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WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT A Bibliography Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Powered Flight • December 17, 1903 NASA SP-2002-4527 

A Bibliography Commemorating 

the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the 

FIRST POWERED FLIGHT • DECEMBER 17, 1903 

Compiled by Arthur G. Renstrom 

With Additional Contributions by Roberta W. Goldblatt, 

Carl Minkus, and Karen L. Berube 

WILBUR & ORVILLE WRIGHT

WILBUR & ORVILLE 

WRIGHT 

A Bibliography Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the 

FIRST POWERED FLIGHT • 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

Office of External Relations 

NASA History Office 

NASA Headquarters 

Washington, D.C. 20546 

For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office 

Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, D.C. 20402-9328 

DECEMBER 17, 1903 

Compiled by Arthur G. Renstrom 

With Additional Contributions by Roberta W. Goldblatt, Carl Minkus, and Karen L. Berube 

A Joint Publication of the U. S. Centennial of Flight Commission 

and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

Monographs in Aerospace History 

Number 27 

September 2002 

NASA Publication SP-2002-4527

The use of trademarks or names of manufacturers in this monograph is 

for accurate reporting and does not constitute an official endorsement, 

either express or implied, of such products or manufacturers by the 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 

Renstrom, Arthur George, 1905-1991 

Wilbur & Orville Wright: a bibliography commemorating the one-hundredth 

anniversary of the first powered flight, December 17, 1903 / compiled by Arthur G. 

Renstrom ; with contributions by ... 

p. cm. -- (Monographs in aerospace history ; no. 27) 

Includes bibliographical references and index. 

Based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright: a bibliography commemorating the hundredth 

anniversary of the birth of Wilbur Wright, April 16, 1867 / compiled by Arthur G. 

Renstrom, 1968. 

1. Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912--Bibliography. 2. Wright, Orville, 

1871-1948--Bibliography. 3. Aeronautics--United States--Bibliography. I. Renstrom, 

Arthur George, 1985- Wilbur & Orville Wright : a bibliography commemorating the 

hundredth anniversary of the birth of Wilbur Wright, April 16, 1867. II. Title. III. Series. 

Z8986.33 .R3997 2002 

[TL540.W7] 

016.62913’0092’2--dc21 

ii Wilbur & Orville Wright 

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CONTENTS 

Foreword: An Appreciation of Arthur Renstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii 

Other Bibliographic References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Wilbur Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Orville Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Wilbur and Orville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

Orville and Wilbur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

Interviews, Speeches, Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

Biographical References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Wright Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

Periodical Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 

Wilbur Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 

Orville Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 

Aeroplanes and Flights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

1903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 

1904 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 

1905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 

1906 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 

1907 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 

1908 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 

1909 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 

1910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

1911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

1912 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 

1913 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 

1914 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 

1915—1925 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

1926—1935 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

1936—1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

1946—1955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 

1956—1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 

1966—1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 

1976—1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 

1986—1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 

1996—2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 

Powerplant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 

Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 

Automatic Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 

Control Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 

Wind Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 

Patents and Patent Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 

A Bibliography iii

Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 

Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 

Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 

France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 

Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 

Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 

Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 

Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 

Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 

United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 

Court Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 

The Wright Company Vs. The Herring—Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 

The Wright Company Vs. The Curtiss Aeroplane Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 

E. E. Winkley Vs. Orville & Wilbur Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 

The Wright Company Vs. Louis Paulhan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 

The Wright Company Vs. Claude Grahame—White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 

The Wright Company Vs. Aero Corporation Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 

Regina Cleary Montgomery et al. Vs. The United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 

Regina Cleary Montgomery et al. Vs. Wright—Martin Aircraft Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 

Wright Aeronautical Corporation Vs. Handley Page, Limited, Aircraft Disposal Company, Limited, and 

William H. Workman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 

George Francis Myers Vs. The United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 

Published References to Patents and Patent Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 

Wright Companies and Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 

Wright—Smithsonian Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 

Monuments and Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 

Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 

Wilbur Wright Monument, Auvours, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 

Wilbur Wright Monument, Le Mans, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 

Wilbur Wright Memorial, New Castle, Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 

Wright Brothers Monument, Pau, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 

Wright Memorial, Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 

Wright Brothers Home and Shop, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 

Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial, Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 

Wright Hall, Carillon Park, Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 

Wilbur Wright Memorial (Indiana) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 

Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 

Wilbur Wright Chair of Aerodynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 

Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 

USS Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 

Wilbur Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 

Wright Brothers Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 

Wright Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 

Wilbur Wright Elementary and Junior High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 

Wright Brothers Lecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 

Wright Brothers Memorial Wind Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 

Pan American Aviation Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 

Aviation Day and National Aviation Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 

iv Wilbur & Orville Wright

Wright Skyway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 

Wright Memorial Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 

Wright Brothers Airmail Commemorative Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 

Wilbur and Orville Wright Laboratory of Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 

Fiftieth Anniversary of First Powered Flight Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 

Wright Brothers Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 

Medals and Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

Acadamie des Sports Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

Aero-Club de France Gold Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

Aeronautical Society of Great Britain Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

Acadamie des Sciences Gold Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

Aero Club of American Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 

Congressional Gold Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 

Ohio Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 

Langley Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 

Collier Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 

Elliott Cresson Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 

Albert Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 

John Fritz Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 

Washington Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 

Distinguished Flying Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 

Daniel Guggenheim Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 

Franklin Medal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 

Aircraft Pilot s Certificate No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 

Aviation Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 

Hall of Fame for Great Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 

Memorabilia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 

Aeroplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 

1903 Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 

1903 Reproductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 

1905 Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 

1908 Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 

1909 Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 

1909 Signal Corps Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 

1903 Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 

4-Cylinder Motor (1909) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 

4-Cylinder Motor (1910) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 

6-60 Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 

Wind Tunnel Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 

Medals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 

Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 

Watches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 

Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 

Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 

Motion Pictures and Film Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 

Juvenile Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 

A Bibliography v

Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 January 30, 1948). 

(NASA History Office) 

vi Wilbur & Orville Wright 

Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 May 30, 1912). 


Facsimile of the telegram sent by Orville Wright on December 17, 1903. Note the error in the spelling of 

Orvilles name and the error in listing the air time; the longest flight was actually 59 seconds. 

(NASA History Office)

The publication of this revised and updated edition 

of the classic, Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Bibliography 

Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the 

Birth of Wilbur Wright, April 16, 1867, is an event 

worth celebrating. I have three copies of the 1968 

Library of Congress original: one within easy reach at 

home, one within easy reach at work, and a third copy 

squirreled away just in case one of the other two goes 

missing. All three copies are dog-eared and literally 

coming apart at the seams. Few books in my library 

have seen more use over the years. 

It is fitting to open this new edition with a few 

words about the extraordinary scholar who created the 

bibliography. The Wright brothers were still perfecting 

their invention when Arthur George Renstrom was 

born in Willmar, Minnesota, in 1905. He earned a BA 

from the University of Minnesota, a BS in library sci- 

FOREWORD 

An Appreciation of Arthur Renstrom 

ence from the University of Illinois, and an MS in 

library science from Columbia University. He joined 

the Library of Congress staff as a cataloger in 1931, 

and found his true calling when he became reference 

librarian of the Aeronautics Division in 1935. Over the 

next four decades, he developed a well-earned reputation 

as the leading American bibliographer of the air 

age, with a string of important publications that included: 

Principal U.S. Investigations in Aeronautics, 1918- 

1937 (1938); Subject Headings for the Aeronautical 

Index (1940); Aeronautic Americana: A Bibliography of 

Book and Pamphlets on Aeronautics Published in 

America Before 1909 (1943); Aeronautics in Alaska: A 

List of References (1944); United States Aviation Policy: 

A Selective Bibliography (1947); and Aeropolitics: A 

Selected Bibliography on the Influence of Aviation on 

Society (1948). 

The classic photograph of the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. 

Orville Wright is on the airplane; older brother Wilbur looks on from the sidelines. 


A Bibliography vii

Marvin W. McFarland invited Arthur Renstrom to 

join him and the other Library of Congress staffers who 

would produce The Papers of Wilbur and Orville 

Wright (New York: McGraw—Hill, 1953) during its 

formative period. The detailed bibliography that he 

prepared for that publication would continue to grow 

over the years, forming the basis for Wilbur and Orville 

Wright: A Bibliography. Fascinated by the Wrights, 

Mr. Renstrom produced two more important reference 

works: Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Chronology 

Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the 

Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871 (Washington, 

D.C.: Library of Congress, 1975) and Wilbur & Orville 

Wright, Pictorial Materials: A Documentary Guide 

(Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1982). 

Mr. Renstrom served as Assistant Head of the 

Aeronautics Division until 1953, when that unit was 

reorganized as a section of the Science and Technology 

Division. He was eventually named head of the 

Aeronautics Section, a post that he held until his retirement. 

While he never lost interest in the early history of 

flight, he was by no means mired in the past. For several 

years he produced an annual, Aeronautics and 

Astronautics: Chronology on Science, Policy, and 

Technology, for the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. He also compiled Aeronautical and 

Space Serials: A World List (1962), A Bibliographic 

Note on the History of Rocket Technology (1964), and 

UFO s and Related Subjects: An Annotated 

Bibliography (1969). 

Foreword 

viii Wilbur & Orville Wright 

Arthur Renstrom retired on July 31, 1975, after 44 

years of service to the Library of Congress. He died in 

Roseville, Minnesota, on March 19, 1991. 

As a graduate student, I was fortunate enough to 

have done research in the Science and Technology 

Division when Marvin McFarland and Arthur 

Renstrom were still very much in charge. Both men 

took genuine delight in sharing their unparalleled command 

of the literature of flight and their commitment to 

meticulous scholarship, qualities that are apparent in 

their publications. 

This new edition has been updated to cover the 

years since 1968. That work was undertaken by the 

Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress 

under contract with the U.S. Centennial of Flight 

Commission. The bibliography is now online at 

the Centennial of Flight Commission web site, 

We 

can thank the NASA History Office for reissuing it as a 

monograph. I have no doubt that copies of this edition 

will grow dog-eared and smudged from years of use by 

a new generation of enthusiasts fascinated by the story of 

Wilbur and Orville Wright. Thank you Mr. Renstrom. 

The Wrights at Fort Myer, Virginia, on 3 September 1908. (NASA History Office) 

Tom D. Crouch 

Senior Curator, Aeronautics 

National Air and Space Museum 

Smithsonian Institution 

June 6, 2002

Other Bibliographic References 

Jakab, Peter L., and Young, Rick, editors. Published 

Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Washington, 

D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000, 316 pp., 

+illus. 

Comprehensive source in a single collection, of the 

published writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright 

their journal articles, transcriptions of speeches, letters 

to the editor, transcriptions of testimony to congressional 

committees, and interviews. 

Nolan, Patrick B., and Zamonski, John A. Wright 

Brothers Collection: A Guide to the Technical, Business 

and Legal, Genealogical, Photographic, and Other 

Archives at Wright State University. New York: Garland 

Publishing, Inc., 187 pp. 

An invaluable reference source, this guide 

describes the Wright brothers manuscripts and 

records: containing aeronautical and non-aeronautical 

writings and papers, Bishop Milton Wright s 

papers and genealogical materials, photographs, and 

recognitions and memorabilia. The guide also contains 

Wilbur Wright s deposition from the Brief and 

Digest of the Evidence for Complaint on Final 

Hearing, in the case of The Wright Company Vs. 

Herring—Curtiss Company, and Glenn H. Curtiss 

titled: Narrative of the Wright Invention. Also 

includes an index of persons, places, and selected 

subjects. 

Renstrom, Arthur G. Wilbur & Orville Wright: A 

Bibliography Commemorating the Hundredth 

Anniversary of the Birth of Wilbur Wright, April 16, 

1867. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1968, 

187 pp. 

Comprehensive bibliography of literature on or by 

the Wright brothers published worldwide through 

1967, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 

birth of Wilbur Wright in 1867. Includes an extensive 

index of authors, persons, and institutions. 

Bibliography of 2,055 entries. 

. Wilbur & Orville Wright: Pictorial Materials, 

Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1982, 200 pp., 

+illus. 

Comprehensive bibliography of sources for more 

than 1,600 photographs relating to the Wright brothers, 

many by the Wright brothers themselves. Includes 

about 45 sources for works of art, about 50 for cartoons, 

and about 25 for audiovisual materials. Also 

includes an extensive index. Bibliography of over 

1,700 entries. 

Other Bibliographic References 

Unpublished report. Guide to Resources on the Wright 

Brothers, Dayton, Ohio, 1999, 38 pp. 

Provides a selective but extensive guide to 

resources for research on the Wright brothers. 

Includes collections related to the Wright Brothers 

available to the public at selected museums and 

libraries, a selective bibliography of 34 citations, a 

selected list of websites, a chronology, and an index. 

Wilbur and Orville Wright: A Register of Their Papers in 

the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: United 

States Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, 

Register of Papers, 1976, no. 48, 22 pp. 

Summarizes the collection of papers of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright, both published and unpublished, 

given to the Library of Congress in May, 1949, by the 

executors of Orville Wright s estate, and additional 

materials subsequently donated by other sources, 

1949-1973. 

Includes diaries and notebooks (1900-1919), family 

correspondence (1881-1924), general correspondence 

(1899-1948), subject file of materials by others, 

scrapbooks (1902-1948), articles by the Wright brothers 

and miscellaneous biographical information, and 

ancillary papers which consist of the typescript of the 

Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, edited by 

Marvin W. McFarland, originally published in 1953. 

Published Writings of Wilbur 

and Orville Wright 

Wilbur Wright 

Wright, Wilbur. Angle of Incidence. The Aeronautical 

Journal, July 1901, vol. 5, pp. 47—49. 

As far as can be ascertained, this brief article and 

Die Wagerechte Lage Wahrend des Gleitfluges (see 

below) by Wilbur Wright constitute the first aeronautical 

writings of the brothers to appear in print. 

. The Earliest Wright Flights A Letter from 

Wilbur Wright. Scientific American, July 16, 1910, vol. 

103, p. 47. 

Comment on an editorial in the June 25th issue of 

the magazine and the use of the term open flights 

with reference to the Wrights. 

. Experiments and Observations in Soaring 

Flight. [Preprint of Journal of the Western Society of 

A Bibliography 1

Engineers.] Chicago: Western Society of Engineers, 

1903, 18 pp., +illus. 

Published also in Journal of the Western Society of 

Engineers, Aug. 1903, vol. 8, pp. 400—417; translation 

of selected excerpts with title, Versuche und 

Beobachtungen im Schwebeflug [signed A. S., i.e., 

Arthur Stenzel], Illustrierte Aeronautische 

Mitteilungen, Oct. 1903, vol. 7, pp. 331—334; abstract 

Engineering Magazine, Nov. 1903, vol. 26, p. 279; 

abstract Le G nie Civil, Nov. 7, 1903, vol. 44, pp. 

9—10; with title, The Later Experiments of the Wright 

Brothers in Soaring Flight, The Aero Manual, 1909, 

pp. 22—33 (also 1910 ed.). 

Paper presented before the Western Society of 

Engineers, June 24, 1903, giving an account of gliding 

experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., September and 

October 1902. Discussion and questions by Octave 

Chanute and others. 

. The Experiments of a Flying Man. Independent, 

Feb. 4, 1904, vol. 56, pp. 242—246, +illus. 

Abridged with title, Experiments in Flying, 

Science, Feb. 12, 1904, vol. 119 (n. s.), pp. 269—270; 

with title, The Wright Experiments in Flying, 

Scientific American Supplement, Mar. 12, 1904, vol. 

57, pp. 23571—23572; reprinted in Humphreys, 

Pauline A., and Hosey Gertrude, Romance of the 

Airmen, Boston: Ginn and Company, 1931, pp. 

197—205. 

The use of Wilbur Wright s signature on this article 

was unauthorized. See editor s retraction, with apologies, 

in Independent, February 25, 1904, p. 455 and 

March 10, 1904, p. 574. 

. Flying as a Sport Its Possibilities. Scientific 

American, Feb. 29, 1908, vol. 98, p. 139. 

Reprinted in part with title, The Fun of Flying, by 

Wilbur Wright and others, Life [Melbourne], Apr. 

1909, vol. 11, pp. 368—369. 

Contributed to a Sportsman s Number of the 

magazine. 

. Flying from London to Manchester. Specially 

Written for The London Magazine. London Magazine, 

Feb. 1909, vol. 21, pp. 617—625, +illus. 

Abridged in L Aviation illustr e, Mar. 20, 1909, 

vol. 1, no. 9, p. 4; La Conqu te de l air, Apr. 1, 1909, 

vol. 6, no. 7, p. 3. 

Discussion of Daily Mail prize of $10,000 

offered to first flyer to complete journey from London 

to Manchester within a period of twenty-four hours 

and with only two stops en route. 

. How to Glide and Soaring Flight. Flight, Oct. 2- 

Nov. 27, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 607—608, 621—622, 647—648, 

Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright 

2 Wilbur & Orville Wright 

672—673, 693—694, 721—723, 757—758, +illus. 

In this, Experiments and Observations in Soaring 

Flight and Some Aeronautical Experiments are 

abridged and combined. 

. [in part] Octave Chanute s Work in Aviation. 

Aeronautics, Jan. 1911, vol. 8, no. 1 p. 4. 

Tribute written shortly after Chanute s death on 

November 24, 1910. 

. Otto Lilienthal. Aero Club of America Bulletin, 

Sept. 1912, vol. 1, no. 8, pp. 20—21, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright s last article, written May 1912, a 

day or two before he was stricken with typhoid fever. 

Attempts to define Lilienthal s place in aeronautical 

history. Published posthumously. 

. Some Aeronautical Experiments. Reprint from 

Journal of the Western Society of Engineers. [Chicago: 

Western Society of Engineers, 1901] 22 pp., +illus. 

Published also in Journal of the Western Society of 

Engineers, Dec. 1901, vol. 6, pp. 489—510; abstract 

Engineering Magazine, Feb. 1902, vol. 22, pp. 

773—774; abstract Scientific American, Feb. 22, 1902, 

vol. 100, p. 125; Automotor Journal, Feb.—Mar. 1902, 

vol. 4, pp. 196—198, 240—243; summarized with title, 

Recent Aeronautic Experiments, Fieldens Magazine, 

Mar. 1902, vol. 6, pp. 261—272; Flying, Mar., June, Oct. 

1902, Jan. 1903, vol. 1, pp. 87—94, 138—140, 189—191, 

226—229; translation with title, Die Gleitversuche der 

Br der Wright, Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, May 

1903, vol. 2, pp. 95—99; Annual Report of the 

Smithsonian Institution, 1902, Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1903, pp. 138—148, and 

reprinted as Smithsonian Publication 1380, 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903; 

with title, Some Classical Aeronautical Experiments, 

Aero, May 25, June 1-15, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 3—4, 23—24, 

39—40, 57—58; with title, The Wright Brothers First 

Gliding Experiments, The Aero Manual, 1909, pp. 

4—21 (also 1910 ed.); The Aeronautical Journal, 

July/Sept. 1916, vol. 20, pp. 86—97; Orville Wright 

Dinner of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 

July [June] 17, 1918, Dayton, Ohio, New York; Society 

of Automotive Engineers, 1918, pp. 23—32; reprinted in 

part in The Early History of the Airplane, Dayton: The 

Dayton—Wright Airplane Co., [1922], pp. 16—24. 

Paper presented before the Western Society of 

Engineers, September 16, 1901. First extensive public 

account of the Wrights gliding experiments at Kitty 

Hawk, N.C., October 1900 and July and August 1901. 

Introduction by Octave Chanute, president of the 

Society, at whose invitation the address was made. 

Few other articles on the subject have been so frequently 

reprinted or widely quoted.

. W. Wright on Altitude and Fancy Flying. Aero, 

Dec. 17, 1910, vol. 1, no. 11, p. 3. 

Published also in Flight, December 31, 1910, vol. 

2, p.1083. 

Letter to the editor of Aero objecting to editorial in 

same, November 26, 1910, p. 12, which distorted 

Wrights views. States Wrights believed in all kinds 

of flying which demonstrate the merits of the 

machine. 

. Die Wagerechte Lage Wahrend des Gleitfluges. 

Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, July 1901, vol. 

5, pp. 108—109. 

Cites advantages of the horizontal position of the 

operator during gliding flights as opposed to the 

upright position used by earlier experimenters. 

. What Cl ment Ader Did. Aero Club of America 

Bulletin, May 1912 vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 17—19, +illus. 

Published also in The Aeronautical Journal, 

July/Sept. 1916, vol. 20, pp. 110—115. 

Depreciation of French claims for Ader as the first 

to achieve heavier-than-air flight. Quotes extensively 

from Report of the Trials of Mr. Cl ment Ader s 

Aviation Apparatus, General Mensier, Chairman of 

the Committee, October 21, 1897. 

. What Mouillard Did. Aero Club of America 

Bulletin, Apr. 1912, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 2—4, +illus. 

Published also in The Aeronautical Journal, 

July/Sept. 1916, vol. 20, pp. 107—110. 

Prompted by the erection of a monument to Louis- 

Pierre Mouillard at Heliopolis, Egypt, February 25, 

1912, under the sponsorship of the so-called Ligue 

A rienne. It had been claimed that Mouillard conceived 

the use of wing warping and its application to 

lateral control, and that this concept had been communicated 

to the Wrights by Octave Chanute. 

For discussion by A. Henry-Co annier see La 

Revue aerienne, May 10, 1912, vol. 5, pp. 241—243; 

for another by Paul Hamelle, see La Vie au grand air, 

July 6, 1912, vol. 15, p. 532. 

