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Chanute, Octave

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Chanute, Octave (1832-1910)

French-born US aerial navigator whose family emigrated to the USA in 1838. He conducted the first scientific experiments in America on gliding in 1896-97, and then built a biplane glider that the Wright Brothers used as a model for their first glider. He also wrote pioneering works about the engineering and navigational problems of flight.

He was born in Paris, France. He had a successful career as a civil engineer, building iron rail bridges.
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