William Harper Jr.
William Harper Jr. was an American pioneer aviator and aviation engineer with the Wright brothers.[1]
Biography
In 1912 he built his own airplane to fly out of Roosevelt Field, New York.[2]
The airplane was a monoplane, resembling the contemporary Blériot, with a span of 50 ft (15 m).[2] It was powered by a two-cylinder two-stroke of 50 hp (37 kW),[2] driving a 9 ft (270 cm)-diameter propeller.[2] It was outfitted with a speedometer and a crude turn-and-bank indicator.[2]
It was reportedly able to glide as much as 300 yd (270 m).[2]
It was scheduled to fly in June, from a field east of Mineola, on the Hempstead Plains.[2]
On February 3, 1914, Harper married Florence Tobin of Denver, Colorado in Newport, Rhode Island.[3]
Writings
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