Orville Wright 

Wright, Orville. Air Routes to the National Parks. In 

Proceedings of the National Parks Conference, held in 

the Auditorium of the New National Museum, 

Washington, D.C., January 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, 1917, 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1917, 

pp. 280—283. 

Published also in Flying, Feb. 1917, vol. 6, no. 1, 

p. 64. 


Address by Orville Wright, January 5, citing advantages 

of air travel for reaching national parks and need 

for additional landing facilities in or near them. 

Includes introductory remarks by the presiding officer, 

Dr. H. M. Rowe. 

. Amazing Records. Popular Science Monthly, 

June 1929. vol. 114, no. 6., p. 18. 

Interview statement by Orville Wright in answer to 

question submitted to leading American aviation 

experts: What is Ahead in Aviation? 

. The Commercial Airplane. In New York Aero 

Show Program, [New York: 1920,] 1 p. 

A r sum of the postwar developments in the use of 

the aeroplane for pleasure and commerce. 

. Diary of the First Flight. Collier s, Dec. 25, 

1948, vol. 122, pp. 32—33, +illus. 

Published also in Kelly, Fred C., Miracle at Kitty 

Hawk, New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951, pp. 

114—116; with title, At Kitty Hawk Dec. 17, 1903, 

in Air Force, Sept. 1953, vol. 36, p. 18; in McFarland, 

Marvin W., ed., The Papers of Wilbur and Orville 

Wright, New York: McGraw—Hill Book Company, 

1953, vol. 1, pp. 394—397; and in Dunaway, Philip, 

and George de Kay, Turning Point; Fateful Moments 

That Revealed Men and Made History, New York: 

Random House, 1958, pp. 245—249. 

Entry of December 17, 1903, Orville Wright s 

Diary D. 

. [in part.] LEmpire des airs et son avenir. Figaro 

illustr , Feb. 1909, no. 227, p. 30, ports. 

Contributed to a roundup of opinion on one of the 

important questions of the day. Contains facsimile signature 

of Orville Wright. 

. First Flight. American Legion Monthly, Sept. 

1926, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 14—15, +illus. 

Published also in Congressional Record, Feb. 8, 

1927, vol. 68, pp. 3281—3282. 

Brief account contributed by Orville to article 

Winged Pioneers, which includes statements by 

thirteen noted aviators and aeronautical engineers. 

. [Fortieth Year Anniversary Statement.] In 

Aerosphere, 1943, New York: Aerosphere, Inc., 1944, 

p. CV. 

Brief comment on the general use of the aeroplane. 

. Future of the Aeroplane. Country Life, Jan. 

1909, vol. 15, pp. 252—253. 

Predicts commercial future for the aeroplane. 

A Bibliography 3

. The Future of Civil Flying. Aviation, Jan. 1, 

1919, vol. 5, p. 676. 

States that future development of private flying will 

depend upon development of aircraft capable of flying 

at low speeds and provision of adequate landing 

fields. 

. How I Learned to Fly. As told by him to Leslie 

W. Quirk, for the readers of Boy s Life. Boys Life, Sept. 

1914, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 2—4, +illus. 

Reprinted Boy s Life, Dec. 1928, vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 

10—11, 81—82: in the Boy Scout s Book of True 

Adventure, New York, London: G. P. Putnam, 1931, 

pp. 29—40. 

R sum of early flying experiments at Kitty Hawk, 

N.C., culminating in the first power flights, December 

17, 1903. 

. How We Invented the Aeroplane. Edited and 

with Commentary by Fred C. Kelly. Drawings by James 

MacDonald. New York: David McKay, 1953, 78 pp. 

Originally published (in part) under this title in 

Harper s Magazine, June 1953, vol. 206, pp. 25—33. A 

translation of this article appeared in Argentina A rea, 

Dec. 1953, vol. 8, pp. 4—5, 12—13. 

Edited extracts from Orville Wright s depositions, 

January 13, 1920, and February 2, 1921, in the suit 

brought by the heirs of John J. Montgomery against 

the Government, originally published as a part of 

Court of Claims case, Regina Cleary Montgomery et 

al. Vs. The United States, Evidence for Defendant, 


pp. 651—691, 694—714, 857. 

. How We Made the First Flight. Flying, Dec. 

1913, vol. 2, pp. 10—12, 35—36. 

Also in Orville Wright Dinner of the Society of 

Automotive Engineers, Inc., July [June] 17, 1918 

Dayton, Ohio. Dayton: Society of Automotive 

Engineers, 1918, pp. 14—22; Flying, New York, Dec. 

1918, vol. 7, pp. 1020—1024; Flying, London, Jan. 8- 

15, 1919, vol. 5, pp. 24—25, 44—46; Aircraft Year Book, 

1919, New York: Manufacturers Aircraft Association, 

1919, pp. 304—309; The Early History of the Airplane, 

Dayton: The Dayton—Wright Airplane Co., 1922, pp. 

9—15; Aviation, Dec. 17, 1923, vol. 15, pp. 737—741; 

reprinted with title, Twenty-Five Years Ago, 

Washington, D.C.: International Civil Aeronautics 

Conference, 1928, 23 pp.; Science News Letter, Dec. 8, 

1928, vol. 14, pp. 353—354; U.S. Air Services, Dec. 

1937, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 10—13, 28—30; Federal 

Architect, Apr./June 1941, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 34—35; in 

Kelly, Fred C., The Wright Brothers, New York: 

Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1943, pp. 96—102, and same 

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1950, pp. 96—102. 



First extensive authentic account of the Kitty Hawk 

flights of December 17, 1903. 

. Introduction to Hayward, Charles B. Practical 

Aeronautics, Chicago: American School of 

Correspondence, 1912, p. xv. 

Also in 2d ed., Chicago: American Technical 

Society, 1919. 

Approves of Hayward s account [pp. 107—126] of 

Wrights early work, especially the chapter on their 

patent litigation [pp. 505—524]. This chapter was 

omitted from the 2d ed. 

. Introduction to Jacobs, Anne Marguerite. 

Knights of the Wing, New York, London: The Century 

Co., 1928, pp. vii—viii. 

. Inventor of the Airplane Details Some of Early 

Experiences in Radio Message to the World. National 

Aeronautic Association Review, Jan. 1, 1924, vol. 2, no. 

1, p. 3. 

Published also in Air Service News Letter, Jan. 7, 

1924, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 2—4. 

Text of speech written by Orville Wright on the 

twentieth anniversary of the December 17, 1903, 

flights and broadcast over radio station WLW, 

Cincinnati, December 16, 1923. 

. Inverted Aeroplane Stresses. Aeronautics, Apr. 

1912, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 119. 

Opinion as to cause of Lieut. Henry P. Seville s 

fatal accident, March 13, 1912. 

. Low Speed Landing Is First Need of Aviation. 

Popular Science Monthly, Feb. 1922, vol. 100, no. 2, p. 

68, +illus. 

Contributed by Orville Wright to symposium on 

question: What is the most pressing scientific 

achievement now required in the field of your special 

interest and deserving the first attention of American 

inventive genius during 1922? 

. My Narrowest Escape in the Air. As told by him 

to Leslie W. Quirk for the readers of Boys Life. Boys 

Life, Aug. 1914, vol. 4, pp. 5, +illus. 

Account of the Fort Myer accident, September 17, 

1908. 

. The Mythical Whitehead Flight. U.S. Air 

Services, Aug. 1945, vol. 30, p. 9. 

Published also in U.S. Air Services, Apr. 1953, vol. 

38, no. 4, p. 7. 

Comment on statement in Reader s Digest, July 

1945, p. 57, in an article The Man Who Knows 

Everything, by Mort Wesinger (abridged from

Liberty, April 28, 1945), re-regarding Gustave 

Whitehead, the first man to fly a heavier-than-air 

machine, two years, four months and three days previous 

to the Wright flight at Kitty Hawk. 

. Our Early Flying Machine Development. 

Slipstream, Jan. 1925, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 11—15, +illus. 

Published also in Slipstream, Sept. 1927, vol. 8, no. 

9, pp. 15—16; Wright Engine Builder, Dec. 1928, vol. 

10, no.12, pp. 3—5. 

Brief statement on the 1903 Kitty Hawk flights. 

. Our Life in Camp at Kitty Hawk. U.S. Air 

Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 12—17, +illus. 

Made up entirely of excerpts from letters written 

at Kitty Hawk by Wilbur and me to our sister 

Katharine The story of the first flight is not included. 

. Our Recent Experiments in North Carolina. By 

Wright Brothers [Orville Wright]. Aeronautics, June 

1908, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 4—6, ports. 

Brief note on flights of May 6-14, 1908. 

. Possibilities of Soaring Flight. U.S. Air 

Services, Dec. 1922, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 7—9. 

Presents view that the importance of soaring flight 

was being exaggerated as result of the experiments in 

Europe in 1922, and that the powered aeroplane 

would remain unrivaled as a means of transportation 

as would the wind tunnel as a source of precise aerodynamic 

knowledge. 

. Le Premier vol d un a roplane (17 d cembre, 

1903), par Orville Wright, L A ronautique, Dec. 1923, 

vol. 5, p. 494. 

Translated excerpts from The Wright Brothers 

Aeroplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright. 

. Sporting Future of the Aeroplane. U.S. Air 

Services, Feb. 1919, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 4—5, +illus. 

Emphasizes reduced landing speeds as an essential 

factor. 

. Stability of Aeroplanes. Journal of the Franklin 

Institute, Sept. 1914, vol. 78, pp. 249—258. 

Published also in Aeronautics, Sept. 15, 1914, vol. 

14, pp. 67—68, 78; Scientific American Supplement, 

Sept. 26, 1914, vol. 78, pp. 206—207; abstract 

Aeroplane, Oct. 9, 1914, vol. 6, pp. 1024—1026; 

reprinted Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 

1914; Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 

1914, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 

1915, pp. 209—216, and reprinted as Smithsonian 

Publication 2328; Aerial Age Weekly, July 19, 1915, 


vol. 1, pp. 428—429; abstract Scientific American 

Supplement, May 13, 1916, vol. 81, p. 320. 

Address presented at the Franklin Institute, May 20, 

1914. 

. [Statement to National Aeronautic Association, 

August 1928.] Aeronautic Review, Aug. 1928, vol. 6, no. 

8, p. 114, +illus. 

Published also in Dayton Motor News, Dec. 1928, 

vol. 6, no. 12, p. 3. 

Brief twenty-fifth anniversary statement. 

. The Story of the Wright Brothers Early 

Developments. In Dayton—Wright Airplanes, 

Commercial and Pleasure Aircraft of Distinction, 

Dayton: The General Motors Corporation, Dayton— 

Wright Division, 1920, pp. [5—10]. 

On Orville Wright s copy of this publication, he 

ruled out his name and wrote in that of F. C. Makeley 

as the author. 

. Sun Power Motor. Science News Letter, Apr. 16, 

1932, vol. 21, p. 239. 

Very brief statement by Orville Wright, one of 

eleven opinions by eminent American inventors 

answering the question submitted to them by Science 

Service: The Next Great Invention: What Does the 

World Need Most? 

. Why the 1903 Wright Airplane Is Sent to a 

British Museum. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1928, vol. 13, 

no. 1, pp. 30—31. 

Also U.S. Air Services, Feb. 1948, p. 33, vol. 13, 

no. 2, pp.14—15. 

. Wilbur Wright. [Signed O. W.] In The 

Encyclopedia Britannica, 14th ed., London, New York: 

1929, vol. 23, pp. 808—809. 

Continued in later editions. 

. [in part.] The Wright—Langley Controversy. 

Aviation, May 1925, vol. 18, pp. 550—551, +illus. 

Orville Wright and Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, present both 

sides of the controversy. 

Wright s First Statement Since the War. U.S. Air 

Services, Dec. 1921, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 8. 

Statement submitted to the Aeronautical Chamber 

of Commerce on the eighteenth anniversary of the 

first flight. Stresses importance of the 1901 wind-tunnel 

experiments. 

A Bibliography 5

Wilbur and Orville 

Wright, Wilbur, and Wright, Orville. [Letter Report to 

the Aero Club of America, March 2, 1906.] New York: 

Aero Club of America, 1906, 2 pp. 

Published also in Scientific American Supplement, 

Apr. 7, 1906, vol. 61, p. 25203; The Aeronautical 

News, May 1906, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 17; Technical World 

Magazine, June 1906, vol. 5, pp. 332—333; Revue 

d artillerie, Oct. 1906, vol. 69, pp. XII—XV; American 

Magazine of Aeronautics, July 1907, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 

23—24; Navigating the Air, New York: Doubleday and 

Company, 1907, pp. 6—8; translation by L. Ferrus, 

with title, Les exp riences d aviation des fr res 

Wright, Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1907, 7 pp.; Greater 

Dayton, June 1909, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 218—219; U.S. 

Air Services, Dec. 1928, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 27—29; 

Aeronautica, Jan. 1929, vol. 3, pp. 10—11; National 

Aeronautics, Dec. 1943, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 15, 41. 

Publication of the Wrights letter of March 2, 1906, 

to Augustus Post, Secretary of the recently created 

Aero Club of America, summarizing their 1905 experiments. 

. Miracle at Kitty Hawk; the Letters of Wilbur 

and Orville Wright, edited by Fred C. Kelly. New York: 

Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951, 482 pp., +illus. 

Also excerpts in Atlantic Monthly, May-July 1950, 

vol. 185, May, pp. 23—29, June, pp. 64—70, July, pp. 

68—74. 

Selections from approximately 500 letters in the 

Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers in the Library of 

Congress. 

. The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, 

Including the Chanute—Wright Letters and Other Papers 

of Octave Chanute. Marvin W. McFarland, ed. New 

York, Toronto, London: McGraw—Hill Book Company, 

Inc., 1953, 2v. (1278p.), +illus. 

Excerpts published in New York Times, Oct. 11, 

1953, Sec. 10, p. 3, with title The Wright Brothers 

Story Told in Their Private Papers and in Life, Dec. 

7, 1953, vol. 35, pp. 162—176, in article titled The 

Day That Man First Flew; Wrights Papers Recall 

Great Event 50 Years Ago, by Ernest Haveann. 

Comprises selections from the Wright collection 

bequeathed to the Library of Congress by the Orville 

Wright Estate in 1949 and from the Octave Chanute 

papers deposited in the Library in 1932 by his daughters, 

Elizabeth C. and Octavia. Included is the correspondence 

between Wilbur and Octave Chanute 

(1900-1910), early leader in the aeronautics field; 

excerpts from the Wright diaries and notebooks 

(1900-1919) and from Wright family correspondence; 



wind-tunnel tables, propeller notebooks, and many 

other selected articles, lectures, and writings of the 

brothers. 

Technical data are presented in four appendices 

(Notes on nomenclature, Wright Wind Tunnel, 1901, 

the Wright Propellers, and Aeroplanes and Motors) 

pp. 543—640 and 1183—1217, prepared by Fred S. 

Forward and followed by a bibliography, pp. 

1221—1243, prepared by Arthur G. Renstrom. 

Reviewed by Allen F. Bonnalie in U.S. Air Service, 

Feb. 1954, vol. 39, pp. 11—12; by Roy Madden, 

Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Jan. 1955, 

vol. 59, pp. 72—74 (reprinted U.S. Air Services, July 

1955, vol. 40, pp. 18—20); by Brendan Call, New 

Yorker, Feb. 13, 1954, vol. 29, pp. 109—110, 112—113; 

by J. Hoff, Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 

Jan. 1955, vol. 59, pp. 70—71 (reprinted Science, Apr. 

15, 1955, vol. 121, pp. 523—525 and in U.S. Air 

Services, June 1955, vol. 40, pp. 21—22); by Waldemar 

Kaempffert, New York Times Book Review, Dec. 20, p. 

6; by James R. Newman, Scientific American, May 

1954, vol. 190, pp. 88—93; by Alec Ogilvie, Journal of 

the Royal Aeronautical Society, Jan. 1955, vol. 59, pp. 

66—68 (reprinted U.S. Air Services, Apr. 1955, vol. 40, 

pp.16—19; by J. Laurence Pritchard, Aeroplane, June 

18, 1954, vol. 86, pp. 803—806l; by Ernest F. Relf, 

Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Jan 1955, 

vol. 59, pp. 68—70 (reprinted U.S. Air Services, May 

1955, vol. 40, pp. 19—20; by Henry Ladd Smith, 

Saturday Review of Literature, Feb. 6, 1954, vol. 37, 

pp. 20; in Army Aviation Digest, Sept. 1956, vol. 2, pp. 

23—24; in Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 

Dec. 1953, vol. 57, pp. 825—826. 

. The Relations of Weight, Speed and Power of 

Flyers. In Navigating the Air; a Scientific Statement of 

the Progress of Aeronautical Science Up to the Present 

Time by the Aero Club of America. New York: 

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907, pp. 6—12. 

Published also in Zahm, Albert F., Aerial 

Navigation, New York and London: D. Appleton and 

Company, 1911, pp. 478—480. 

Gives comparative data for 1903, 1904, and 1905 

Wright aeroplanes. Appended are letters to the Aero 

Club of America from four witnesses of flights made 

by the Wrights at Dayton in 1905. 

Orville and Wilbur 

McFarland, Marvin, and Renstrom, Arthur. The Papers 

of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Library of Congress 

Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, Aug. 1950, 

vol. 7, pp. 23—34, +illus.

Extensive account of the Wright brothers papers 

received by the Library of Congress, May 27, 1949, 

from the Estate of Orville Wright, giving history of 

acquisition and outline of contents and materials in 

the collection. 

Wright, Orville, and Wright, Wilbur. A Letter from 

Orville and Wilbur Wright. Aero, [New York] Mar. 23, 

1912, vol. 3, p. 499. 

Also Scientific American, Mar. 30, 1912, vol. 106 

(n.s.), p. 287; Flight, Apr. 6, 1912, vol. 4, p. 305. 

Letter to the editor setting forth grounds for the 

recent German Patent Office decision nullifying main 

claims of the Wright German patent. 

. Our Aeroplane Tests at Kitty Hawk. Scientific 

American, June 13, 1908, vol. 98 (n.s.), p. 423. 

Partial translations, with titles, Les derniers Essais 

des Wright en Am rique, racont s par eux-m mes, 

L A rophile, June 15, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 222—223, and 

Unsere neuen Flugversuche [signed Mck, i.e., 

Moedebeck], Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, 

July 1, 1908, vol. 12, pp. 349—351. 

Brief note on flights carried out in May 1908. 

The Wright Brothers Aeroplane. The Century 

Magazine, Sept. 1908, vol. 76, pp. 641—650, +illus. 

Abstract in L Illustration, Sept. 5, 1908, vol. 66, p. 

168; Sport im Bild, Oct. 1908, vol. 15, pp. 274—275; 

La Conqu te de l air, Nov. 15, 1908, vol. 5, p. 2; 

translation of selected excerpts with title, Les 

Travaux des Wright expos s par euxm mes, 

L A rophile, Nov. 1, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 426—428; 

translation in Revue d artillerie, Jan. 1909, vol. 73, 

pp. 201—226; translation by L. Ferrus with title, 

Notre Vie, Je Sais Tout, Jan. 15, 1909, vol. 4, pp. 

713—724; translation in Peyrey, Francois, Les Oiseaux 

artificiels, Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1909, pp. 

636—655; translation with title, Die Erfindung des 

Fliegens in Adams, Heinrich, Flug, Leipzig, C. F. 

Amelang, 1909, pp. 30—44; slightly abridged Russian 

translation in Veigelin K. E., Zavoevanie vozdushnogo 

okeana, S.-Peterburg: Knigoizd-vo P. P. Soikina, 

1917, pp. 129—136; Aeronautical Journal, July/Sept. 

1916, vol. 20, pp. 100—106; in Orville Wright Dinner 

of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., July 

[June] 19, 1918 Dayton, Ohio, Dayton: Society of 

Automtovie Engineers, 1918, pp. 1—13; in The Early 

History of the Airplane, Dayton: the Dayton—Wright 

Airplane Co. [1922], pp. 1—8; Aviation, Dec. 17, 1923, 

vol. 15, pp. 732—737; U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1923, 

vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 26—32; translation with brief introductory 

statement and tribute by the author in 

ngstr m, Tord, Br derna Wright och 

Flygproblemets L sning, Stockholm: Nordisk 


Rotogravyr, 1928, pp. 7—20; Aeronautics, Jan. 1909, 

vol. 3, pp. 4—9. 

First popular presentation by the Wrights of their 

aeronautical achievements. Though it appears under 

joint authorship, the article was entirely the work of 

Orville Wright. 

. Wright Flyer. A Report of Late Tests Is Given 

by Messrs. Wright, Inventors of the Machine. Dayton 

Press, Jan. 6, 1904. 

Published also with title, La Machine volante des 

fr res Wright, L A rophile, Jan. 1904, vol. 12, pp. 

16—18; The Aeronautical Journal, Apr. 1904, vol. 8, 

pp. 41—42; and in Freudenthal, Elsbeth, Flight into 

History, Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma 

Press, 1949, pp. 86—88. 

Statement prepared for the Associated Press by the 

Wrights to correct printed information about their 

December 17, 1903, flights. This appeared in many of 

the Associated Press newspapers on January 6. 

Interviews, Speeches, Statements 

The Aeroplane. What Will it be Like in Five Years Time? 

Opinions of Prominent Aeroists. What Wilbur Wright 

Thinks. Motor, London, Nov. 17, 1908, vol. 14, pp. 

457—458. 

Predicts future of the aeroplane lies in use for military 

purposes. 

