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TLS signed “Orville Wright,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, Wright Brothers letterhead, March 6, 1912. Lengthy letter to Mr. Henry Woodhouse, publisher of the Aero Club of America Bulletin, in part: "Your letters of recent date in regard to an article on Mouillard, and our early hydroplane experiments, have been received. I have asked Wilbur to prepare the Mouillard article, as he has lately been making a careful examination of Mouillard's work in connection with our patent litigation.
I am sending you a copy of a news item of March 21, 1907, in regard to our experiments with the hydroplane on the river here at Dayton. And also a print of the cut which appeared in a newspaper of the same date. The news item is not very accurate technically.
We have a stereotype in our possession, but have no copy of the original photograph from which it was taken. Our intention was to develop the hydroplane for use on our flyer, which would permit us to always find a good landing place by following some of the larger streams. During the night of March 21-22, the dam, which retained the water on which we were experimenting broke, so that it was impossible for us to continue our experiments. These experiments were made before anyone, excepting ourselves and Santos Dumont, had succeeded in getting off of the ground with a flying machine." In fine condition.
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