first pilot of either gender to fly around the world at its widest point--close to the Equator.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/text.htm (17597 words)

	Herring Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
		Re: Joshua Herring and Samuel Herring of NC -1820 Census - Betty Raynor-davis 10/22/04
		Re: Herrings of (Penrith) Cumberland ENG - Kirstin Duffield 10/03/02
		Re: Herrings in Iowa - Rachel Keller-McGuire 2/19/02
	genforum.genealogy.com /herring/all.html (5429 words)

	Testing Lamson's Machine - Monday, October 13, 1902 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Augustus Herring, George Spratt and Orville spent the morning putting together Chanute's oscillating wing machine built by Charles Lamson.
		Wilbur returned and in the afternoon group (Herring, Spratt, Chanute Orville and Wilbur Wright) took the oscillating wing machine to a small hill.
		In a wind of 9 meters/second the machine was flown both as a kite and with Herring on it.
	sln.fi.edu /wright/again/history1_1902t88.html (157 words)

	Preface: Contemplating on Julian of Norwich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Her text, found in medieval and later manuscripts, kept demanding from me also such a life of prayer.
		She had carried out her two editions in war-time conditions, from microfilms read with a microscope a word at a time, the manuscripts being buried under the ground for protection from bombing.
		Her work is far more accurate than that of current editions in print, though their editors used her work.
	www.umilta.net /preface.html (4205 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The very first flight on Plum Island, by Burgess' partner, Augustus M. Herring, was the second airplane flight in New England, the first one being Herring's flight two months earlier on Chebacco Lake, a few miles to the south.
		The 1910 flights were not on the current airport location, but the test area did include the current airport, and at least one flight consisted of a loop which took the pilot directly over the current airport.
		Burgess' partner for the early flights, Augustus M. Herring, was testing gliders on the Indiana Dunes at the south end of Lake Michigan as early as 1895 with Octave Chanute, considered the Father of Aviation.
	www.plumislandairport.org /faq.htm (744 words)

	Silver Beach Amusement Park History :: The Southwest Michigan Directory
		Augustus Moore Herring, a St. Joseph resident, manned and flew a primitive airplane over the sand; in a historic flight that predated the famous 1903 Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, by nearly five years.
		Herring, a graduate mechanical engineer with an interest in manned air flight, built a biplane with a compressed air motor in his home workshop.
		Local newspapers stated that Herring and his machine were airborne for about eight to ten seconds.
	www.swmidirectory.org /History_of_Silver_Beach_Amusement_Park.html (1234 words)

	Celebrating The Success Of The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Airplane
		He also departed the AEA and formed a new company in partnership with another aviation pioneer, Augustus Herring.
		During the hearing, the judge gave no credence to Herring's lawyer ridiculous claim that the Herring-Curtiss fame rested on their skill as "aeroplane chauffeurs." Curtiss filed an appeal, but the company, already in poor financial shape, was forced into bankruptcy.
		He rid himself of Herring and purchased back the factory from the Herring-Curtiss trustees, forming the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co. Not only that, his appeal of the injunction was granted in June so he was back in business producing airplanes.
	www.wrightstories.com /patent.html (3188 words)

	Chicagoland Glider Council - Significant People
		In 1896 Herring helped Chanute build a gliding machine employing the technique of trusses which Chanute had used successfully in the design of railroad bridges.
		With this machine, Herring and Avery were making repeated flights, 200—300 ft in length.
		For the moment, it was the most successful heavier—than—air flying machine in the world and proved to be a key step on the road to the invention of the airplane.
	aerotow.evl.uic.edu /clgc/people.html (1514 words)

	American Scientist Online - First in Flight? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		After working under another pioneering aviator, Octave Chanute, with whom he had carried out a number of successful gliding experiments, Herring found independent backing and constructed a biplane hang glider of sorts in 1898, which included a small compressed-air engine.
		Herring first flew this powered, heavier-than-air craft 50 feet on October 10, 1898, over the lakeside dunes of St. Joseph, Michigan.
		They could reasonably argue that plenty of people are still flying in just this manner, shifting their weight to control their craft, just as Herring and other aviation pioneers had done during the late 19th century, whereas the Wrights operated their Flyer using wing-warping controls rigged to their hips—an awkward scheme no longer found anywhere.
	www.americanscientist.org /template/AssetDetail/assetid/28339 (1104 words)

	Curtiss-Wright Corporation - The Wright Brothers: Engineering Prodigies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One Augustus Herring, a Stevens Institute drop-out, worked with Chanute on glider design and then built a lighter-than-air ship from which a hapless gliderman would kill himself in an attempted glide from 3,000 feet altitude.
		Herring was soon to ignite Glenn Curtiss' interest in aviation when he ordered lightweight motorcycle engines for his airships.
		During the 1902 season they were visited at Kitty Hawk by Chanute, who brought a glider of his own, by Herring and by brother Lorin, who took many of the pictures which are now famous.
	www.curtisswright.com /history/1900-1903.asp (1931 words)

	National Landmark of Soaring Program - 8 - Marquette Park, Miller Beach, Gary, Indiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Augustus M. Herring when his machine rose with a sudden gust forty feet higher than his starting point, then coming to a sudden poise, balanced like a bird, swooped at a right angle, traveled a long journey and then alighted gracefully upon a hillside.
		On 11 September 1896, the wind was 25-30 miles, blowing directly on teh dunes along the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
		The longest flight by Augustus M. Herring was 10.3 seconds, covering a distance of 235 feet; William Avery flew for 10.2 seconds, covering a distance of 256 feet.
	www.soaringmuseum.org /landmark/nls08/nls08.html (360 words)

	Roman Concrete Resources by David Moore
		Emperor Augustus was a brother-in-law to Agrippa, the person in charge of building the first Pantheon.
		Her Majesty's Stationery Office Publisher, London, 1984, p.
		Such information as the type of bricks and specifics on Roman concrete in the various aqueducts are carefully presented; it was her life study.
	www.romanconcrete.com /resources.htm (4073 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reims
		William of the White Hands (1176-1202), uncle to Philip Augustus and cousin of Henry II of England, was made a cardinal in 1179, and was legate in France and Germany under Innocent III.
		A very curious festival which the chapter used to hold in the Middle Ages was the procession of the herrings.
		At the beginning of Lent, they went in Indian file from the cathedral to St-Remi, each dragging a herring after him by a thread — a symbol of the Lenten abstinence — and each trying to put his foot on the herring dragged by the next canon ahead of him.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12725a.htm (4064 words)

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