Rouhier, Maurice. Wright professeur. La Vie au grand 

air, Feb. 27, 1909, pp. 134—136, +illus. 

Abridged in La Conqu te de L Air, Apr. 15, 1909, 

vol. 6, no. 8, p. 1. 

Interview with Wilbur Wright on his training and 

instruction methods. 

A Talk with Wilbur Wright. Scientific American, Oct. 23, 

1909, vol. 101, p. 290. 

Wilbur Wright states that future development of 

aviation will be in high altitude flying because of the 

more favorable atmospheric conditions provided by 

upper air strata. 

Ohio in Aviation. Twenty-Fourth Annual Banquet of the 

Ohio Society of New York January 10, 1910. In Ohio 

Society of New York, Reports of Proceedings, 1910, New 

York: 1910, pp. 93—138. 

Includes brief remarks by Wilbur Wright on occasion 

of dinner given in Wrights honor. 

Wright s Statement Concerning Johnstone s Fatal Fall. 

Mobile Era, Dec. 1910, vol. 1, p. 16. 

A Bibliography 7

Wilbur Wright s statement as to probable cause of 

accident which killed Ralph Johnstone in Denver, 


Remarks by Wilbur Wright on Presentation of Langley 

Medals to Wright Brothers. In Annual Report of the 


Government Printing Office, 1911, pp. 109—110. 

In Honor of the Army and Aviation. Addresses of the 

Evening. National Geographic Magazine, Mar. 1911, 

vol. 32, pp. 279—281, +illus. 

Includes brief address by Wilbur Wright at the sixth 

annual banquet of the National Geographic Society, 

Washington, January 14, 1911, honoring the United 

States Army and the invention of the aeroplane by the 

Wright brothers. 

Wright Considers High Speed Too Dangerous. Fly 

Magazine, Aug. 1911, vol. 3, no. 11, p. 9. 

Wilbur Wright s communication to Paris edition of 

an American newspaper explaining failure of Wright 

Company to enter a machine in the Gordon—Bennett 

race. 

Wilbur Wright Favors Reliability Tests. Aero, St. Louis, 

Mar. 30, 1912, vol. 3, p. 514. 

Statement made in Baltimore, March 24, that he 

favors cross-country reliability flight in preference to 

speed contest. 

Wright Co. Not Building Racer. Aero and Hydro, July 

27, 1912, vol. 4, p. 374. 

Includes Orville Wright s statement that company 

is building only regulation machines. 

Orville Wright Talks on Automatic Stability. Aircraft, 

Nov. 1912, vol. 3, p. 275. 

States that he has no faith in principle of the Sperry 

gyroscope. 

Tenth Anniversary of Flight. Aeronautics, New York, 

Dec. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 208—209, 220, +illus. 

Includes brief statement by Orville Wright 

acknowledging honor done him at anniversary dinner 

given December 18 by the Aeronautical Society. 

Wright Finds Ocean Crossing Risky Now. Aero and 

Hydro, Feb. 21, 1914, vol. 7, p. 261. 

Reproduces Orville Wright s letter of February 13, 

1914, to the editor. 

Orville Wright Says His Health Would Not Permit Him 

to Accept Commission to Rebuild British Air Fleet. 

Aerial Age Weekly, July 5, 1915, vol. 1, p. 367. 



Kelly, Fred C. Flying Machines and the War; an 

Interview with Orville Wright. Collier s, July 31, 1915, 

vol. 55, pp. 24—25. 

Published also in Simonds, Frank A., History of the 

World War, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917, 

vol. 1, p. 376. 

Orville states that the aeroplane will prevent war by 

making its cost prohibitive. 

The Annual Air Derby. Aerial Age Weekly, May 29, 

1916, vol. 3, p. 334. 

Includes brief comment by Orville Wright on proposed 

transcontinental air race for the Ralph Pulitzer 

trophy. 

Dinner Given for Orville Wright. Aerial Age Weekly, 

Feb. 19, 1917, vol. 4, p. 652. 

Dinner given at Delmonico s in New York by 

Grover Loening. Includes brief excerpts from 

Orville s speech on hardships and discouragements he 

and his brother experienced in their early experiments. 

Hendrick, Burton J. The Safe and Useful Aeroplane. An 

Interview with Orville Wright. Harper s Magazine, Apr. 

1917, vol. 134, pp. 609—619, +illus. 

Published also in Aviation, Apr. 1, 1917, vol. 2, pp. 

224—226. 

Extensive interview in which Orville Wright stresses 

peacetime uses of the aeroplane. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Orville Wright Says 10,000 

Aeroplanes Would Win the War within Ten Weeks. New 

York Times Magazine Section, July 1, 1917, pp. 1—2. 

Orville Wright s comments on the Aircraft 

Production Board and the government s proposed aircraft 

manufacturing program. 

Brief Statement on Aircraft and War on Occasion of the 

Awarding of a Doctor of Science Degree by the 

University of Cincinnati. Aerial Age Weekly, July 2, 

1917, vol. 5, p. 521. 

Says Aircraft Will Win War. Aerial Age Weekly, July 9, 

1917, vol. 5, p. 563. 

Brief quotation from interview with Orville Wright. 

The Work of Orville Wright. Aerial Age Weekly, Oct. 15, 

1917, vol. 6, p. 195. 

Includes Orville s statement on airplane as an 

instrument of peace. 

Wright to Make Aeros for Commercial Use. Aerial Age 

Weekly, Oct. 29, 1917, vol. 6. 

Includes quotations from interview with Orville 

Wright.

Orville Wright Calls Armored Plate Useless. Aerial Age 

Weekly, June 3, 1918, vol. 7, p. 579. 

Orville s reported comment on occasion of death of 

Raoul Lufbery in a flying tank. 

Testimony of Orville Wright, October 3, 1918. In United 

States Department of Justice, Hughes Aircraft 

Investigation, Testimony of Witnesses, May to October 

1918, vol. 22, pp. 175—193. (typescript). 

Interrogation by Charles Evans Hughes. 

Orville Wright Disparages the Glider. Literary Digest, 

Jan. 6, 1923, vol. 76, pp. 59—60. 

Crane, Carl J. Orville Wright; an Interview, University of 

Dayton Opponent, Apr. 1924, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 7—9. 

Orville Wright Forecasts Aircraft Expansion. U.S. Air 

Services, Nov. 1925, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 20—22, +illus. 

Testimony before the President s Aircraft Board, 

October 12, 1925. 

Statement of Mr. Orville Wright, Dayton, Ohio. In 

President s Aircraft Board, Hearings, September 21- 

October 15, 1925, Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1925, vol. 3, pp. 1096—1100. 

Kelly, Fred C. What s Going on Here? An Answer to Our 

Traveling Reporter. Today, Mar. 31, 1934, vol. 1, no. 23, 

pp. 8, 22, port. 

Kelly s report on his interview with Orville Wright 

in Dayton. 

Farber, James. Orville Wright Interviewed. Popular 

Aviation, Apr. 1934, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 223—224, 261, 

+illus. 

Similar interview published in the New York Times, 

December 17, 1933, with title Kitty Hawk 

Memories, Orville Wright Chats on the Brief History 

of Aviation. 

Orville Wright Foresees Great Progress in Next Decade. 

U.S. Air Services, Jan. 1938, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 15. 

Quotes from interview with Orville Wright, 

December 17 at Columbia University, reported in New 

York Times. 

Orville Wright Favors All Aid to Britain. U.S. Air 

Services, May 1941, vol. 26, no. 5, p. 9. 

Orville Wright s statement to the editor on a visit to 

Washington, April 24-25, 1941. 

Orville Wright Takes a Look Back. Extension of Remarks 

of Hon. Herbert C. Bonner. Congressional Record, Nov. 

10, 1943, vol. 89, appendix pp. A4774—A4775. 

Biographical References 

Interview at Dayton, November 6, by Fred C. Kelly, 

reprinted from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday, 

November 7, 1943, giving Orville Wright s views on 

the military aeroplane, and its use in World War II as 

contrasted with the Wrights early conception of its 

use. 

McSurely, Alexander. Wright Favors Free Competition 

on Postwar Foreign Air Routes. Aviation News, Dec. 11, 

1943, vol. 1, no. 20, pp. 10—11. 

An interview with Orville at his laboratory in 

Dayton. 

Case, Leland D. Orville Wright First Man to Fly. 

Rotarian, Apr. 1948, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 8—10, 50—53, 

+illus. 

Press interview with the editor several weeks 

before Orville s death. 


Wright Brothers 

Books 

ngstr m, Tord. Br derna Wright och flygproblemets 

l sning. Minneskrift den f rsta motor-drivna flygningens 

25- rsdag den 17dec. 1928. Stockholm: Nordisk 

Rotogravyr, 1928, 22 pp., +illus. 

A Swedish translation of the Wrights Century 

Magazine article The Wright Brothers Aeroplane 

with a brief introductory statement and tribute by the 

author on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the 

December 17, 1903, flights. 

Abramowski, Waclaw. Wilbur i Orwille Wright owie 

[and] Latawiec braci Wright w. In his Lotnictwo wsp lczesne. 

Latawce (aeroplany), Warszawa: Drukarnia 

Artystyczna, 1910, pp. 32—39, 97—104. 

Adams, Heinrich. Flug Leipzig: C. F. Amelangs 

Verlag, 1909, 144 pp., +illus. 

Short history of aviation devoted largely to the 

Wright brothers with a detailed account of their 1908 

and 1909 flights and including a German translation 

titled Unser Flieger. Die Erfindung des Fliegens of 

their article originally published in the September 

1908 issue of the Century Magazine, pp. 30—44. 

A Bibliography 9

L A roplane des fr res Wright. Historique exp riences 

description. Avec une planche de dessins originaux. 

Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie., 1908, 30 pp., +illus. 

Compilation based on three articles originally 

appearing in Revue d artillerie. These comprise L. 

Ferrus translations of the Wright letter of March 2, 

1906, to the Aero Club of America, and the Signal 

Corps advertisement and specifications for a heavierthan-air 

flying machine, December 23, 1907, and 

Captain Lucas-Girardville s summary of the Wright 

French patents. 

Albertson, Catherine. Wings Over Kill Devil and 

Legends of the Dunes. Elizabeth City, N.C., [1928], 37 

pp., +illus. 

Privately printed in an edition of 25 copies. 

Includes William J. Tate s account of his association 

with the Wright brothers at Kill Devil Hill in 

North Carolina. 

Arrudae, Matias. A quest o Wright Santos Dumont. 

Contribuc o ao Congresso Nacional de Aeronautica 

patrocinado pelo AeroClube do Brasil. S o Sim o: Casa 

Minerva, 1946, 6 pp. 

. O s Wright. In Pequena hist ria da aviac o, S o 

Paulo: Livraria Martins editora s.a. [1948], pp. 140—147. 

Claims Santos-Dumont and not Wrights deserves 

honor of having first achieved powered flight. 

Berget, Alphonse. L A roplane des fr res Wright. In his 

La Route de L Air. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1909, 

pp. 198—208. 

Published also in translation in English edition 

titled The Conquest of the Air, London: William 

Heinemann, New York: G. P. Putman, 1909, pp. 

192—201, and in 1911 French edition, pp. 151—157. 

Beringer, Sarah M. The Beginning and Future of 

Aviation [Dayton, Ohio, 1929], 59 pp., +illus. 

Account of Dayton s role in the development of the 

aircraft industry emphasizing activities of the Wright 

brothers. 

Bernstein, Mark. Grand Eccentrics; Turning the 

Century: Dayton and the Inventing of America. 

Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press, 1996, 271 pp. 

Against the backdrop of a historical sketch of 

Dayton, Ohio, the author presents biographical details 

on Wilbur and Orville Wright, James Cox, Charles 

Kettering, John Patterson, and Arthur Morgan. Also 

includes such events as the 1913 Dayton flood. 

Bibliographic footnotes, pp. 239—259. 



Besancon, Georges. L cole am ricaine Les fr res 

Wright. In his Ballons et a roplanes, Paris: Garnier 

Fr res, 1910, pp. 289—320, +illus. 

Bia, Georges. Les fr res Wright et leur oeuvre. Rapport 

pr sent la Section A ronautique de la Soci t Belge 

des Ing nieurs et des Industriels. Illustr par Fox. [Saint- 

Mihiel]: Imprimeries du journal La Meuse [1909], 56 

pp., +illus. 

Also in later edition, Paris: F. L. Vivien, 1910. 

Account of the Wright brothers and their aeroplane 

by their Belgian representative. Based on French 

sources with section devoted to Wilbur Wright s 

flights in France and to the flights of his pupils Count 

de Lambert and Paul Tissandier. Includes an extensive 

account, titled Les n gociations commerciales, of 

their negotiations for the sale of their aeroplane. 

Black, Archibald. Mechanical Flight at Last! In his The 

Story of Flying, New York: Whittlesey House, 1940, pp. 

53—72, +illus. 

Included also in revised edition, 1943. 

Bl riot, Louis, and Raymond, douard. Les premiers 

hommesoiseaux. Orville et Wilbur Wright. In their La 

gloire des ailes; l aviation de Clement Ader Costes, 

Paris: Les ditions de France, 1928, pp. 37—52. 

Bracke, Albert. L A roplane Wilbur Wright. Mons: 

Dequesne-Masquillier & Fils, 1908, 16 pp., +illus. (His 

[Monographies d aviation] 1). 

. Construction et manocuvres de l a roplane 

Wright. Paris: F. L. Vivien, 1909, 16 pp., +illus. (His 

Monographies d aviation 5). 

Brigole, Alexandre. Duas palavras aos Estados Unidos. 

In his Santos-Dumont, o pioneiro do ar, Rio de Janeiro: 

Aero Clube do Brasil, 1941, pp. 79—84, +illus. 

Published also in English edition 1943, pp. 90—94. 

Ascribes priority in flight to Santos-Dumont. Based 

on an article by Dr. Claudio Ganns in Espelho, 

October 1936. 

Brown, Arch B. Historic Sands of Eastern Carolina. n. 

p., 1937, 40 pp. 

Includes chapter on Wright brothers, pp. 29—39. 

Brown, Cecil L. M. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

The Conquest of the Air: An Historical Survey. London: 

Oxford University Press, 1927, pp. 87—104, +illus. 

Carmer, Carl L., ed. From Flying Kites to Flying 

Machines (Wilbur and Orville Wright). In his Cavalcade 

of America, the Deeds and Achievements of the Men and

Women Who Made Our Country Great, New York: 

Crown Publishers, 1956, pp. 236—239. 

Chandler, Charles D. and Lahm, Frank P. How Our Army 

Grew Wings, Airmen and Aircraft Before 1914. New 

York: The Ronald Press Company, 1943, 333 pp., +illus. 

Includes two chapters devoted to the Wrights, The 

Birth of Aviation which recounts their early flying 

experiments and The First Army Airplane which is 

an account of their negotiations for the sale of their 

aeroplane to the U.S. Army and of their Fort Myer trials, 

1908-1909. 

Chanute, Octave. Fortschritte und neuere Erfahrungen 

im Kunstflug. In Moedebeck, Hermann W. L., 

Taschenbuch zumpraktischen Gebrauch fur 

Flugtechniker und Luftschiffer, Berlin: W. H. Kuhl, 

1904, pp. 322—340, +illus. 

English translation by W. Mansergh Varley, 

London: Whittaker & Co., 1907, pp. 301—307. 

Includes section devoted to the Wrights: 5. 

Wright, pp. 330—334. 

Charnley, Mitchell V. Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright 

[Signed M. V. C.] In The World Book Encyclopedia, 

Chicago: Field Enterprises, Inc., 1952, vol. 18, p. 8932. 

Clark, Ronald W. The Wright Brothers. In his The Air, 

London: Max Parrish [1966], pp. 55—83, +illus. 

A popular account of the early experiments of the 

Wrights. 

Cobianchi, Mario. I voli di Wilbur Wright a Roma. In his 

Pionieri dell aviazione in Italia, Rome: Editoriale 

Aeronautica, 1942, pp. 16—18. 

Account of Wilbur Wright s flights at Centocelle, 

near Rome in April 1909. 

Combs, Harry, and Caidin, Martin. Kill Devil Hill: 

Discovering the Secret of the Wright Brothers. Boston: 

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979, 389 pp., +illus. 

Biography of the Wright brothers based on both 

original and secondary sources. Emphasis is on the 

technical problems of flight and how the Wright 

brothers solved them, but is presented in popular 

terms. The first author, a pilot himself, describes the 

sense of awe in flying, in often emotional terms. 

Includes photographs, drawings, and an index. 

Conover, Charlotte R. The Birth of an Aeronautical 

Industry. In her Dayton and Montgomery County, 

Resources and People, New York: Lewis Historical 

Publishing Co., 1932, vol. 2, pp. 487—489. 

Includes brief mention of early Wright activities in 

Dayton. 


. The Home of Aviation, 1896-1915. In her The 

Story of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio: The Otterbein Press, 

1917, pp. 183—195, +illus. 

Discusses roles of Wrights in history of Dayton. 

Coppens de Houthulst, Willy. Les Fr res Wright. In his 

L Homme a Conquis le Ciel, Paris: Hachette [1937], pp. 

81—104. 

An account of the Wright brothers activities, 1899- 

1905. 

Cottler, Joseph, and Jaffe, Haym. The Wright Brothers. 

In their Heroes of Civilization, Boston: Little, Brown, 

1931, pp. 239—248. 

Cox, James. The Wright Brothers. In his Journey 

Through My Years, New York: Simon and Schuster, 

1946, pp. 81—84. 

Reminiscences by long-standing friend of Orville 

Wright, a former governor of Ohio and owner of the 

Dayton Daily News. 

Crouch, Tom D., and Sharkey, Gerald S. A Wrong or 

Two Wrights? Timeline, Aug./Sep. 1987, pp. 42—47, 

+illus. 

The article presents opposing arguments as to the 

authenticity of a purported 1893 photograph depicting 

Wilbur and Orville Wright in the Wright brothers 

bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio. 

. Bishops Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville 

Wright. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989, 606 

pp., +illus. 

Detailed biography of the Wright brothers. 

Emphasizes their relationships with their other siblings 

and relatives and especially the influence of their 

father, Milton Wright (1828-1917), who was elected a 

bishop of the United Bretheren Church in 1877. 

Includes photographs, quotes from numerous original 

sources as well as citations of numerous secondary 

sources, and an extensive index. 

Chapter notes pp. 531—575, and bibliography of 

over 150 entries. 

Crowder, B. M. [signed B. M. C.]. Wilbur and Orville 

Wright. In Chambers s Encyclopaedia, New York: 

Oxford University Press, 1950, vol. 14, p. 758. 

Derieux, Mary, ed. Orville and Wilbur Wright. In her 

One Hundred Great Lives, edited by John Allen [pseud.], 

New York: Greystone Press, 1948, pp. 674—680. 

Dollfus, Charles. Wilbur et Orville Wright, 1867-1912, 

1871-1948. In Les inventeurs c l bres, Paris: Lucien 

Mazenod, 1951, pp. 246—248, +illus. 

A Bibliography 11

Published also in a German translation by same 

publisher, with title, Die Ber hmte Erfinder, 1951, 

pp. 248—250, +illus. 

Dollfus, Charles, and Bouche, Henri. Histoire de 

L Aeronautique. Paris: L Illustration, 1942, 617 p., 

+illus. 

Includes sections dealing with the Wrights titled 

Le Premier Vol Humain, pp. 169—176; Wilbur 

Wright en France, pp. 196—197, and Les Premieres 

Victimes de L Aviation, p. 198. 

Donovan, Frank. The Early Eagles, New York: Dodd, 

Mead & Company, 1962, 312 pp. 

Chapter three, pp. 49—69, titled The First Winged 

Eagles, is a popular treatment of the Wright brothers. 

Drury, Augustus W. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

history of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, 

Ohio, Chicago-Dayton: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 

1909, vol. 2, pp. 871—876. 

Egbert, Howard. The Shop That Became a Shrine. A 

Recital of the Real Story of the First Flight in an 

Aeroplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, 

Ohio, Dayton: The Dayton Chamber of Commerce, 

1928, 8 pp. 

Issued on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary 

of the first successful flight. 

Ferber, Ferdinand. L Aviation; ses debuts son developpement. 

Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie, 1908, 250 pp., 

+illus. 

Includes two chapters devoted to the Wright brothers, 

Orville et Wilbur Wright, pp. 49—55 and 

Wright de 1903 1907 ou le soi-disant myst re des 

Wrights, pp. 82—95. A German translation of these 

chapters was published in Die Kunst zu Fliegen; ihre 

Anfange ihre Entwicklung, Berlin: Richard Carl 

Schmidt & Co., 1910, pp. 71—77, 105—117. 

Fess, Simeon D. The Wright Brothers. In his Ohio; a 

Four-Volume Reference Library on the History of a 

Great State, Chicago and New York: The Lewis 

Publishing Co., 1937, vol. 4, pp. 396—399, ports. 

Fisk, Fred C., and Todd, Marlin W. Wright Brothers from 

Bicycle to Biplane: An Illustrated History of the Wright 

Brothers. Dayton, Ohio: F. C. Fisk and M. W. Todd, 

1990, 168 pp. 

Includes photographs of all six bicycle shops of the 

Wright brothers as well as the Wright family s homes. 



Foltmann, John. Flygplanet blir verklighet. In his Flykt 

ver jorden, Stockholm: Kooperativa Forbundets bokforlag, 

1945, pp. 14—22, +illus. 

