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the HERALD Wednesday July 111 Arts Ideas Pageo A history of mans quest to soar To fly to enter the realm in which birds seem to move so ef fortless has been a dream with us humans from the beginning and the dream found expression in legends and religions To be able to fly was considered a spiritual thing Therefore the seraphs angels of our im agination existed on a level that was higher and far more exalted than our life close to the soil and labour They were the messengers that moved between heaven and earth With the development of modern science since the renaissance an increasing body of knowledge about scientific matters became available with the result that flying became a real possibility and eventually a fact First came the lighter than air namely balloons and dirigibles and later the heavier than air flying machines we call now airplanes The first flying machines in vented by in 1843 by Felix Temple in by in and by Clement in to name some of the most notable did not fly But 100 years ago in Ot to became the true father of modern aviation by building a glider that actually carried him over a good distance He was a sound and he discovered the techniques of gliding and soaring He explained his work thus When gliding in the air the designer is confronted with a great number of phenomena that are not found elsewhere The manner in which we will be sub ject to the variations of the wind Ideas and The Arts by John Summer when gliding in the air can only be learned when one is actually in the air The only way which will lead us to a rapid solution of human flight is by practising systematic and vigorous ex periments on actual flight One can fly over long distances with a simple machine with no undue ef fort and this sort of gliding flight gives more pleasure than any other sort of sport Otto built many gliders in bamboo and cane covered in cotton and weighing about lbs He held on to them by his elbows and forearms To start he ran down a hill against the wind When he became air borne he used his body and legs to restore balance Between 1891 and 1896 when he died after an accident during a glide he con ducted more than two thousand glides over distances of up to yards He managed to rise higher than his point of departure and he learned to turn Many of s glides were recorded on photographs and these photographs made a lasting im pression on fellow researchers One of them E Veyrin wrote this about them in The Local museum to host festival Looking for fun and adventure this summer Cirlce August 11 on your calendar The Kids Pioneer Festival is back at the Halton Region Museum A whole variety of oldtime entertainment is on hand from to pm at the Museum in beautiful Kelso Con servation Area And best of all its free of charge No registration is required Highlights of this years festival include childrens theatre presentations face pain ting courtesy of the Big Brothers of ice cream cranking and tasting century games and races a Treasure Hunt with prizes and woodworking con tests if thats not enough to keep me little tykes busy the North Literacy Guild will be sponsoring a reading circle Visitors attending the Kids Pioneer Festival will be reim bursed for Kelso Conservation Area gate fee Please have ticket validated at the Museums ad mission desk See you on August VIDEO PLUS Wost of Georgetown Fruit Market COMING THIS WEEK JUST FOR Hamlet Dont Tell Her Its Me With The Enemy Lion Heart AIR CONDITIONERS Weve got them at the lowest prices in town GUARANTEED GEORGETOWN LOCATION ONLY ST GEORGETOWN MONGOOSE IBQC TEAM MOUNTAIN BIKES Reg 99995 71 Main St Georgetown Entrance off parking lot word conquest is not exagerated in the present case I do not see how one can look at and reflect upon these photographs without feeling the calm enthusiasm that comes from tremendous hope in the future This future was only nine years away At the turn of the century the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright experimented with gliders at their camp Kitty Hawk in North Carolina that came to look more and more like the con structions of light wood piano wire and fabric that airplane designers used as models for their designs right up to the thir ties The brothers conducted more than a thousand glides and many theoretical and laboratory ex periments using a wind tunnel to verify the work done by their predecessors Finally by 1903 their machine had gained the sophistication to make powered flight possible They had con structed a petrol engine for it and on December 1903 the brothers taking turns made four successful test flights the first ever with a motor powered airplane of which the fourth lasted seconds and covered a distance of feet This might not sound like much to us today who are used to the most stupendous technical achievements but what a great day this December day was if we keep in mind what followed Within five years Henry Far- man in his Voisin biplane made the first crosscountry airplane journey from to 17 miles in 20 minutes and in 1909 Louis crossed the English Channel by flying from Calais to Dover The world was kept in suspense with one sensational ex ploit after another and for many years daring pilots risked their lives by finding new obstacles to overcome If to find out more about the men and women that made and flew the machines that conquered the air get a wonder ful new book from our library the same book I got the information from for this column It has countless articles and many fascinating pictures It was edited by Ben and is titled Aviation The Pioneer Years DISTRIBUTORS SPORTING GOODS CLOTHING SPECIALIZING IN TEAM CORPORATE WEAR 8730500 Georgetown SUPPORT YOUR HOME TEAM Your local merchants try their best every day to provide quality merchandise and services at the lowest possible prices These merchants deserve our support and our business- Sup port your home team and every one here will be a winner Keep the dollars you spend in HALTON HILLS fa DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS ENJOY OUR OUTDOOR PATIO Fnm 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