gliding

Ryan M-1 with Wright J-5 engine

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_Chanute
"Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. At his death, he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine."

We actually have the original negative for this image in the Wright Brothers Papers. You can see it at www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001696486/. Our caption for it is: "Rear view of Wilbur making a right turn in glide from No. 2 Hill, right wing tipped close to the ground."

This photo was taken from Aloha Tower, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ocean liner in the photograph is not the "Tayia Maru," as there is no ship known to have had that name. While there was a Taiyo Maru belonging to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) line of Japan, that ship had two taller, narrow funnels, spaced closer together. This ship appears to be an ocean liner of the three-ship Asama Maru-class operating with the NYK Line prior to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The three ships were named Asama Maru (浅間丸), Tatsuta Maru (龍田丸), and Chichibu Maru (秩父丸). Chichibu Maru featured only a single funnel, compared to her sister ships' two. Since the handwritten caption names a ship beginning with the letter "T," this may be Tatsuta Maru. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asama_Maru en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsuta_Maru en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichibu_Maru