Franchere, Ruth. Illustrated by Louis Glanzman. 

Crowell Biography Wright Brothers. New York: 

Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1972, 41 pp., +illus. 

An easy-to-read biography of the Wright brothers 

who built and flew the first powered airplane in 1903. 

Fraser, Chelsea. The Wright Brothers. In his Famous 

American Flyers, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 

Company, 1941, pp. 1—45. 

Published also in 1942 edition. 

. The Wrights Enter the Field [and] The Wrights 

Invent the Airplane. In his The Story of Aircraft, New 

York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1933, pp. 293—326, 

+illus. 

Freudenthal, Elsbeth E. Flight into History; the Wright 

Brothers and the Air Age, Norman, Okla.: University of 

Oklahoma Press, 1949, 281 pp., +illus. 

Pages 82—90 of chapter VI titled December 17, 

1903 Climax and Beginning reprinted with title 

Flight into History in Science Milestones, New 

York: Windsor Press, 1954, pp. 270—275. 

Biography emphasizing the business affairs of the 

Wrights and their relationship with Octave Chanute, 

with frequent quotations from the extensive 

Wright—Chanute correspondence, but minimizing and 

distorting their real contribution to the development of 

the aeroplane. Includes numerous footnotes and a bibliography, 

pp. 253—261. 

Galbreath, Charles B. The Wright Brothers. In his 

History of Ohio, Chicago and New York: The American 

Historical Society, Inc., 1925, vol. 2, pp. 792—796. 

Garber, Paul E. The Wright Brothers. In his The National 

Aeronautical Collections. 9th ed. Washington, D.C.: The 

Smithsonian Institution, 1956, pp. 32—40, +illus. 

(Smithsonian Institution Publication 4255) 

Included also in 10th ed., 1965. 

Concise account of the Wright brothers by the senior 

curator and historian, National Air and Space 

Museum. 

Garcia de Souza, Jos . A famosa-controv rsia: irm os 

Wright, Santos-Dumont. Rio de Janeiro: Empresa 

Grafica Ouvidor, 1948, 32 pp. 

Presentation of evidence supporting Santos- 

Dumont and that supporting the Wrights in their 

claims to the honor of first achieving powered flight.

Gastambide, Robert. La joute France-Am rique In his 

L Envol, Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1932, pp. 117—154. 

Discussion of rivalry which prevailed in 1908 

between the French flyers and the Wrights. 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The Aeroplane; an Historical 

Survey of Its Origins and Development. London: H. 

Majesty s Stationery Office, 1960, 375 pp., +illus. 

The Wright brothers and their contributions to aviation 

are discussed extensively in chapters titled The 

Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Practical 

Aeroplane: 1900-1905, pp. 35—44; The Beginnings 

of Practical Aviation in Europe: 1900-1908, pp. 

62—64; and in commentary on Wright Brothers, pp. 

224—234. 

. The Invention of the Aeroplane (1799-1909). 

New York: Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 360 pp., 

+illus. 

Originally published in Great Britain (London: 

Faber, 1966). 

A comprehensive, well documented, and excellently 

illustrated technological history by an aeronautical 

historian associated for many years with the Victoria 

and Albert Museum, London, emphasizing the role of 

the Wright brothers in the development of the aeroplane. 

The experiments, achievements, flights, gliders, 

and aeroplanes of the Wrights are extensively 

covered in many chapters and sections, particularly 

sections 9—11, 13—14, 17—18, 22—23, 42—45, and 57. 

Eight appendices include data on Wright aeroplanes, 

engines, control systems, flights, and the Wrights 

influence on the revival of European aviation, 1901- 

1903. Includes bibliography, pp. 353—355. 

. The Wright Brothers. In his A History of Flying, 

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1954, pp. 223—245. 

(Books That Matter). 

Originally published in Great Britain (London: 

Batsford, 1953). 

Chapter XI of this book, titled The Invention of 

the Aeroplane, deals with the early Wright experiments 

and the technical development of their aeroplane, 

1900-1908. 

. The Wright Brothers: A Brief Account of Their 

Work, 1899-1911. London: H. Majesty s Stationery 

Office, 1963, 30 pp., +illus. 

Substance of a lecture delivered before the Royal 

Institution of Great Britain, May 3, 1963. Pages 1—13 

originally published with title Wright Brothers and 

Their Invention of the Practical Aeroplane in Nature, 

June 1, 1963, vol. 198, pp. 824—826. 

Concise and authentic survey of the Wright brothers 

achievements, their early gliding experiments, 1900- 


1902, their aeroplanes and powered flights, 1903-1905, 

their patent and flight control systems, their flights in 

France and the United States in 1908-1909; Wright 

aeroplane modifications, 1909-1911, and their influence 

on aviation abroad during the period 1902-1909. 

Goldstrom, John. The Wright Brothers. In his A 

Narrative History of Aviation, New York: MacMillan, 

1930, pp. 24—45. 

Goulder, Grace. Katharine Wright. In her Ohio Scenes 

and Citizens, Cleveland and New York: World Book 

Publishing Company, 1964, pp. 117—123. 

Deals extensively with Katharine s brothers, 

Orville and Wilbur. 

Grahame—White, Claude. Wright Brothers. In his Heroes 

of the Air, London: H. Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, 

1912, pp. 57—93. 

Griffith, Ward. Illustrated by Henry E. Vallely. Orville 

and Wilbur Wright. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman 

Publishing Company, 1946, pp. 10—15. 

Hallion, Richard, editor. Wright Brothers: Heirs of 

Prometheus. Washington, D.C.: National Air and Space 

Museum, Smithsonian Institution; distributed by 

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, 146 pp. 

With contributions by Roger E. Bilstein, Marvin W. 

McFarland, and others. 

Harrison, Michael. Airborne at Kitty Hawk; the Story of 

the First Heavier-Than-Air Flight Made by the Wright 

Brothers, December 17, 1903. With a Foreword by the 

Marquess of Donegall. London: Cassell and Company, 

Ltd., 1953, 118 pp. 

Essentially a popular history of aeronautics with 

less than half, pp. 1—12, 86—114, devoted to the 


Hathaway, Esse V. The Wright Brothers. In her Partners 

in Progress, New York and London: McGraw—Hill Book 

Company, 1935, pp. 163—183, +illus. 

Hegener, Henri. Overwinning op vleugels; Wilbur en 

Orville Wrightleerden ons vliegen. Haarlem; N. V. 

Drukkerij De Spaarnestad [1953], 160 p., +illus. 

Reviewed in Avia Vliegwereld, Dec. 10, 1953, vol. 

2, p. 647 and by Marvin W. McFarland in U.S. Air 

Services, Nov. 1954, vol. 39, p. 17. 

A popular general account of the Wright brothers. 

Includes tables of (1) Wrights flights at Kitty Hawk, 

N.C., 1903-1905, p. 149; (2) Wrights flights at Kitty 

Hawk, May 6-14, 1908, p. 150; and (3) Orville s 

flights at Fort Myer, Va., Sept. 3-17, 1908, p. 150. 

A Bibliography 13

Heinmuller, John P. V. Prologue. In his Man s Fight to 

Fly, New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1944, pp. 

1—6. 

Account of Wright 1903 flights and their significance. 

Hildebrandt, Alfred. Die Bruder Wriqht; eine Studie 

ber die Entwicklung derFlugmaschine von Lilienthal 

bis Wright Mit 44 Abildungen. Berlin: Otto Elsner 

Verlagsgesellschaft m. b. H., 1909, 64 pp., +illus. 

Based largely on materials on the Wrights sent the 

author by Octave Chanute and on an interview and 

materials obtained from Bishop Milton Wright on a 

visit to Dayton. Hildebrandt was the first European to 

do full justice to the achievements of the Wrights. 

Hodgins, Eric, and Magoun, F. Alexander. The Immortal 

Wrights. In their Sky High; the Story of Aviation, rev. ed., 

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935, pp. 

178—191, +illus. 

Popular account of the Wrights through the year 

1908. 

Holland, Rupert S. The Wrights and the Airship. In his 

Historic Inventions, Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & 


Holst, Helge. Br¿drene Wright og deres amerikanske 

Forgaengere. In his Opfindernes Liv. Vol. 1, 

Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1914, pp. 262—297. 

. Flyveproblemets L¿sning ved Br¿drene Wright. 

In his Luftens Erobring, Copenhagen: Gyldendalske 

Boghandel, 1909, pp. 78—92, +illus. 

Howard, Fred. Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the 

Wright Brothers. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 

1998, 530 pp., +illus. 

Detailed biography of the Wright brothers. In the 

preface to the 1987 edition, reprinted here, the author 

states that his purpose is to provide a more complete 

account of the attempts of others to solve the problem 

of flight at the same time as the Wright brothers, and 

to provide a more complete account of the Wright 

brothers after 1909, than earlier biographies. Includes 

photographs, quotes from numerous original sources, 

as well as citations of numerous secondary sources, 

and an extensive index. With corrections. 

Chapter notes pp. 447—514, bibliography over 100 

entries. 

Originally published by New York, Ballantine 

Books, 1988. 

Hudson, Margaret. Illustrations by Alice Englander. 

Lives and Ti m e s Wright Brothers. Des Plaines, Illinois: 



Heinemann Interactive Library, 1999, 24 pp., +illus. 

A simple, large-print introduction to the lives and 

work of the Wright brothers who invented the first 

engine-driven flying machine. Includes a brief glossary, 

index, and suggestions for further reading. 

Hylander, Clarence J. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright. 

In his American Inventors, New York: Macmillan, 1934, 

pp. 204—205. 

Johnston, S. Paul. Horizons Unlimited; a Graphic 

History of Aviation. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 

1941, 354 pp., +illus. 

Includes sections devoted to the Wright brothers in 

his chapters on Gliders and Sailplanes, pp. 190—194 

and on Airplanes, pp. 230—248. 

Jordanoff, Assen. Enter the Flying Machine the 

Wrights Go Aeroplaning! (1902-1909). In his Men and 

Wings, Buffalo: Curtiss—Wright Corporation, Airplane 

Division, 1942, pp. 23—29, +illus. 

Joseph, Paul. Checkerboard Biography Library Wright 

Brothers. Minneapolis: Abdo & Daughters, 1996, 32 pp, 

+illus. 

Sketches the lives of the Wright Brothers who were 

responsible for the first flight of a machine powered 

aircraft on December 17, 1903. 

Karlson, Paul. Die Br der Wright. In his Der Mensch 

Fliegt; Geschichte und Technik des Fliegens, Berlin: Im 

Verlag Ullstein, 1937, pp. 109—140, +illus. 

Appears also in translation in Spanish, Portuguese, 

Swedish, and Italian editions. 

Kelly, Fred C. Wright Brothers: A Biography. New York: 

Dover Publications, Inc., 1989, 340 pp., +illus. 

Unaltered reprint, originally published as the 

Wright Brothers: A Biography Authorized by Orville 

Wright by New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 

1943 (below). 

Popular but detailed biography, and the only 

authorized biography, of the Wright brothers (authorized 

by Orville after Wilbur s death). Includes photographs 

and an extensive index. 

. The Wright Brothers. A Biography Authorized 

by Orville Wright. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 

1943, 340 pp., +illus. 

Published also in other editions, London: George G. 

Harrap and Co., Ltd., 1944, 276 pp.; New York: 

Farrar, Straus, and Young, Inc., 1951, 340 pp.; with 

introduction by Richard Tyre, New York: Ballantine 

Books, 1966, 224 pp.; Spanish translation by Mario 

dos Santos, with title Los Hermanos Wright, Buenos

Aires: Plaza & Janes, 1964, 269 pp. and in German 

translation with title Die Gebruder Wright, die 

Erfinder des Motorfluges, Stuttgart: I. Gnamm, 1947, 

214 p., which does not include chapter XIX, Why the 

Wright Plane Was Exiled, pp. 300—333 in the English 

edition. Popular non-technical biography based on 

original research in the Wright Papers and authenticated 

in manuscript by Orville Wright. 

. The Wright Brothers. In Dunaway, Philip and 

de Kay, George, eds. Turning Point; Fateful Moments 

That Revealed Men and Made History, New York: 

Random House, 1958, pp. 245—249. 

Kelton, Nancy. Illustrated by Tom Hamilton. Sled the 

Brothers Made. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Raintree 

Editions, 1971, 31 pp., +illus. 

Recalls the experiences of the young Wright brothers 

who were introduced to principles of aerodynamics 

while building a sled. 

Kirk, Stephen. First in Flight: The Wright Brothers in 

North Carolina. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: J. F. 

Blair, 1995, 341 pp., +illus. 

Biography of the Wright brothers from 1900 on, 

with emphasis on their activities and personal associations 

in North Carolina, based on original as well as 

secondary sources. The author argues that the unique 

geography, wind conditions, and people of North 

Carolina, enabled the Wright brothers to succeed there 

where they probably would not have anywhere else. 

Includes original photographs and an index. 

Klemin, Alexander. The Wright Brothers. In Lord, John, 

Beacon Lights of History, edited by George Spencer 

Hulbert, New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1924, vol. 8, 

pp. 281—324, 

Frequently cited by Orville as one of the best 

accounts of the Wright brothers to this date. 

Labuschagne, J. J. [Remakers of the World. Wilbur and 

Orville Wright: Conquerors of the Airspace] 

Herskeppers van die Wereld. Wilbur en Orville Wright: 

Veroweraars van die Lugruim. Cape Town (Kaapstad), 

South Africa: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1964, 141 pp. (pertinent, 

pp. 101—112). 

Brief biography of the Wright brothers. 

In Afrikaans. 

Lane, Louise, and Albert, James. Classic Americans. 

New Rochelle, New York: Windham Press, 1999, 300 

pp., +illus. (pertinent, pp. 138—153). 

Short biographies of selected Americans, with a 

chapter devoted to each, to serve as inspirational 

examples for older children. One chapter is devoted to 


the Wright brothers. Bibliography, pp. 298—300, of 

which 2 refs. are pertinent to the Wright brothers. 

Larsen, Egon. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his Men 

Who Changed the World; Stories of Invention and 

Discovery, London: Phoenix House, 1952, pp. 121—143. 

Law, Frederick Houk. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

Civilization Builders, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 

1939, pp. 67—73. 

. Wilbur and Orville Wright: Inventors of the 

Aeroplane. In his Modern Great Americans, New York: 

Century, 1926, pp. 275—286. 

Lelasseux, Louis, and Marque, Ren . L Aeroplane 

Wright. In their L A roplane pour tous, Paris: Soci t 

d ditions A ronautiques, 1909, pp. 69—79, +illus. 

Included also in later editions. 

Loening, Grover. Our Wings Grow Faster. Garden City, 

N. Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935, 203 pp. 

Includes account of Loening s association with the 

Wright Company, 1913-1914, pp. 30—48. 

Longyard, William H. Who s Who in Aviation History: 

500 Biographies. Novato, California: Presidio Press, 

1994, 203 pp. 

Biographical entry on Orville and Wilbur Wright, 

pp. 200—202. 

McFee, Inez M. [The Wright Brothers], In her Stories of 

American Inventions, New York: Crowell, 1921, pp. 

236—251. 

McMahon, John R. The Wright Brothers, Fathers of 

Flight. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930, 308 

pp.,+illus. 

Originally published with title, The Real Fathers 

of Flight, as series of articles in Popular Science 

Monthly, Jan. 1929, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 17—19, 

142—144, Feb., no. 2, pp. 42—44, 152—158, Mar., no. 3, 

pp. 42—44, 142—147, Apr., no. 4, pp. 42—44, 156, 160, 

May, no. 5, pp. 48—58, 136—139, June, no. 6, pp. 

52—53, 154; also published serially in Dayton Sunday 

News, Nov. 2-23, 1930, Jan. 4, 1931; also in another 

trade edition, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. 

Romanticized biography in which interviews with 

the Wright family and accounts of the Wrights are presented 

in a highly dramatic and inaccurate form. 

McSpadden, J. Walker. The Mechanics Who Taught Us 

How To Fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his How They 

Blazed the Way; Men Who Have Advanced Civilization, 

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939, pp. 265—279. 

A Bibliography 15

Maitland, Lester J. Knights of the Air. Garden City, New 

York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929, 338 

pp., +illus. 

Includes five chapters dealing with the Wrights, pp. 

10—24, 37—83, which were first published in Worlds 

Work, Aug.-Sept. 1927, vol. 56, pp. 374—387, 512—527. 

Marchis, Lucien. Les vols de Wilbur Wright en France. 

In his Vingt cing ans d a ronautique francais, Paris: 

Chambre Syndicale des Industries A ronautiques, 1934, 

vol. 1, pp. 54—58, +illus. 

Marcosson, Isaac F. Colonel Deeds, Industrial Builder, 

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1947, 374 pp. 

Includes references to Deed s relationship and 

friendship with the Wrights. 

Marquis, Raoul. Les a roplanes: historique, calcul et 

construction, par II. de Graffigny [pseud.], 2. d., Paris: 

Librairie Bernard Tignol, 1909, 140 pp. 

Includes two chapters on the Wright brothers, 

Historique de l aviation: A roplanes Wright pp. 

22—24; Construction des a roplanes: A roplanes 

Chanute—Wright, pp. 60—69, +illus. 

Martin, Rudolf. Wright und Zeppelin. Berlin: Verlag von 

Mickisch, Segler & Co. [1909], 23 pp. 

Author discusses the military significance for 

Germany of the development of the airship by 

Zeppelin and of the aeroplane by the Wrights. 

Masters, David. Man s First Flight: The Wright 

Brothers. In his On the Wing; the Pioneers of the Flying 

Age, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934, pp. 3—22. 

Meyer, Willy. Die Gebr der Wright. In his Von Wright 

bis Junkers; Das erste Vierteljahrhundert Menschenflug, 

1903-1928, Berlin: Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft f r 

Politik und Geschichte, M. B. H., 1928, pp. 5—11. 

Meynell, Laurence W. First Men to Fly, London: W. 

Laurie, 1955, 158 pp., +illus. 

A popular account of the Wright brothers. 

Miller, Ivonette. Orville and Wilbur Wright: An Intimate 

Memoir, Antioch Review, Summer 1976, vol. 34. 

The niece of Orville and Wilbur Wright discusses 

the characters and family life in Dayton, Ohio, and 

elsewhere between 1901 and 1948. 

. Wright Reminiscences. 1978, 201 pp. 

Self-published, typewritten manuscript of reminiscences 

by Ivonette Wright Miller (daughter, born in 

1896, of Lorin Wright, born in 1862, older brother of 

Wilbur and Orville), and other family members and 



friends of the Wright brothers. Includes original letters 

and speeches. 

Miller, Trevelyan. Birth of a New A g e Wrights in the 

Air. In his The World in the Air, New York: G. P. 

Putnam s Sons, 1930, vol. 2, pp. 96—107, +illus. 

Popular pictorial account. 

Morris, Lloyd, and Smith, Kendall. Ceiling Unlimited; 

the Story of American Aviation from Kitty Hawk to 

Supersonics. New York: The Macmillan Company, 

1953, 417 pp., +illus. 

Part 1, Dawn of the Aerial Age, pp. 1—59, is 

almost entirely devoted to the Wright brothers. Part 2, 

Men Try Their Wings, pp. 61—126, also deals extensively 

with the Wrights. 

Mortane, Jacques. Les fr res Wilbur et Orville Wright. 

In his La Vie des hommes illustres de l aviation, Paris: 

ditions Roche d Estrez, 1926, pp. 55—71. 

Mowbray, Jay H. Early Experiments of the Wright 

Brothers. In his Conquest of the Air by Airship and Other 

Flying Machines Philadelphia: National Publishing 

Co., 1910, pp. 156—175. 

Naidenov, Vasilii F. Aeroplan brat ev Rait. S 15 risunkami 

v tekstie. [The Wright Brothers Aeroplane. With 15 

Illustrations in the Text.] S.-Peterburg: Tip. V. A. 

Tikhanova, 1908, 46 pp., +illus. 

Originally published in Vozdukhoplavatel , Sept.- 

Oct. 1908, vol. 3, pp. 349—390. 

Popular account of the early Wright experiments 

with a description of their aeroplane, a report on the 

Wrights 1908 flights in France and America, through 

October 11, and a discussion of their significance. 

. Aeroplan brat ev Rait. S. izlozheniem kratkoi 

teorii aeroplanov. Izd. 2., zannovo perer, i dop. S 34 

risunkami v tekstie. [The Wright Brothers Aeroplane. 

With 34 Illustrations in the Text. 2. ed., rev., and enl.] 

S.-Peterburg: Ind. zhurnala Vozdukhoplavatel , 1909, 

86 pp., +illus. 

Revised edition of the above, including an account 

and chronological tables of the Wright flights through 

March 1909 and a discussion of the progress of aviation 

in Europe and of the possible applications of the 

aeroplane. 

Nansontz, Max de. Biplan Wright. In his A rostation, 

aviation, Paris: Boivin & Cie, 1911, pp. 677—688, +illus. 

Napole o, Aluizio. Os irm os Wright. In his Santos 

Dumont e a conquista do ar, Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa 

Nacional, 1941, pp. 115—129, 205—252.

This book and its sections devoted to the Wright 

brothers was published also in Spanish translation Rio 

de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1943, vol. 1, pp. 

114—132, 205—251 and in English translation Rio de 

Janeiro: National Printing Office, 1945, vol. 1, pp. 

130—155, 239—285. The sections on the Wrights are 

also included in the second edition (S o Paulo: 

Companhia Editora Nacional, 1957), pp. 142—161, 

253—312. 

Extensive discussion of Wrights flights and claims 

in sections titled The Flight with the Heavier-than- 

Air Machine and Priority in Airplane Flying. 

Quotes extensively from accounts of the Wrights by 

Captain Ferber and John McMahon in his book The 

Wright Brothers. Casts doubt on Wright claims and 

concludes that Santos-Dumont was the first man to 

fly in a heavier-than-air machine. 

News Front [periodical]. They Taught the World to Fly 

[The Wright Brothers]. In its 50 Great Pioneers of 

American Industry. [Maplewood, New Jersey: C. S. 

Hammend, 1964], pp. 144—147. 

Orville Wright Dinner of the Society of Automotive 

Engineers, Inc., July [June], 1918, Dayton, Ohio. [New 

York: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1918], 32 

pp., +illus. 

Commemorative brochure including reprints of 

The Wright Brothers Aeroplane by Orville and 

Wilbur Wright, How We Made the First Flight, by 

Orville Wright, and Some Aeronautical 

Experiments, by Wilbur Wright. 

Parkman, Mary R. The Wright Brothers. In her 

Conquests of Invention, New York: Century, 1921, pp. 

330—343. 

Patterson, John C. Wright Brothers; Self-Made 

Scientists. In his Americas Greatest Inventors, New 

York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1943, pp. 174—188, +illus. 

Peyrey, Francois. Les premiers hommes-oiseaux; Wilbur 

et Orville Wright. Paris: H. Guiton, 1908, 78 pp., +illus. 

First published monograph on the Wrights, describing 

their early experiments as reported in France, primarily 

in L A rophile and L Auto, and reprinting 

many published letters and documents from these 

publications. Includes a Wright chronology, 1900- 

August 8, 1908. 

. Les premiers hommes-oiseaux; Wilbur et 

Orville Wright. dition nouvelle, relatant toutes les 

exp riences des fr res Wright, en France et aux tats- 

Unis d Am rique. 50 photographies, dessins, croquis 

c t s & sch mas. Paris: H. Guiton, 1909, 154 pp., +illus. 


Published also without chapter VII L Histoire 

r sum e des fr res Wright and Documents relatifs 

diverses enqu tes, pp. 127—154, in his Les oiseau 

artificiels, Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1909, pp. 

121—211, 636—655. 

Enlarged edition of the above with four additional 

chapters including an account of Wilbur s flights at Le 

Mans, Orville s flights at Fort Myer, extensive 

chronological tables of these flights, and a translation 

of the Century Magazine article by the Wrights, 

September 1908. 

Polillo, Raoul. Santos-Dumont e os irm os Wright. In 

his Santos-Dumont g nio, S o Paulo: Companhia 

Editora Nacional, 1950, pp. 256—271. 

Sets forth Brazilian viewpoint that Santos-Dumont 

was the first to achieve powered flight. 

Pritchard, J. Laurence. The Wright Brothers and the 

Wright Machine. In his The Book of the Aeroplane, 

London, New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1935, 

pp. 13—27. 

Included also in the first and second editions of this 

work, 1926 and 1929, pp. 21—35. 

A popular account of the Wrights and their activities 

through 1908. 

Raleigh, Walter. The Wrights. In his The War in the Air, 

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922, vol. 1, pp. 56—73. 

Renstrom, Arthur G. Wilbur & Orville Wright: A 

Chronology Commemorating the Hundredth 

Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 

1871. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1975, 234 

pp. 

Comprehensive and detailed chronology (1867- 

1971), of the Wright brothers’ lives and pertinent 

events after their deaths. Includes the Wright brothers 

flight log (1900-1918) and an extensive index. The 

year 1971 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of 


Reynolds, Quentin, J. Wright Brothers, Pioneers of 

American Aviation. New York: Random House, 1981, 

147 pp. 

A biography on the Wright brothers, including how 

their mother taught them to analyze problems, inventing 

a newspaper-folding machine, building their own 

bicycle, and refusing to give up their dream of flying 

an airplane. First copyright 1950. 

Rosenbaum, Robert A. American Profiles: Aviators 

Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: Facts on File, 

Inc., 1992, pp. 1—14, +illus. 

Profiles the lives and achievements of nine pioneers 

A Bibliography 17

in American aviation, including the Wright Brothers. 

Includes chronologies, suggestions for further reading, 

and an index. Includes biographical references. 

Rowland-Entwistle, Theodore. Illustrated by W. Francis 

Phillipps. Children of History Wilbur & Orville Wright. 

New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1988, 31 pp., +illus. 

A biography focusing on the childhood of the airplane 

inventors, Wilbur and Orville Wright. Includes 

index. 

Sabin, Louis. Illustrated by John Lawn. Wilbur and 

Orville Wright: The Flight to Adventure. Mahwah, New 

Jersey: Troll Associates, 1983, 48 pp., +illus. 

Focuses on the childhood of the Wright brothers 

and the inventiveness they displayed from their earliest 

days. 

Santal Sors, Luis. Los primeros aviones: los hermanos 

Wright. In his Historia de la aeronautica, Buenos Aires: 

Espasa-Calpe Argentina, S.A., 1946, pp. 163—168. 

Savorgnan di Brazz , Francesco. La navigazione aerea. 

Milano: Fratelli Treves, 1910, 284 pp., +illus. 

Includes three chapters on the Wright brothers; I 

fratelli Wright e la loro opera, pp. 92—95, Lavenuta 

dei fratelli Wright in Europa e el loro trionfo definitivo, 

pp. 107—116, and Il biplano Wright, pp. 

116—124. 

[Schmidt, Georg.] Die Flug-Maschine der Gebr der 

Wright. Westerland Sylt: Druck von Fr. Rossberg, 

[1909], 8 pp. 

Sewell, W. Stuart, ed. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In 

Brief Biographies of Famous Men and Women, New 

York: Permabooks, 1949, pp. 207—209. 

Sherman, Dallas B. Street to the Sky; a Play in Three 

Acts. San Francisco, Calif.: Dallas P. Sherman, 1953, 

129 pp. 

Deals with the Wright brothers. 

Smith, Henry Ladd. Kitty Hawk. In his Airways: the 

History of Commercial Aviation in the United States, 

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942, pp. 3—18. 

Popular version of the early Wright experiments. 

Smith, Maurice H. [signed M. H. Sm.]. Orville and 

Wilbur Wright. In Collier s Encyclopedia, New York: P. 

F. Collier and Son, 1932, vol. 19, pp. 601—602, +illus. 

Sproule, Anna. Giants of Science Wright Brothers: The 

Birth of Modern Aviation. Woodbridge, Connecticut: 

Blackbirch Press, 1999, 64 pp. 



A biography of the brothers who made the world s 

first flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air 

machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. 

Richly illustrated, it includes a detailed table of contents 

as well as a glossary. Includes bibliographical 

references, web sites, and an index. 

Stewart, Oliver. [Wright Brothers]. In his First Flights, 

New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation [1958], pp. 

23—30. 

Sullivan, Mark. Orville and Wilbur Wright. In his Our 

Times, 1900-1925, New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, 

1935, vol. 2, pp. 568—613, +illus. 

Extensive and well documented account based on 

interview and data supplied the author by Orville 

Wright. 

Tate, William J. Brochure of the Twenty-Fifth 

Anniversary of the First Successful Airplane Flight, 

1903-1928; Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 17, 1928. 

[Kitty Hawk, N.C.: The Author, 1928], 12 pp., +illus. 

Compiled from photos, magazine articles, speech 

of Wilbur Wright before the Western Society of 

Engineers, Chicago and general data collected and 

kept by Wm. J. Tate including some extracts from personal 

letters from Orville Wright, p. 1. 

Tatin, Victor. El ments d aviation. Les exp riences 

d aviation deWilbur et d Orville Wright. Description de 

l aeroplaneWright. Paris: H. Dunod & E. Pinat, 1909, 71 

pp., +illus. 

This second edition of Tatin s book includes several 

supplementary pages on the work of the Wrights, pp. 

61—65. The first edition 1908 included an Appendice 

of two pages on the Wrights, pp. 59—60. 

Taylor, Richard L. First Flight: The Story of the Wright 

Brothers. New York: Franklin Watts, 1990, 64 pp. 

Describes how the Wright brothers developed the 

first airplane and places their achievement in the context 

of the aeronautic technology of the time. Includes 

numerous photographs and an index. Includes bibliographical 

references. 

Thomas, Henry, and Thomas, Dana L. The Wright 

Brothers. In their 50 Great Modern Lives, Garden City, 

New York: Hanover House, 1956, pp. 341—348. 

Published also in their Life Stories of the Great 

Inventors, Garden City, New York: Haleyon House, 

1948, pp. 244—254, +illus. and in their 50 Great 

Americans, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & 

Company, Inc., 1948, pp. 368—375.

. Wright Brothers Conquerors of the Air. In 

their Living Adventures in Science, Garden City, New 

York: Hanover House, 1954, pp. 231—239. 

Tillman, Stephen F. Man Unafraid. Washington, D.C.: 

Army Times Publishing Company, 1958, 228 pp. 

Abridgements of these chapters originally published 

in Army—Navy—Air Force Register, June 1- 

August 17, 1957. 

Chapters 1—10, pp. 1—79, concern the Wright brothers 

negotiations with the War Department for the sale 

of their aeroplane, 1905-1908; the Fort Myer trials, 

1908 and 1909; and the training of Lieutenants Frank 

P. Lahm and Benjamin D. Foulois by Wilbur. 

Tomizuka, Kiyoshi. [Wright brothers] Raito Kyodai. 

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1988, 281 pp., +illus. 

Popular but detailed and informative biography of 

the Wright brothers. Includes a general history of 

flight and many excellent drawings illustrating the 

principles of flight. 

In Japanese. 

A Tribute to the Wright Brothers, Who Accomplished the 

First Successful Powered Flight by Man on December 

17, 1903. New York: Aerosphere, Inc., 1943, pp. 

ciii—cxlv, +illus. 

Preprint of a section from Aerosphere, 1943. 

Includes brief fortieth-year anniversary statement 

by Orville Wright, The 1914 Tests of the Langley 

Aerodrome by C. G. Abbot, The Evolution of the 

Wright Airplane by E. W. Robischon, and 

Technical Descriptions of the Gliders and Airplanes 

Constructed by the Wright Brothers, Arranged in 

Chronological Order. 

Turgan, L. Avions et aviateurs d aujourd hui. Les fr res 

Wright. In his Histoire de l aviation, Paris: Librairie des 

sciences et d industrie, 1909, pp. 189—196, +illus. 

Turner, Charles C. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his The 

Romance of Aeronautics. London: Seeley, Service & 

Co., Limited, 1912, pp. 166—199. 

Untermeyer, Louis. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

Makers of the Modern World, New York: Simon and 

Schuster, 1955, pp. 360—367. 

Victorin, Harald. Br derna Wright, de tv som helt lyckades. 

In his Flygbragder och bragdflygare Malm : 

A.-B. Allhems Forlag, 1948, pp. 12—15, +illus. 

Vivian, E. Charles. The Wright Brothers. In his A 

History of Aeronautics, London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 

Ltd., 1921, pp. 145—175, +illus. 


Wade, Mary H. The Wright Brothers. Boston: Little, 

Brown, 1914, pp. 112—141. 

Walters, David W. Wilbur and Orville Wright; They 

Taught the World to Fly. In his Modern Lives. London: 

Collins, 1954, pp. 53—60. 

[Watson, Thomas]. Wilbur and Orville Wright. Glasgow: 

W. & R. Holmes, 1950. 

In Pioneers of Progress, pp. 85—88, +illus. 

Wead, Frank. Wings for Men. New York & London: The 

Century Co., 1931, 333 pp., +illus. 

Includes extensive reference to the Wright brothers, 

pp. 126—148, 158—162. 

Weiller, Lazare. L aviation et l a roplane des fr res 

Wright. In De Montgolfier Wilbur Wright; compte 

rendu de la52e r union de la Soci t arch ologique Le 

Vieux Papierle 22 d cembre 1908, Paris: Chez P. 

Flobert, s cr taire g n ral de la Soci t Le Vieux 

Papier, 1909, pp. 21—32, +illus. 

Reprinted from Bulletin de la Soci t 

arch ologique le Vieux Papier. 

Address by the head of the French Wright company 

discussing his association and dealings with the 


Welch, Helena. Wilbur and Orville s Toy. In her When 

They Were Children. Nashville, Tennessee: Southern 

Publishing Association, 1965, pp. 127—129. 

White, D. Thompson. The Wright Brothers. In 

Humphreys, Pauline A. and Hosey, Gertrude, The First 

Successful Flyers Romance of the Airman. Boston: Ginn 

and Company, 1931, pp. 185—195, +illus. 

Whitehouse, Arch. The Saga of the Wrights. In his The 

Early Birds, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & 

Company, Inc., 1965, pp. 61—78. 

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), Orville Wright (b. 1871). In 

The Encyclopaedia of Aviation, London: Sir Isaac 

Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1935, p. 642. 

Williams, Walter R., Jr. The Wright Brothers. In his 

Exploring The Arts and Industries. Scranton, Pa: 

International Textbook Company, 1940, pp. 247—251, 

+illus. 

The Wright Brothers. Dayton, Ohio: Carillon Park, 

[1949], [26 pp.], +illus. 

Wright Hall in Carillon Park houses the restored 

1905 Wright aeroplane. 

A Bibliography 19

Wright Brothers Era. In Flight; a Pictorial History of 

Aviation, New York: Year, Inc., 1958, pp. 32—39, +illus. 

A pictorial record of the Wrights. 

Wright Company. The Beginnings of Human Flight. 

New York: [1916], 4 pp. 

Brochure prepared for distribution at the exhibition 

of the Wright 1903 aeroplane at the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology, Boston, June 11, 12, and 13, 

1916. 

The Wrights (Orville and Wilbur). In All the World s 

Airships 1910-11. London: Sampson Low, Marston 

& Co., Ltd., 1910, p. 440. 

Wymer, Norman. Wright Brothers. London: Oxford 

University Press, 1957, 32 pp. (Lives of Great Men and 

Women). 

Zenkevich, Michael. Brat ia Rait. [Wright Brothers.] 

Moskva: Zhurnal no-gazetnoe ob edinenie, 1933, [199 

pp.], +illus. (Zhizn Zamechatel -nykh liudei,vyp. 

vii—viii). 

Includes bibliography, p. 198. 

Periodical Articles 

Allward, M. F. Some Practical Aspects of the Wrights 

Work. Aeronautics, Dec. 1953, vol. 29, pp. 60, 63—64, 

+illus. 

Deals with and stresses the significance of the early 

Wright gliding experiments, 1900-1902. 

Anderson, John D., Jr. Wright Brothers: The First True 

Aeronautical Engineers. In Wright Flyer: An 

Engineering Perspective. Edited by Howard S. Wolko. 

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, National Air 

and Space Museum, 1987, pp. 1—17, +illus. 

Introduction to the engineering problems the 

Wright brothers faced and how they solved them for 

the first successful flight. Includes a brief historical 

account of that day. 

Background of the Wrights. Engineering, Dec. 11, 1953, 

vol. 176, pp. 752—754, +illus. 

Deals primarily with Dayton, Ohio, and its influence 

on the Wright brothers. 

Bassett, Preston R. 1903-1953: A Tribute to the Wright 

Brothers. Sperryscope, Dec. 1953, vol. 12, pp. 2—3, +illus. 

Bonnalie, Allan F. They Still Look to the Wrights. 

Pegasus, Dec. 1953, vol. 23, pp. 5—7, +illus. 



Stresses achievements and accomplishments of the 


Breyer, Victor, and Coquelle, Robert. La Vie et les 

inventions des fr res Wright. La Vie au grand air, Mar. 

20-May 29, 1909 pp. 195—196, 211—212, 227—228, 

243—244, 259—260, 262—263, 275—276, 291—292, 

307—308, 323—324, 339—340, 355—356, +illus. 

Series of eleven articles on the Wright brothers. 

Brookins, Walter R. Early Days with the Wright 

Brothers. Chirp, June 1936, no. 16, p. 3. 

Reminiscences of a neighbor of the Wrights in 

Dayton who learned to fly at Montgomery, Alabama, 

under instruction of Orville Wright and was later put 

in charge of Wright Flying School. 

Buist, H. Massac. The Human Side of Flying. Being an 

Attempt to Introduce the Reader to Messrs. Orville and 

Wilbur Wright at Pau. Flight, Mar. 6-13, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 

128—129, 141—143, +illus. 

Casson, Herbert N. At Last We Can Fly. The Story of the 

Wright Brothers, Who, After Years of Experimenting, 

Have Made Flying Practicable. American Magazine, 

Apr. 1907, vol. 63, pp. 616—624, +illus. 

Published also in Pearsons Magazine, July 1907, 

vol. 24, pp. 94—99; French translation in Le Revue de 

L Aviation, May 15, 1907, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 2—5, and 

in La Conqu te de L Air, June 1, 1907, vol. 4, no. 11. 

Coffyn, Frank T. Flying with the Wrights. Worlds Work, 

Dec. 1929, vol. 58, pp. 80—86, Jan. 1930, vol. 59, pp. 

76—82, +illus. 

Author s reminiscences of his early flying days, 

including account of his associations with the 

Wrights, 1910-1912. 

Coles, T. R. Orville and Wilbur Wright as a Schoolmate 

Knew Them. Out West, Jan. 1910, vol. 32, pp. 36—38. 

Coppens de Houthulst, Willy. The Birth of Flying; the 

Wright Brothers. Interavia; Review of World Aviation, 

Dec. 1953, vol. 8, pp. 692—693, +illus. 

Popular account by a Belgian World War I air ace, 

based on The Wright Brothers: Fathers of Flight, by 

John R. McMahon. 

Drury, Augustus W. The Wright Brothers and Their 

Aeroplane. Religious Telescope, Dec. 23, 1908, pp. 6—8, 

+illus. 

Published also in Greater Dayton, June 1909, vol. 

2, pp. 214—218; Herald of Gospel Liberty, June 17, 

1909, vol. 11, pp. 16—17.

Dryden, Hugh L. Our Heritage from Wilbur and Orville 

Wright. Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Dec. 

1953, vol. 20, pp. 803—804. 

Golden anniversary tribute by the Director, 

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. 

Ewald, Gustav. 50 Jahre Menschenflug. Flugwelt, Dec. 

1953, vol. 5, pp. 363—367, +illus. 

General review of the Wrights and their achievements 

on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of 

their first flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

Fifty Years of Aviation Progress; Background 

Information on Aviations First 50 Years. Washington, 

D.C.: National Committee to Observe the 50th 

Anniversary of Powered Flight, 1953, 59 pp. 

Chapter 2, pp. 5—8, is titled A New Dimension for 

Travel the Wrights. 

Findley, Earl N. The Wrights and the Reporter. Beehive, 

Spring 1953, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 25—29, +illus. 

Author s reminiscences of his long acquaintance 

and association with the Wrights, beginning in 1908 

when he was a reporter on the New York Tribune and 

continuing until Orville s death, January 30, 1948. 

Flying Men of America. Current Literature, Dec. 1910, 

vol. 49, pp. 615—616, +illus. 

Includes brief sketch of the Wright brothers. 

Foltmann, John. 17. December 1903. Da Orville og 

Wilbur Wright l¿ste flyveproblemet for 50 r siden, Flyv 


Wright brothers fiftieth anniversary article by the 

editor of Flyv. 

Geibert, Ron. Wright Brothers: Engineers and 

Photographers. American Aviation Historical Society 

Journal, Winter 1984, pp. 310—313, +photos 

Focusing on the Wright brothers interest in photography, 

the author includes reprints of photographs 

taken by Wilbur and Orville. 

Giacomelli, Raffaele. In Memoria di Wilbur e Orville 

Wright. L Aerotecnica, Feb. 15-Apr. 15, 1949, vol. 29, 

pp. 34—45, 95—107, (English abstract pp. 64, 126—128). 

Abridged Scienza e tecnica, Nov.-Dec. 1948. 

Communciation commemorating the life and work 

of the Wright brothers, submitted to the Seventh 

Meeting of the Associazione Italiana di Aerotecnica, 

September 23-25, 1948. Extensive study of the 

Wrights with an account of their early experiments 

and flights, their negotiations for the sale of their 

aeroplane, the Wright—Smithsonian controversy, and 

an examination of their writings. Includes a discus- 


sion of their early laboratory experiments, their 

importance, and the question of their authenticity 

with inclusion of author s correspondence with 

English scientist, F. W. Lanchester, regarding these 

experiments. 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The Seal of Half a Century. 

Aeronautics, Dec. 1953, vol. 29, pp. 28—35, +illus. 

An anniversary article reviewing the achievements, 

early experiments, and flights of the Wright brothers 

through the year 1908. Includes a general arrangement 

drawing of the original Wright 1903 Flyer and a facsimile 

of the patent drawing of their flying machine as 

found in their patent application filed March 23, 1903, 

which was granted May 22, 1906. 

Hegener, Henri. Belangrijke data uit het leven der 

gebroeders Wright. Het Vliegveld, Dec. 1928, vol. 12, 

pp. 369—371. 

Chronology. 

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First article in a series titled De Baanbrekers der 

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Impressions of American Inventors. The Wright 

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Inaga, Taruho. In Honour of Wright Brothers [It began 

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Popular history of the development of the airplane, 

1903-1912. 

In Japanese. 

Ingells, Douglas J. Wilbur and Orville Student Pilots. 

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Primarily an account of the early experiments of the 

Wright brothers prior to their first successful flight on 

December 17, 1903. 

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the press, 1903-1908, and with their press policy. 

. A Look at Aviation Fifty-Three Years After. U.S. 

Air Services, Dec. 1956, vol. 41, pp. 5—6. 

An anniversary editorial contrasting piloting as 

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vol. 39, pp. 18, 20—22. 

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Conference at the State University of Iowa, on April 

10, 1954, dealing especially with the long and unsuccessful 

negotiations for the sale of their aeroplane to 

the governments of England, France, Germany, and 

the United States prior to their American contract of 

February 10, 1908. 

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Biographical study, including their bouts with illness, 

the birth of their interest in flight, early struggles 

and disillusionment, and their final achievement of 

powered flight. Includes numerous photographs. 

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Popular presentation of early Wright experiments, 

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Mosquitoes Almost Drove Wright Brothers From Kitty 

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Brief account of Kitty Hawk and the Wright brothers 

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Includes a section on the Wright brothers, pp. 

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O Malley, Frank W. When the Wrights Joined the Flying 

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Newspaper reporter s story of his first aeroplane 

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Park, New Jersey, August 20, 1910, and his impressions 

of the Wrights during the meets at Asbury Park, 

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Our Tribute to Dayton s Own. Dayton Motor News, Dec. 

1928, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 1—15, +illus. 

Special issue devoted to the Wright brothers. 

Page, Arthur W. How the Wrights Discovered Flight. 

Worlds Work, Aug. 1910, vol. 20, pp. 13303—13318, 

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Author s recollections of the Wrights. Includes facsimile 

of document signed by W. S. Dough, A. D. 

Etheridge, and John Moore, witnesses of first flight, 

December 17, 1903, certifying location of the start of 

the flight. 

Perreault, William D. Wright Brothers Fly Without 

Balloons. American Aviation, Dec. 7, 1953, vol. 17, pp. 

13—14, +illus. 

Anniversary article dealing with the December 17, 

1903, flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Peugler, Hanns. Die Br der Wilbur und Orville 

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Pritchard, J. Laurence. The Work of the Wright Brothers 

for Aviation. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Jan. 8, 

1954, vol. 102, pp. 112—124, +illus. 

Discussion, pp. 124—128. With comments by 

Colonel Alexander Ogilvie. Paper read to the Royal 

Society of Arts, December 16,1953. A fiftieth anniversary 

tribute to the Wright brothers by the Secretary, 

Royal Aeronautical Society. 

. The Wright Brothers and the Royal Aeronautical 

Society; a Survey and Tribute. Royal Aeronautical 

Society Journal, Dec. 1953, vol. 57, pp. 739—818. 

Contents: The Years Before, 1896-1902; The 

Gliding Years, 1900-1902; The Year of Destiny, 1903; 

Years of Recognition, 1904-1913; Years of 

Disparagement, 1914-1942; The Year of Recantation, 

1942; Years of Honor, 1928-1948; Wilbur and Orville 

Wright; the Memorial Years, 1913-1953 (with list of 

and extracts from Wilbur Wright Memorial Lectures). 

Includes 32 references, p. 812. 

Renstrom, Arthur G. Wright Chronology. Aero Digest, 

July 1953, vol. 67, pp. 152—197. 

Extensive chronology of the Wright brothers activities 

from the birth of Wilbur Wright, April 16, 1867, 

to the year 1953, golden anniversary of the Wright 

brothers first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

Rozendaal, John De Allereersten. Avia-Vliegwereld, 

Dec. 10, 1953, vol. 2, pp. 648—650, +illus. 

A commemorative account of the Wright brothers 

by a Dutch pioneer engineer who flew with Wilbur in 

1908. 

Saunders, William O. Then We Quit Laughing. Collier s, 

Sept. 17, 1927, vol. 80, no. 12, pp. 24, 56. 

Reminiscences of John T. Daniels, one of the witnesses 

of the December 17, 1903, flights, as set forth 

in an interview with the author. 

Shepherd, William G. They Lifted the World with a Toy. 

Collier s, Aug. 20, 1927, vol. 80, no. 8, pp. 8—9, 38—39, 

+illus. 

Popular account of the Wright brothers. 

Sherman, Dallas. The Bishop s Boys. Flying, Dec. 1959, 

vol. 65, pp. 36—39, 86—93. 

A popular account of the Wright brothers. 

Stever, H. Guyford, and Haggerty, James J. The Wright 

Brothers: Fathers of the Airplane. In their Life Science 


Library: Flight Realization of an Age-Old Dream. New 

York: Time—Life Books, 1965, pp. 1—29. 

Popular account of the Wright brothers invention of 

the first powered airplane. Includes photos of first letter 

from Wilbur to Octave Chanute and a replica of 

their wind tunnel. Includes picture essay: p. 16. 

The Story of the Wrights. The Wright Engine Builder, 

Aug. 1922, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 6—7; Sept., pp. 5, 10; Nov., 

pp. 10—11; Dec., pp. 9—10, +illus. 

Based on the account of the Wrights in E. Charles 

Vivian s A History of Aeronautics. 

Tate, William J. I Was Host to Wright Brothers at Kitty 

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29—30, +illus. 

Statement on attitude of the Kitty Hawk community 

toward the Wrights, 1900-1903. 

. With the Wrights at Kitty Hawk. Anniversary of 

the First Flight Twenty-Five Years Ago. Aeronautic 

Review, Dec. 1928, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 189—192, +illus. 

Taylor, Charles E. My Story of the Wright Brothers, as 

told to Robert S. Ball. Collier s, Dec. 25, 1948, vol. 122, 

no. 26, pp. 27, 68, 70, +illus. 

Tweney, George H. The Wright Brothers. American 

Book Collector, Oct. 1958, pp. 5—13, +illus. 

A general account. Includes 16 references. 

The Victorious Wrights. Current Literature, June 1909, 

vol. 46, pp. 608—610, +illus. 

Het Werk der Wrights, door anderen en door henzel 

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19—25, 68—70, +illus. 

Werthner, William. Personal Recollections of the Wrights. 

Aero Club of America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, p. 13. 

Orville Wright s high school teacher relates his 

impressions of the Wright brothers and their flights at 

Huffman Prairie. 

When the Wright Brothers Were Boys. American 

Magazine, June 1909, vol. 68, pp. 206—207. 

Published also in Greater Dayton, June 1909, vol. 

2, pp. 210—211. 

When Wings Were Young. Collier s, Sept. 24, 1927, vol. 

80, pp. 18—19, +illus. 

Pictorial history of the Wright brothers. 

The Wrights A Personal Impression, by The Fly. 

Flight, May 8, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 262—263, port. 

A Bibliography 23

Based on observation of and conversations with 

Wrights at Aero Club dinner, May 4, at Ritz Hotel, 

London. 


Wilbur Wright. In Who s Who in America 1908-1909, 

Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Co., 1908, vol. 5, p. 2119. 

Continued in volumes 6 and 7, 1910 through 1913. 

The King of the Air. An Insight into the Life of Wilbur 

Wright at Le Mans. Motor, London, Oct. 20, 1908, vol. 

14, pp. 317—318. 

Anderson, Frederick I. The French Think Wilbur Is a 

Bird. Harper s Weekly, Oct. 24, 1908, vol. 52, p. 30. 

Buist, H. Massac. How Wilbur Wright Rides the Wind. 

Flight, Mar. 20, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 157—161, +illus. 

M. Wright l A ro-Club de la Sarthe. L Ouest-Touriste 

et Sportif, vol. 2, no. 6, 1908, pp. 44—46. 

Account of dinner given in honor of Wilbur Wright 

at Le Mans, September 24, 1908. 

Palmer, Frederick. Veelbure Reet American. Collier s, 

May 15, 1909, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 18, 31—32, +illus. 

Account of Wilbur Wright s activities in France and 

of adulation by the French. 

Beck, J. M., Jr. Impressions of Wilbur Wright. The 

Wissahickon, Oct. 1909, pp. 4—12, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright. In Les Rois de l air lre ann e, Paris 

[Georges Berg, 1910], pp. 40—41, port. 

Wilbur Wright. In The National Cyclopoedia of 

American Biography, New York: James T. White & 

Company, 1910, vol. 14, pp. 56—57. 


Sketch of Wilbur Wright. American Magazine, Feb. 

1910, vol. 69, pp. 451—452. 

Big Men of the Movement: Wilbur Wright. Aircraft, 

June 1910, vol. 1, p. 141, port. 

U.S. Congress. House. Resolution Expressing the 

Profound Regret of the House on Hearing of the Death 

of Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio. Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1912, 2 pp. (62d 

Congress, 2d Session, H. Res. 560). 



Submitted by Mr. Timothy T. Ansberry of Ohio, 

May 31, 1912. 

Death of Wilbur Wright. Aeronautics, New York, May- 

June 1912, vol. 10, p. 176. 

Everstag, R. W. d . [Signed R. W. d E.] Wilbur Wright. 

Schweizer. Aero-Club Bulletin, June 1912, vol. 6, pp. 

146—148, port. 

Wilbur Wright. Aeronautics, London, June 1912, vol. 5, 

p. 157, +illus. 

The Flags Are at Half-Mast Today as a Token of Respect 

to the Memory of Wilbur Wright. The NCR [National 

Cash Register] Weekly, June 1, 1912, vol. 6, no. 28, 4 

pp., +illus. 

Includes numerous tributes to Wilbur Wright and a 

sketch of his life authorized by the family and read at 

the funeral by Rev. Maurice E. Wilson. 

Wilbur Wright, 1867-1912. Flight, June 1, 1912, vol. 4, 

pp. 488—489, +illus. 

The Passing of Wilbur Wright. The Car, June 5, 1912, 

vol. 41, pp. 125—126, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright. Flugsport, June 5, 1912, vol. 4, pp. 

453—457, port. 

Whittaker, W. E. de B. [Signed W. E. de B. W.] Wilbur 

Wright. 1867-1912. Aeroplane, June 6, 1912, vol. 2, p. 

548. 

Wilbur Wright. Independent, June 6, 1912, vol. 72, pp. 

1280—1281. 

Aviation History and Wilbur Wright. Flight, June 8, 

1912, vol. 4, p. 519. 

Reference to the first British newspaper report on 

Wrights flights. Includes letter from Wilbur Wright to 

Sidney Hollands, dated July 16, 1905. 

Buist, H. Massac. Death of the First Flying Man. The 

Motor News, June 8, 1912, pp. 1180—1186. 

Conqueror of the Air. Outlook, June 8, 1912, vol. 101, 

pp. 280—281. 

Estimate of Wilbur Wright. Literary Digest, June 8, 

1912, vol. 44, pp. 1192—1193. 

Nations Honor Wilbur Wright s Memory. Aero, June 8, 

1912, vol. 4, no. 10, p. 235, port.

Passing of a Great Inventor. Scientific American, June 8, 

1912, vol. 106, p. 518, +illus. 

Prade, Georges W. Wright est mort! La Vie au grand air, 

June 8, 1912, vol. 15, p. 401, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright. Harper s Weekly, June 8, 1912, vol. 56, 

p. 5. 

Wilbur Wright. L Illustration, June 8, 1912, vol. 139, p. 

493, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright. Fachzeitung f r Automobilismus und 

Flugtechnik, June 9, 1912, vol. 6, pp. 17—19, +illus. 

Henry-Couannier, Andr . L Aviation en deuil. La Revue 

a rienne, June 10, 1912, vol. 5, pp. 301—304, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright. Der Motorwagen, June 10, 1912, vol. 15, 

pp. 403—404. 

Wilbur Wright. Deutsche Luftfahrer-Zeitschrift, June 12, 

1912, vol. 16, p. 289. 

Death of Wilbur Wright, the Bird Man. The Watchword, 

June 15, 1912, pp. 7—8, +illus. 

Un Grand disparu; Wilbur Wright est mort. L A rophile, 

June 15, 1912, vol. 20, pp. 282—284, +illus. 

Popper, Stefan. Wilbur Wright. sterreichische Flug- 

Zeitschrift, June 15, 1912, vol. 6, pp. 283—284. 

Obituary. 

Vorreiter, Ansbert. Wilbur Wright. Zeitschrift f r 

Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffart, June 15, 1912, vol. 

3, p. 152, port. 

Wilbur Wright. Avia, June 15, 1912, vol. 2, pp. 39—42. 

Wilbur Wright. Technique a ronautique, June 15, 1912, 

vol. 5, pp. 375—376. 

Wilbur Wright. Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, June 15, 

1912, vol. 11, pp. 214—216. 

Woodhouse, Henry. Wilbur Wright, the Man Who Made 

Flying Possible. Collier s, June 15, 1912, vol. 49, p. 13, 

+illus. 

Notre Ma tre Wilbur. [Signed C. Cam. Sat.] Le Mois 

automobile, June 25, 1912, pp. 9—11, +illus. 

The Faith that Sees. Youths Companion, June 27, 1912, 

vol. 86, p. 338, port. 


Tribute to Wilbur Wright. 

Brewer, Griffith. Wilbur Wright, Gold Medalist of the 

Society. The Aeronautical Journal, July 1912, vol. 16, 

pp. 148—153, port. 

Reprinted in The Aeronautical Journal, July-Sept. 

1916, vol. 20, pp. 128—135. 

Tribute to Wilbur Wright with extensive reference 

to author s association with him in 1908 and 1909. 

Cablegrams and Messages Received by the Aero Club of 

America from Abroad on the Death of Wilbur Wright. 

Aero Club of America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, no. 6, 

p. 6. 

Death of the Dean of Birdmen. Hearsts Magazine, July 

1912, vol. 22, pp. 141, 143, +illus. 

Eberhardt, J. C. The Death of Wilbur Wright. Aero Club 

of America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 4—5. 

Brief note on funeral ceremonies. 

Entire World Mourns the Loss of Wilbur Wright. Fly, 

July 1912, vol. 4, no. 9, pp. 8—10. 

Inventor Who Solved the Most Difficult of All 

Mechanical Problems. Current Literature, July 1912, 

vol. 53, pp. 57—59, port. 

The Late Wilbur Wright. Aero, London, July 1912, vol. 

6, no. 112, pp. 194—195, +illus. 

Tributes to Wilbur Wright from Representative 

American Men. Aero Club of America Bulletin, July 

1912, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 6—7. 

Wilbur Wright. Aeronautics, July 1912, vol. 11, pp. 1—3, 

ports. 

Wilbur Wright. Review of Reviews, July 1912, vol. 36, p. 

44, port. 

Wilbur Wright Gone. Aircraft, July 1912, vol. 3, p. 14, 

port. 

Wood, Henry A. Wise. Wilbur Wright. Aero Club of 

America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 2—3, port. 

Woodhouse, Henry. The World s Tribute to Wilbur 

Wright. Aero Club of America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 

1, no. 6, pp. 9—12. 

Wilbur Wright. L Aerostation, July 1912, vol. 9, pp. 

12—13, +illus. 

A Bibliography 25

Wilbur Wright. In The New International 

Encyclopoedia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 

1916, vol. 23, p. 283. 

Continued in later editions, 1917 and 1930. 

Brewer, Griffith. The Life and Work of Wilbur Wright. 

The Aeronautical Journal, July-Sept. 1916, vol. 20, pp. 

68—84, +illus. 

Abstract with title, In Memory of Wilbur Wright, 

in Aeroplane, June 14, 1916, vol. 10, pp. 940—942, 

944, +illus. 

The Fourth Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture 

delivered before the Royal Society of Arts, June 16, 

1916. In a group of eleven accompanying appendices, 

pp. 84—135, the author reprints articles by the 

Wrights and materials from The Aeronautical 

Journal relating to them. 

Drury, Marion R. The Conversion of Wilbur Wright. The 

Watchword, Mar. 31, 1918, pp. 4—5, +illus. 

Marbury, Elizabeth. The Triumph of Wilbur Wright at Le 

Mans. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1923, vol. 8, no. 12, p. 18. 

Reprinted from one of a series of articles in the 

Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 13, 1923, vol. 196, no. 

14, pp. 129—130 which were later published in book 

form with title My Crystal Ball, New York: Boni and 

Liveright, 1923, pp. 179—180. 

Martin, Hans Herinnerungen aan de gebroeders Wright. 

Het Vliegveld, Nov. 1928, vol. 12, pp. 317—319, +illus. 

Author s recollections of Wilbur teaching 

Calderara to fly at Centocelle, Italy, in April 1909. 

Essais de Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908. [Wilbur 

Wright s Trial.] La Conquete de L Air. The Conquest of 

the Air. [Le Mans] Usines Leon Boll e [1929?] [28 pp.] 

Album of 24 postal card photographs issued as tribute 

to Wilbur Wright. Includes foreword in English 

and French and facsimile of telegram sent to L on 

Boll e by Orville Wright on May 30, 1912, announcing 

Wilbur s death. 

Wright, Orville and Wilbur [Signed O. W.]. In The 

Encyclopoedia Britannica, 14th ed., London, New York: 

Encyclopoedia Britannica, 1929, vol. 23, pp. 808—809. 


Wilbur Wright. In Blue Book of Aviation, Los Angeles: 

Hoagland Company, 1932, p. 232, port. 

Wilbur Wright In National Encyclopoedia, New York: P. 

F. Collier & Son, 1932, vol. 10, p. 526. 

Published also in later editions, 1934-1947; revised 

1948-1949. 



[Findley, Earl N.] Wilbur Wright s Hudson River Flight. 

U.S. Air Services, Oct. 1934, vol. 19, no. 10, p. 11. 

Editorial on twenty-fifth anniversary of flight of 

October 4, 1909, from Governors Island to Grant s 

Tomb and return. 

Beck, James M. Wilbur Wright s Last Flight. U.S. Air 

Services, Nov. 1934, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 22—23. 

Supplementary note, Dec. 1934, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 33. 

Another account by the Chairman of the Committee 

on Aeronautics of the Hudson—Fulton Commission 

who arranged a contract with Wilbur Wright for the 

flight. 

Lambert, Marquise, Charles M. de My Memories of 

Wilbur Wright. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1935, vol. 20, no. 

3, pp. 13—15, +illus. 

Account of her flight as a passenger with Wilbur 

Wright at Pau in February 1909. 

Klemin, Alexander. [Signed A. K.] Wilbur Wright. 

Dictionary of American Biography, New York: Charles 

Scribner s Sons, 1936, vol. 20, pp. 568—570. 

Mee, Arthur. The Broken Dream of Wilbur Wright. 

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938, 32 pp. (Arthur 

Mee s Rainbow Books). 

Title based on Wilbur Wright s hope that the aeroplane 

would become an instrument of peace. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Wilbur Wright Pays Grant s Tomb a 

Flying Visit. The Story of a Great Achievement of Thirty 

Years Ago. U.S. Air Services, Oct. 1939, vol. 24, no. 10, 

pp. 10—12, 36, +illus. 

Rewrite of an account originally published in the 

New York Herald Tribune, October 5, 1909. 

Wilber Wright s flight up the Hudson River from 

Governors Island to Grant s Tomb and return, October 

4, 1909. 

Cass Gilbert and Wilbur Wright; Record of an Interview, 

October 5, 1909. Minnesota History, Sept. 1941, vol. 22, 

pp. 302—305. 

Impressions of the architect, Cass Gilbert, published 

here for the first time from documents in the 

Minnesota Historical Society. 

Kelly, Fred C. When Wilbur Wright Won France. 

Harper s Magazine, Dec. 1941, vol. 184, pp. 84—90. 

Account of Wilbur Wright s stay and flights at Le 

Mans and Pau, 1908 and 1909. 

Williams, Al. Wilbur Wright Is an Everlasting 

Inspiration to Me. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, 

no. 12, pp. 27—28, +illus.

Excerpts from articles published by the author in 

Scripps—Howard newspapers. 

Stein, Gertrude. Wilbur Wright. In her Four in America, 

Introduction by Thornton Wilder, New Haven: Yale 

University Press, 1947, pp. 83—117. 

When Wilbur Wright First Met Marconi. U.S. Air 

Services, May 1953, vol. 38, no. 5, p. 7. 

Reference to meeting with Marconi, September 23, 

1909, on Governors Island. 

Harper, Harry. Wilbur Wright as I Remember Him. 

Flight, Dec. 11, 1953, vol. 64, pp. 796—797, +illus. 

The author s recollections of a dinner conversation 

with Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, France, at the end of 

1908. 

Wilbur Wright s Political Prophecy. U.S. Air Services, 

Sept. 1954, vol. 39, p. 7. 

Wilbur predicted, speaking before the Ohio Society 

of New York in January 1910, that an Ohioan would 

be the next president. 

McFarland, Marvin W. The Fame of Wilbur Wright. U.S. 

Air Services, Dec. 1955, vol. 40, pp. 4—6. 

A tribute to Wilbur written subsequent to his election 

to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans on 

October 31, 1955. 

Wilbur Wright et les d buts de l aviation. Exposition du 

cinquantenaire, Le Mans, 6 juillet 15 septembre 1958. 

[Le Mans]: Mus e de Tess , 1958, 40 pp., +illus. 

Brochure prepared on the occasion of the fiftieth 

anniversary celebration of Wilbur s flights at Le Mans 

in 1908. Lists documents, pictures, models, and memorabilia 

exhibited. 

Wilbur Wright. In Lassalle, Eug ne J., Les 100 premiers 

aviateursbrevetes au monde et la naissance de l aviation. 

[Paris]: Nauticaero, [1962], pp. 51—53. 

Wilbur was granted pilot s license no. 15 by L 

A ro-Club of France in 1909. 

Wilbur Wright. In Encyclopedia of American History. 

Updated and rev. Edited by Richard B. Morris, New 

York: Harper and Row, 1965, p. 807. 

Garber, Paul E. The Rightness of the Wright Name. 

AOPA Pilot, Dec. 1966, vol. 9, pp. 74—75, +illus. 

Tribute to Wilbur on the occasion of the upcoming 

100th anniversary of his birth, April 16. 


Orville Wright 

Orville Wright. In Who s Who in America 1908-1909, 

Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company, 1908, vol. 5, p. 

2119. 

Continued from 1910 through 1949, in volumes 6 

through 25. 

Big Men of the Movement: Orville Wright. Aircraft, 

June 1910, vol. 1, p. 140. 

Orville Wright. In The National Cyclopoedia of 

American Biography, New York: James T. White & 

Company, 1910, vol. 14, pp. 56—57, +illus. 


Orville Wright. In Les Rois de l air. 1re ann e, Paris: 

Georges Berg, [1910], p. 42, port. 

Devoted to activities of years 1908 and 1909. 

Wright Flies Single Propeller Plane. Aero and Hydro, 

Sept. 27, 1913, vol. 6, p. 483. 

Experimental flights at Dayton with Model E 

machine. 

The Reception to Orville Wright. Flying, New York, Jan. 

1914, vol. 2, no. 12, pp. 24—25, +illus. 

Account of tenth anniversary dinner and reception 

sponsored by Aero Club of America, December 17, 

1913, in New York. Accompanied by photograph of 

the first meeting of Orville and Thomas A. Edison. 

Dunham, Samuel R. Orville Wright. In Webb, Mary 

Griffin, and Webb, Edna Lenore, Famous Living 

Americans, Greencastle, Ind.: Charles Webb & 

Company, 1915, pp. 570—580, port. 

Accompanying portrait is of Glenn H. Curtiss and 

not Orville Wright. 

Testimonial to Orville Wright. Technology Review, July 

1916, vol. 18, pp. 566—568. 

Account of dinner given by Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology at the Engineers Club, Boston, June 

12, 1916. Published also with two illustrations, one of 

the Wright 1903 aeroplane exhibited at the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Aerial Age, 

July 3, 1916, vol. 3, pp. 475, 488. 

Orville Wright. Proposed for Nobel Prize. Aerial Age, 

Aug. 28, 1916, vol. 3, p. 718. 

Favorable editorial comment on suggestion that a 

petition be drawn up endorsing Orville Wright as a 

candidate for the Nobel physics prize. 

A Bibliography 27

Orville Wright Is Flying Again. Aviation, Nov. 1, 1916, 

vol. 1, p. 233. 

Announces that Orville has resumed daily flying. 

Orville Wright. In The New International 

Encyclopoedia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 

1916, vol. 23, p. 822, port. 

Continued in 1917 and 1930 editions. 

The Work of Orville Wright. Aerial Age, Oct. 15, 1917, 

vol. 6, p. 195, +illus. 

Quotes Orville Wright s views on uses of the aeroplane 

in war. 

Orville Wright. Dinner and Ovation. Automotive 

Industries, June 20, 1918, vol. 38, pp. 1165—1166, port. 

Report on dinner held at Triangle Park, Dayton, 

June 17, 1918, in connection with meeting of the 

Society of Automotive Engineers. 

Orville Wright Dinner. Journal of the Society of 

Automotive Engineers, July 1918, vol. 3, pp. 8—14, 

+illus. 

Lengthy account of dinner with abstracts of 

addresses by Colonels Deeds and Vincent, Lieutenant 

Miozzi, Messrs Coffin, Stratton, Diffin, and Manly. 

The Orville Wright Banquet. Aviation, July 1, 1918, vol. 

4, pp. 765—771, +illus. 

Another extensive account of June 17 testimonial 

dinner. 

Schmidt, J. R. Visiting Orville Wright. The Guide to 

Nature, Aug. 1918, vol. 9, pp. 68—69, +illus. 

Reprinted from Every Week, with editorial. 

Orville Wright. In Who s Who 1921, London: Adam and 

Charles Black, 1921, p. 2911. 

Biography continued in later editions, 1922-1948. 

Listed in Who Was Who, 1941-1950, London: Adam 

and Charles Black, 1952, pp. 1267—1268. 

Who s Who in American Aeronautics: Orville Wright. 

Aviation, Mar. 21, 1921, vol. 10, p. 365. 

Who s Who in Aeronautics: Orville Wright. Aerial Age 

Weekly, Mar. 28, 1921, vol. 13, p. 61, port. 

Dr. Orville Wright. In American Men of Science, 3rd ed., 

Garrison, New York: Science Press, 1921, p. 672. 

Also included in 4th-7th editions, 1927, 1933, 

1938, 1944. 

Orville Wright. In Who s Who in American Aeronautics, 

New York: Gardner, Moffat Co., 1922, p. 10, port. 



Also included in 2nd edition, 1925, pp. 118—119 

and 3rd edition, 1928, p. 130. 

[Wright, Katharine.] Orville Wright. In The John Fritz 

Medal, New York: John Fritz Medal Board of Award, 

[1922] pp. 111—116, +illus. 

One of a series of biographical notices on the John 

Fritz medalists. Presumptive authorship of this article 

is established by the correspondence between Orville 

Wright and the secretary of the John Fritz Medal 

Fund, May 12 and June 4, 1921. 

Orville Wright Succeeds Col. F. P. Lahm as Chairman, 

N.A.A. Contest Committee. National Aeronautic 

Association Review, Aug. 1, 1924, vol. 2, no. 8, p. 1, 

port. 

Cesare, Oscar. With Orville Wright in His Workshop. 

New York Times Magazine, Feb. 1, 1925, p. 8, +illus. 

Orville Wright and His Brother Built the First Successful 

Aeroplane. National Magazine, Jan. 1926, vol. 54, p. 

242. 

First Man to Fly Works On. New York Times Magazine, 

July 10, 1927, pp. 1—2, +illus. 

Also published with title, The First Man to Fly, in 

U.S. Air Services, Sept. 1927, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 22—25. 

Orville Wright. In Who s Who in Aviation, London: 

Airways Publications, Limited, 1928, pp. 124—125. 

Lent, L. B. Orville Wright the Flight Bringer; a Picture 

of a Quiet Man After Twenty-Five Years of Fame. 

Liberty, Dec. 22, 1928, vol. 5, no. 51, pp. 16—18, 20, 

+illus. 

Life Stories of Famous Living Inventors. Chapter 101 

Orville Wright. Patent News, May 1929, vol. 19, no. 4, 

pp. 2, 4. 

Orville Wright. In Encyclopoedia Britannica, New York: 

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1929, vol. 3, p. 808. 


Gage, Nevin I. Exchange Honors Orville Wright. The 

Exchangeite, Mar. 1930, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1, 28—29, 

+illus. 

Hodgins, Eric. Profiles; Heavier than Air. Orville Wright. 

New Yorker, Dec. 13, 1930, vol. 6, pp. 29—32, +illus. 

Henderson, Archibald. Orville Wright. In his 

Contemporary Immortals, New York, London: D. 

Appleton, 1930, pp. 134—148, port.

Rutledge, Paul. Glorious Pioneers of Aviation. Our 

Hobbies, Feb.-Mar. 1931, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 12—13. 

Orville Wrights 60th Birthday Celebration. [New York: 

Vacuum Oil Company, 1931.] [10 pp.] 

Collection of congratulatory messages broadcast 

August 19, 1931. 

Orville Wright. In Blue Book of Aviation, Los Angeles: 

Hoagland Company, 1932, p. 231, port. 

Orville Wright. In the Daniel Guggenheim Medal Fund, 

Inc., The Daniel Guggenheim Medal for Achievement in 

Aeronautics. Biographies New York: 1932, pp. 2—9. 

Reprinted in revised 1936 edition and brought up to 

date in 1953 edition titled Pioneers in Aeronautics; 

Recipients of the Daniel Guggenheim Medal, 1929- 

1932, pp. 1—7. One of a series of sketches of the Daniel 

Guggenheim medalists. Correspondence between 

Orville Wright and the secretary of the Daniel 

Guggenheim Medal Fund in 1932 establishes Orville 

Wright as the author. 

Orville Wright. In The National Encyclopoedia, New 

York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1932, vol. 10, p. 526. 

Published also in later editions, 1934-1946; revised 

1947-1949. 

New Member. Time, May 11, 1936, vol. 27, no. 19, p. 44. 

Comment on election of Orville Wright as a member 

of the National Academy of Sciences. 

Prophet of the New World. National Aeronautics, Dec. 

1937, vol. 15, no. 12, p. 7, port. 

Cesare, Oscar. Orville Wright Looks Back to Aviation s 

Birthday. New York Times Magazine, Dec. 11, 1938, pp. 

6—7, 23. 

[Findley, Earl. N.] Orville Wright Goes Again to Kitty 

Hawk. U.S. Air Services, May 1939, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 

12—15, 40, +illus. 

Account of Orville Wright s automobile trip from 

Dayton to Kitty Hawk in April 1939. 

Ellis, Carlyle. Flying as It Was The Birth of American 

DH s. Sportsman Pilot, Oct. 15, 1939, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 

16—17, 30, +illus. 

Includes interview with Orville Wright and account 

of his flight at Dayton in 1918 with an early Wright 

aeroplane. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Orville Wright Visits Washington. 

U.S. Air Services, Nov. 1941, vol. 26, no. 11, p. 11. 

Visit of October 23, 1941. 


Ingells, Douglas J. Orville Wright Today. Air Trails, 

June 1942, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 42, 44, +illus. 

[Findley, Earl N.] The Orville Wright Suite. U.S. Air 

Services, Nov. 1942, vol. 27, no. 11, p. 44. 

Reference to three-room suite in the Raleigh Hotel, 

Washington, D.C., where Orville Wright usually 

stayed when visiting the National Capital. 

Cuneo, John R. Orville Wright Reminds a German 

General of a Circus. In his Winged Mars, Harrisburg, 

Pa.: Military Service Publishing Company, 1942, pp. 

79—87, +illus. 

Origins of military aviation in Germany with quotation 

from the diary of Lieutenant General Walter 

von Eberhardt who witnessed flights of Orville 

Wright at Tempelhof Field, Berlin, in 1909. 

Orville Wright. In Who s Who in Aviation 1942-43, 

Chicago & New York: Ziff—Davis Publishing Company, 

1942, p. 477. 

Orville Wright. Studies Gliders. Aviation News, Aug. 30, 

1943, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 9. 

Report on a device to aid towed gliders being developed 

by Orville Wright. 

[Findley, Earl N.] On the Eve of the 40th Anniversary. 

U.S. Air Services, Nov. 1943, vol. 28, no. 11, p. 10. 

Editor s comments on Orville Wright s visit to 

Washington, October 21, 1943. 

Wright Honor Guest at Anniversary Fete. Aviation News, 

Nov. 22, 1943, vol. 1, no. 17, p. 15. 

Announcement of fortieth anniversary dinner to be 

held in Washington, December 17. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Orville Wright Without an Equal in 

Several Different Fields. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, 

vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 9—10. 

Author s reminiscences of Orville Wright. 

Loening, Grover. First Flyer in More Ways than One. 

U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, no. 12, p. 20. 

Early manager of the Wright Company comments 

on Orville Wright s skill as a pilot. 

Honoring Mr. Orville Wright on the Fortieth 

Anniversary of the First Flights of the Wright Brothers at 

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 17 December 1903. 

[Washington, D.C.: 1943], 8 pp. 

Official dinner program issued on the occasion of 

the dinner honoring Orville and attended by him, 

December 17, 1943, in Washington. Includes 

Contributions of Wilbur and Orville Wright to 

A Bibliography 29

Aeronautical Science, by George W. Lewis, pp. 6—7. 

Brewer, Griffith. The Wright Trilogy. Journal of the 

Royal Aeronautical Society, Apr. 1944, vol. 40, pp. 

92—94. 

Letter to the editor, March 15, commenting on Fred 

C. Kelly s interview with Orville Wright as reported 

in New York Herald Tribune, November 12, 1943. 

Orville Wright Flies Constellation. Aviation News, May 

1, 1944, vol. 1, no. 40, p. 15. 

Report on 50-minute flight at Wright Field, Dayton. 

Orville Wright Honored. Aeronautical Engineering 

Review, June 1944, vol. 3, no. 6, p. 203. 

Announces his election to an honorary life membership 

in the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of 

America, Inc. 

Ingells, Douglas J. and Lawrence Lader. Orville Wright: 

First to Fly. Coronet. Aug. 1946, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 

120—127. 

Orville Wright. Current Biography, Oct. 1946, vol. 7, 

pp. 54—57. 

Revised Current Biography 1946, New York: The 

H. W. Wilson Company, 1947, pp. 662—665, port. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Orville Wright. U.S. Air Services, Feb. 

1948, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 5—8, port. 

Obituary article by a personal friend of forty years 

standing. 

Orville Wright, Co-Inventor of the Airplane, Dies at 

Dayton, 44 Years After First Flight. National 

Aeronautics, Feb. 1948, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 3—4. 

The Late Orville Wright. Extension of Remarks of Hon. 

Chester E. Merroa. Congressional Record, Feb. 4, 1948, 

vol. 94, appendix p. A678. 

Reprints editorial from New Hampshire Morning 

Union, February 2, 1948. 

Grey, C. G. [signed C. G. G.]. The First to Fly. 

Aeroplane, Feb. 6, 1948, vol. 74, p. 148, +illus. 

Obituary note. 

Obituary. Orville Wright. Engineer, Feb. 6, 1948, vol. 

185, pp. 139—140, port. 

Orville Wright. Engineering, Feb. 6, 1948, vol. 165, pp. 

133—134. 

Begetter of an Age. Time, Feb. 9, 1948, vol. 51, p. 22. 

Obituary article. 



Died: Orville Wright. Newsweek, Feb. 9, 1948, vol. 31, 

no. 6, p. 55. 

Death of Albert Medalist. Royal Society of Arts Journal, 

Feb. 13, 1948, vol. 96, p. 185. 

Davy, M. J. B. Mr. Orville Wright. Nature, Feb. 21, 

1948, vol. 161, pp. 269—270. 

In Memoriam. Orville Wright. Aeronautical Engineering 

Review, Mar. 1948, vol. 7, p. 15, +illus. 

On the Death of Orville Wright. Interavia, Mar. 1948, 

vol. 3, pp. 129—130, +illus. 

Orville Wright. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, pp. 7—8. 

Dorman, Geoffrey. Orville Wright An Appreciation. 

The Light Plane, Apr. 1948, vol. 2, p. 30. 

Kelly, Fred C. Orville Wright at Work. Technology 

Review, Apr. 1948, vol. 50, p. 309. 

Brief account of Orville s habits and activities at his 

Dayton laboratory. 

We Knew Orville Wright. Rotarian, Apr. 1948, vol. 72, 

no. 4, p. 53. 

Account of meeting of the Rotarians of Dayton in 

memory of Orville Wright with a tribute by Frank D. 

Slutz. 

Obituaries: Orville Wright. Isis, May 1948, vol. 39, p. 

69. 

Durand, William F. Orville Wright. Mechanical 

Engineering, July 1948, vol. 70, pp. 581—585. 

Horan, Joseph C. Orville Wright Philatelic Memorial. 

Stamps, Oct. 23, 1948, vol. 65, pp. 150—160, +illus. 

Popular account of the Wrights with note on commemorative 

covers flown on the fortieth anniversary 

of their first flights in 1903 and on Orville s flight 

aboard a Constellation in 1944. 

Durand, William F. Biographical Memoir of Orville 

Wright, 1871-1948. Presented to the Academy at the 

Autumn Meeting, 1948. Washington, D.C.: National 

Academy of Sciences, 1948, 3 p.l., pp. 257—273, port. 

(Biographical Memoirs, Volume XXV, Eleventh Memoir). 

King, Ernest J. Some Remembrances of Orville Wright. 

U.S. Air Services, Feb. 1949, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 13—14. 

World War II Chief of Naval Operations writes an 

account of his three visits to Dayton on the December 

17 anniversary, 1933, 1934, and 1935.

Abelin, Rudolf. Orville Wright Motorflyningens 

Fader. Ett r i Luften, 1949, pp. 116—127, +illus. 

Obituaries: Orville Wright. In 1949 Britannica Book of 

the Year. Chicago, Toronto, London: Encyclopaedia 

Britannica, Inc., 1949, p. 537. 

Obituary. Current Biography 1948, New York: H. W. 

Wilson Company, 1949, p. 696. 

Orville Wright. In The Americana Annual 1949, New 

York: Americana Corporation, 1949, p. 738. 

When Orville Wright Lived at the Cosmos Club. Cosmos 

Club Bulletin, May 1950, vol. 3, no. 7, p. 2. 

Note on Orville s stay at the Club in May 1908. 

Orville Wright. In Who Was Who in America, vol. 2, 

Chicago: A. N. Marquis Company, 1950, p. 595. 

Hanuschke, Wilhelm. I Flew with Orville Wright. U.S. 

Air Services, Dec. 1952, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 7—9, +illus. 

Account of the author s meeting and flight with 

Orville Wright at Tempelhof Field, Berlin, in 1909. 

McFarland, Marvin W. Orville Wright and Friend. U.S. 

Air Services, Aug. 1956, vol. 51, pp. 5—7. 

An account of the association of Orville Wright and 

Earl N. Findley, deceased July 11, 1956, with excerpts 

from their correspondence. 

Kelly, Fred C. A Psychic Mystery of Aviation. Michigan 

Alumnus Quarterly Review, Aug. 9, 1958, vol. 64, pp. 

352—353. 

An account of a practical joke played by Orville on 

his friend Griffith Brewer involving the source of the 

quotation so easy it seemed, once found, which, yet 

unfound, most would have thought impossible from 

Milton s Paradise Lost. 

Orville Wright. In Lassalle, Eugene J. Les 100 premiers 

aviateurs brevet s au monde et la naissance de l aviation. 

[Paris] Nauticaero, [1962], pp. 50—51. 

Orville was granted pilot s license no. 14 by 

L A ro-Club of France in 1909. 

Orville Wright. In The Guggenheim Medalists: Architects 

of the Age of Flight, New York: The Guggenheim Medal 

Board of Award, 1964, pp. 56—57, port. 

Much abridged and rewritten version of biography 

originally published by the Daniel Guggenheim 

Medal Fund in 1932, 1936, and 1953. 

Renneisen, Bob. Orville Wright s Last Flight, Aerospace 

Historian, Spring 1968, pp. 29—31. 

Aeroplanes and Flights 

An account of the flight of the new Lockheed C-69 

Constellation at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, Apr. 26, 

1944. What made the flight notable was that Orville 

Wright, surviving co-inventor of the airplane took 

over the controls for 10 minutes. It was to be his last 

flight. 


1903 

Chanute, Octave. Gliding Machines. The Latest 

Aeronautical Experiments. Illustrated Scientific News, 

Feb. 1903, vol. 23, p. 73, +illus. 

Brief account of 1902 Wright glider and gliding 

experiments illustrated by three photographs of glider 

in flight. 

Die Br der Wright. Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Mar. 

1903, vol. 2, pp. 56—57. 

Brief mention of Wrights 1902 glider experiments. 

Nimf hr, Raimund. Die Neuesten Fortschritte in der 

praktischen Fliegekunst. Illustrirte Zeitung, Mar. 5, 

1903, vol. 120, p. 351, +illus. 

Brief reference to Wright gliding experiments, 

1900-1902, illustrated by five photographs of their 

1902 glider. This was one of a number of contemporary 

articles later cited by the courts as including disclosures 

which invalidated the Wright patent claims. 

Le Beschu, F. Locomotion a rienne en Am rique. Le 

Monde illustr , Mar. 28, 1903, vol. 47, p. 299, +illus. 

Includes details of the Wright glider supplied by 

Octave Chanute. 

Diner-Conf rence du 2 avril 1903. M. Chanute l A ro- 

Club. L A rophile, Apr. 1903, vol. 11, pp. 81—86, +illus. 

Chanute s address before the A ro-Club of France 

detailing Wright experiments of 1900, 1901, and 1902 

illustrated with photographs from La Locomotion 

below. 

Archdeacon, Ernest. M. Chanute Paris. La 

Locomotion, Apr. 11, 1903, vol. 3, pp. 225—227, +illus. 

This report of Chanute s speech of April 2, before the 

A ro-Club of France, Paris, aroused tremendous French 

interest in heavier-than-air flight and led to experiments 

which marked the beginning of European aviation. Has 

reference to the Wright experiments but photographs of 

several of the Wright gliders are erroneously labeled as 

A Bibliography 31

those of Chanute. This is one of the articles later cited 

by the courts in the Wright patent suits. 

S ance du 23 avril 1903, Soci t Francais de Navigation 

Aerienne. L A ronaute, May 1903, vol. 36, pp. 93—106. 

Includes Mr. Paul Bord s report on Chanute s 

address to the A ro Club of France. 

Contains reference to the Wrights method of warping 

the wings to effect lateral balance and to their use 

of warping in conjunction with the vertical tail. 

French and German courts later held that these disclosures 

invalidated their patent claims. 

Villethiou, Jean de. L A ronautique La Revue technique, 

May 25, 1903, p. 311. 

Includes brief mention of the Wright brothers. 

Andr , Henri. Les aviateurs am ricains et l aviation. 

Revue g n rale des transports June 1903, pp. 395—396, 

+illus. 

Based on account of Wright brothers by Ernest 

Archdeacon in La Locomotion above. 

Includes photographic illustrations, scale drawings, 

and structural details of the Chanute multiple-wing 

and two-surface gliders and of the Wright 1902 glider. 

Chanute, Octave. La Navigation a rienne aux Etats-Unis. 

L A rophile, Aug. 1903, vol. 11, pp. 171—183, +illus. 

English translation in The Papers of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright (New York: McGraw Hill, 1953), vol. 

1, pp. 659—673. 

Includes plans for and illustrations of the Wright 

1902 glider. 

Learning to Fly. Automotor Journal, Oct. 3, 1903, vol. 8, 

pp. 1032—1033. 

Editorial comment on the Wright 1902 gliding 

experiments. 

Chanute, Octave. L Aviation en Am rique. Revue 

g n rale des sciences pures et appliqu es, Nov. 30, 

1903, vol. 14, pp. 1133—1142, +illus. 

Extensive account of Chanute s early gliding experiments 

and those of the Wright brothers, 1900-1902, 

with description and numerous illustrations and drawings 

of the Chanute and Wright 1902 gliders. 

L Aviation en Am rique. L A rophile, Dec. 1903, vol. 

11, p. 282. 

Brief report on Wright December 17 flights. 

The Empire of the Air. An Important Step Forward. 

Automotor Journal, Dec. 30, 1903, vol. 8, p. 1385. 

Editorial comment on reported motor flights by the 

Wright brothers, December 17. 



1904 

La machine volante des freres Wright. L A rophile, Jan. 

1904, vol. 12, pp. 16—18. 

French translation of Wrights January 6 statement 

to the Associated Press describing their 1903 flights. 

The Wright Flyer. Gas Power, Jan. 1904, vol. 1, no. 8, p. 

39. 

Brief report on flights of Wright brothers, 


Le Beschu, F. L A roplane des tats-Unis. Le Monde 

illustr , Jan. 2, 1904, vol. 48, p. 17, +illus. 

Reports flight of 5 kilometers accomplished with a 

powered machine, illustrated by photograph of the 

Wright 1902 glider. 

Clayton, Henry H. Wilbur Wright s Successful Flight in 

a Motor-Driven Aeroplane. Science, Jan. 8, 1904, vol. 

19, (n. s.), p. 76. 

Statement on significance of Wrights December 

17, 1903, flights. 

The Machine That Flies; Performance of the Wright 

Brothers Aerostat Gives Promise of Success, Details of 

Machine (by W. H. S.) New York Herald Magazine 

Section, Jan. 17, 1904, p. 3. 

A Flying Machine That Actually Flies. Collier s, Jan. 23, 

1904, vol. 32, no. 17, p. 12, +illus. 

Highly inaccurate account of Wrights Kitty Hawk 

experiments. Photographs erroneously labeled The 

flying machine made by the Wrights comprise three of 

the Chanute glider and one of the Wright 1902 glider. 

The Problem of Flight. Harper s Weekly, Jan. 30, 1904, 

vol. 48, p. 180. 

Brief statement on Wright 1903 flights. 

A Motor Aeroplane; Successful Trials with a Man- 

Carrying Machine. Knowledge & Scientific News, Feb. 

1904, vol. 1, pp. 3—4, +illus. 

Based on Wrights statement to the Associated 

Press, January 6. 

The Flight of the Wrights. Automotor Journal, Feb. 6, 

1904, vol. 9, pp. 148—150, +illus. 

Based on the Wrights January 6 statement to the 

Associated Press which was reported in L Auto. 

Dienstbach [Carl]. Die Erfindung der Flugmaschine 

Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Mar. 1904, vol. 

8, pp. 97—98.

Report on the Wrights December 17, 1903, flights 

by the American correspondent of the journal. 

Der Motorflug der Gebr der Wright. Illustrierte 

Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Mar. 1904, vol. 8, pp. 

98—100, +illus. 

Supplements foregoing report by the author with 

inclusion of sketches of the Wright machine from the 

New York Herald, January 17, 1904. 

Chanute, Octave. Aerial Navigation. Popular Science 

Monthly, Mar. 1904, vol. 64, pp. 385—393. 

Published also in Annual Report of the Smithsonian 

Institution, 1903, Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1904, pp. 173—181. 

Paper presented before section D, American 

Association for the Advancement of Science, 

December 30, 1903. Includes reference to the successful 

flights of the Wright brothers, December 17, 

1903. 

Ferber, Ferdinand. Les progr s de l aviation depuis 1891 

par le vol plane. Revue d artillerie, Mar. 1904, vol. 63, 

pp. 397—443, +illus. 

Abstract in Scientific American, Apr. 1, 1905, vol. 

92, pp. 260, 262, +illus. 

Includes brief r sum of the gliding experiments of 

the Wrights and of their December 17, 1903, flights. 

Gleitflug in Amerika und in Frankreich. Wiener 

Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Mar. 1904, vol. 3, pp. 66—68. 

Includes German translation of Wrights statement 

published in L A rophile, January 1904. 

Root, A. I. [Wright Brothers Flying Machine.] Gleanings 

in Bee Culture, Mar. 1, 1904, vol. 32, pp. 240—241. 

Author s mention to his Sunday school class of the 

Wright 1903 flights. 

The Experiments of the Wright Brothers. Aeronautical 

Journal, Apr. 1904, vol. 8, pp. 37—42, +illus. 

Published also in Esso Air World, Nov./Dec. 1953, 

vol. 6, pp. 63—67, +illus. 

Summarizes Wilbur Wright s lecture, Experiments 

and Observations in Soaring Flight, and reprints 

Associated Press statement of January 6 communicated 

to the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain by 


Crocco, Arturo. La prima macchina volante. Bollettino 

della Societa Aeronautica Italiana, July 1904, vol. 1, pp. 

3—4. 

Nouveaux essais de l a roplane automobile Wright. 

L A rophile, Sept. 1904, vol. 12, p. 216. 


Brief mention of Wright flights, May 26, 1904, and 


Dominik, Hans. Neuere Versuche mit Motor- 

Drachenfliegern. Der Motorwagen, Nov. 20, 1904, vol. 

7, pp. 507—511, +illus. 

Includes reference to Wright’s experiments, 1900- 

1902, and to their powered flights of December 17, 

1903. 

1905 

[Root, A. I.] My Flying-Machine Story. Gleanings in 

Bee Culture, Jan. 1, 1905, vol. 33, pp. 36—39, 48. 

Pages 36—39 reprinted with title The First Eyewitness 

Account of a Powered Aeroplane Flight 

(1904) in The Aeroplane; an Historical Survey of Its 

Origins and Development, by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith 

(London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1960), pp. 

234—239. 

His report on the Wrights 1904 flights at Huffman 

Prairie near Dayton, previously unpublished because 

he had been sworn to secrecy by the Wrights, is contained 

in a regular feature section, with moral lesson 

included, of the magazine titled Our Homes, pp. 

36—39, with preceding biblical quotation What hath 

God wrought? Num. 23:23. 

[ . ] The Wright Brothers Flying Machine. 

Gleanings in Bee Culture, Jan. 15, 1905, vol. 33, pp. 

86—87, +illus. 

Author attempts description of 1903 aeroplane. 

Dienstbach, [Carl]. Das erste Lebensjahr der praktischen 

Flugmaschine. Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, 

Mar. 1905, vol. 9, pp. 91—93, +illus. 

Includes German translation of statement by the 

Wrights on their 1904 flights with accompanying 

drawing based on author s conception of their 

machine. 

Esnault-Pelterie, Robert. Exp riences d aviation ex - 

cut es en 1904, en v rification de celles des fr res 

Wright. L A rophile, June 1905, vol. 13, pp. 132—138, 

+illus. 

Report of experiments conducted with a Wrighttype 

glider built from available published data on it. 

Zur Wrightschen Flugmaschine. [Signed m.] Illustrierte 

Aeronautische Mitteilungen, June 1905, vol. 9, pp. 

183—184. 

Anonymous author casts doubt on Dienstbach s 

report in the March issue of this journal. 

A Bibliography 33

Verifica delle esperienze di aviazione dei fratelli Wright. 

Bollettino della Societ Aeronautica Italiana, July-Sept. 

1905, vol. 2, pp. 147—148. 

Based on Esnault-Pelterie s account in L A rophile, 

June 1905, above. 

[Root, A. I.] The Wright Brothers Flying Machine to 

Date: Flying 24 Miles in 38 Minutes. Gleanings in Bee 

Culture, Dec. 1, 1905, vol. 33, p. 1258. 

Report on 1905 flights. 

Brothers Wright Rumours. Automotor Journal, Dec. 9, 

1905, vol. 10, p. 1542. 

Brief note expressing skepticism about Wright 

1905 flights as reported in L Auto. The source of 

L Autos information was the Wright brothers letter of 

October 9 to Captain Ferber. 

Le plus lourd que l air. La Conqu te de l air, Dec. 15, 

1905, vol. 2, pp. 1—2. 

The Wright Brothers Experiments. Automotor Journal, 

Dec. 23, 1905, vol. 10, p. 1601. 

Reports Henry M. Weaver s letter of December 3 to 

Frank S. Lahm and Robert Coquelle s article in 

L Auto in confirmation of rumors of Wrights successes. 

Breyer, Victor. L A roplane des fr res Wright. La Vie au 

grand air, Dec. 29, 1905, pp. 1099—1100, +illus. 

Based on article in L Auto. 

Les Freres Wright et leur a roplane moteur. 

L A rophile, Dec. 1905, vol. 13, pp. 265—272, + ports. 

Extensive discussion of the merits of the Wright 

aeroplane and the evidence supporting the claims of 

flights by the Wrights. Introduces pertinent letters and 

materials including French translations of letters of 

Wilbur and Orville Wright to Georges Besancon, the 

editor, November 17, 1905, and to Captain Ferber, 

October 9 and November 4, 1905, Octave Chanute s 

letter of November 9 to Ferber, and quotes from articles 

by Ernest Archdeacon in Les Sports and Robert 

Coquelle in L Auto. 

Gardner, Gilson. When Men Wear Wings. Technical 

World Magazine, Dec. 1905, vol. 4, pp. 447—454. 

Includes reference to the Wright brothers aeroplane, 

pp. 449—450. 

More Wright Rumours. Automotor Journal, Dec. 30, 

1905, vol. 10, pp. 1621—1622. 

Expressing confidence in the reports of the 

Wrights 1903 and 1905 flights as stated by Orville 

Wright in his letter of November 17, 1905, to Mr. 



Patrick Y. Alexander of the Aeronautical Society of 

Great Britain and by Octave Chanute in a letter to 

Captain Ferber which was published in Revue 

d Artillerie, August 1905. Editors state they have 

reversed their skeptical attitude expressed in 

December 9 issue of this journal above. 

The Conquest of the Air, Automotor Journal, Dec. 30, 

1905, vol. 10, p. 1611. 

Editorial comment on the above report. 

1906 

L A roplane Wright. L A rophile, Jan. 1906, vol. 14, pp. 

18—23, +illus. 

Presentation of further statements on the Wright 

flights in continuation of the discussion in the 

December 1905 issue of this journal. Publishes letter 

of the Wrights to the editor, December 13, 1905, two 

letters of Henry M. Weaver to Frank S. Lahm, 

December 6, 1905, and January 3, 1906, and reports 

originally appearing in the New York Herald, January 

4, 1906, and by Robert Coquelle in L Auto. 

Cl ry, A. Derniers perfectionnements connus des 

machines volantes Wright. L A rophile, Jan. 1906, vol. 

14, pp. 23—26, +illus. 

Lacking details on the Wright machine, author 

reprints specifications of the Wright French patent, 

published September 1, 1904. 

Recent Experiments of the Brothers Wright. The 

Aeronautical Journal, Jan. 1906, vol. 10, pp. 14—15. 

Includes letter from Orville Wright dated 

November 17, 1905, read by Mr. Alexander before 

Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, giving brief 

account of their 1905 experiments at Huffman Field 

near Dayton. 

The White Flyer the Motor Driven Aeroplane for the 

Brothers Wright. Automotor Journal, Jan. 6, 1906, vol. 

11, pp. 17—20, +illus. 

The Wright Aeroplane and Its Fabled Performances. 

Scientific American, Jan. 13, 1906, vol. 108, p. 40. 

Based on a report in a French automobile publication 

which published a letter from the Wrights to 

Captain Ferber, November 4, 1905, describing their 

1905 flights. 

Ancora intorno alle esperienze dei fratelli Wright. 

Bollettino della Socie Aeronautica Italiana, Jan./Feb. 

1906, vol. 3, pp. 19—21.

Report on recent available information on the 

Wrights, including their letters of November 4, 1905, 

to Captain Ferber, November 17, 1905, to Patrick 

Alexander, and January 3, 1906, to Frank S. Lahm. 

Dienstbach, [Carl]. Das Zweite Lebensjahr der 

praktische Flugmaschine. Illustrierte Aeronautische 

Mitteilungen, Feb. 1906, vol. 10, pp. 50—54. 

A report on the 1905 Wright flights, with a German 

translation of their letter of November 17, 1905, to the 

author and a translation of selected extracts from articles 

originally published in Gleanings in Bee Culture 

above. 

Die Versuche der Gebruder Wright im Jahre 1905. 

Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Feb. 1906, vol. 

10, pp. 48—50. 

Editor expresses great doubt of reported Wright 

flights. Includes Wrights letter of November 4, 1905, 

to Captain Ferber. 

Die Wright-Frage. Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Feb. 

1906, vol. 5, pp. 30—34. 

Based on reports on Wrights flights originally published 

in L Auto in December and January issues. 

Includes German translation of Henry Weaver s letter 

of December 6, 1905, to Frank S. Lahm confirming 

Wright flights, as well as their letter of January 3, 

1906, to Lahm. 

The Conquest of the Air. The Car, Feb. 21, 1906, vol. 16, 

p. 8. 

Reprints Chanute s letter of February 6 to the editor 

giving details of the Wrights 1903-1905 experiments. 

Mauni, Baron de. ¸ propos de la performance des fr res 

Wright. La Vie automobile, Feb. 24, 1906, vol. 6, pp. 

114—115. 

Fly Fast in the Air. Wright Brothers of Dayton Make 

Public Results of Recent Tests of Aeroplane. Motor Age, 

Mar. 8, 1906, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 8—9. 

Partially based on letter of Wrights to the editor, 

Charles R. Root, February 7, 1906. Includes comments 

by Orville Wright on Walter Wellman s proposed 

trip to the North Pole by balloon. 

The Experiments of the Brothers Wright. The 

Aeronautical Journal, Apr. 1906, vol. 12, pp. 25—26. 

Few details on Wright machine based on data 

derived from L A rophile, January 1906, above. 

The Wright Aeroplane and Its Performances. Scientific 

American, Apr. 7, 1906, vol. 94, pp. 291—292, +illus. 

Reports Wright brothers statement to the Aero 


Club of America, March 12, 1906, and presents summaries 

of answers to a series of eleven questions submitted 

by the editor to the 17 persons listed by the 

Wrights in this statement as having witnessed their 

flights. Reprints in full reply of Charles Webbert, 

March 21, 1906. 

Chanute, Octave. Chanute on the Wright Brothers 

Achievement in Aerial Navigation. Scientific American, 

Apr. 14, 1906, vol. 94, p. 307. 

Chanute s letter of reply, March 31, to the editor s 

letter of March 19, requesting verification of statement 

by Chanute published in Illustrierte 

Aeronautische Mitteilungen. 

The Wright Brothers Aeroplane. Pathfinder, Apr. 14, 

1906, vol. 13, no. 641, p. 2. 

Based on report in Scientific American, April 7. 

The Wright Brothers Flying Machine and What It Has 

Accomplished. Scientific American Supplement, Apr. 17, 

1906, vol. 61, p. 25303. 

Wright brothers statement submitted to the Aero 

Club of America, March 12, 1906, reporting on their 

flights to date. 

The Wright Flyer, 1905. The Aeronautical News, May 

1906, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 14—15, +illus. 

Grimes, E. B. Man May Now Fly at Will. The Technical 

World Magazine, June 1906, vol. 5, pp. 330—338, +illus. 

Article on the Wright brothers based largely on, and 

incorporating, their statement of March 12, 1906, to 

the Aero Club of America. 

Von den Gebr dern Wright. Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, 

July 1906, vol. 5, pp. 139—141, ports. 

Translation by W. E. von L ssl of Wright brothers 

letter of May 19, 1906, to the Weiner Luftschiffer 

Verein and their enclosed communication to the Aero 

Club of America, March 12, 1906, with added note by 

the editor, Victor Silberer, that he is not convinced by 

the testimony of the witnesses of the 1905 flights. 

Maxim, Hiram S. The Recent Experiments Conducted 

by the Wright Brothers. The Aeronautical Journal, July 

1906, vol. 10, pp. 37—39. 

Reprinted in the Aeronautical Journal, July-Sept. 

1916, vol. 20, pp. 126—128. 

General statement on significance of flights with 

accompanying discussion by S. F. Cody, J. T. C. 

Moore-Brabazon, and others. 

La Costruzione di un aeroplano Wright, Il Seco XX, 

1906, vol. VIII, pp. 419—424. 

A Bibliography 35

Genesis of the First Successful Aeroplane. Editorial on 

the Work of the Wright Brothers of Dayton, Ohio. 

Scientific American, Dec. 15, 1906, vol. 95, p. 442. 

1907 

Bell, Alexander G. Aerial Locomotion. National 

Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1907, vol. 18, pp. 1—34, 

+illus. 

Reprinted Washington, D.C.: Press of Judd & 

Detweiler, Inc., 1907, 34 pp., and published also in the 

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 

1907, vol. 8, pp. 407—408; Scientific American 

Supplement, May 25, 1907, vol. 63, pp. 26244—26246. 

An address read before the Washington Academy of 

Sciences, December 13, 1906. Includes an account of 

the Wrights titled, The First Practical Flying 

Machine, pp. 7—8. 

Wieder die Br der Wright! Sensationelle Nachrichten! 

Ein Flug von 38 Kilometer Lange?! Die Flugmaschine 

von den Vereinigten Staaten Gekauft? Wiener 

Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Jan. 1907, vol. 6, pp. 7—9 

Report on current rumors about the Wrights. 

Includes German translation of their letter to Georges 

Besancon of L A rophile. 

The Wright Aeroplane. Ballooning and Aeronautics, Jan. 

1907, vol. 1, pp. 9—11, +illus. 

Attempt to explain working principles of the 

Wright aeroplane with two accompanying photographs 

of a model of their aeroplane constructed by 

the engineering staff of King s College. 

Berty. Le secret des fr res Wright. La revue d aviation, 

Jan. 15, 1907, vol. 2, pp. 8—10, +illus. 

Based on reports about the Wrights originally published 

in the Scientific American. 

Chanute, Octave. Uspekhi i novyia usovershenstovaniia 

v iskusstvennom polete. [Successes and new accomplishments 

in artificial flight.] Vozdukhoplavatel , Jan- 

Feb. 1907, vol. 2, pp. 40—46, 84—96. 

Includes reference to Wright brothers, pp. 84—86. 

Article translated by N. Kamen shchikov. 

Masfrand, Albert de. The Mysterious Wright Brothers. 

What Have They Really Accomplished in Flight? Fry s 

Magazine, Mar. 1907, pp. 530—536, +illus. 

The Brothers Wright. Ballooning and Aeronautics, Apr. 

1907, vol. 1, p. 152. 

Extract from a letter to the editor from C. S. Rolls, 



who visited the Wrights in America and who states he 

is convinced that they have achieved powered flight. 

Elias, Hermann. Das R tsel der Gebruder Wright. 

[Signed E.] Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, May 

1907, vol. 11, pp. 173—174. 

Gives a German translation of the account in 

Ballooning and Aeronautics, above, but expresses 

doubt about the Wright flights. 

Wilbur Wright Paris. L A rophile, June 1907, vol. 15, 

pp. 167—168. 

Capt. Ferber s letter to Georges Besancon, with 

added details from an article in L Auto, June 14. 

Chanute, Octave. History of the Wright Flying 

Experiments. Scientific American Supplement, June 1, 

1907, vol. 63, p. 26262. 

Reprinted from New York Herald. 

Masfrand, Albert [Signed A. de M.]. de Les fr res Wright 

Paris. L A rophile, July 1907, vol. 15, p. 175. 

Progress in Aeronautics American. Magazine of 

Aeronautics, July 1907, vol. 1, pp. 23—24. 

Report on Wright flights of 1905, based on their 

statement to the Aero Club of America, March 12, 

1906. 

A propos des fr res Wright. La Conqu te de l air, July 

15, 1907, vol. 4, no. 14, p. 3. 

Reproduces Chanute s letter to the editor, dated 

June 27, 1907, telling of Wrights flights, 1903-1906. 

Hildebrandt, [Alfred]. La Machine volante des fr res 

Wright. La Conqu te de l air, Dec. 15, 1907, vol. 4, no. 

24, p. 3. 

French translation of an article published in the 

Lokal Anzeiger, Berlin. 

Chanute, Octave. The Wright Brothers Motor Flyer. In 

Aero Club of America, Navigating the Air, New York: 

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907, pp. 3—5, +illus. 

Brief statement on 1903, 1904, and 1905 flights. 

1908 

Dienstbach, Carl. The Perfect Flying Machine. First 

Description of the Marvelous Invention Which Has 

Given Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright Mastery of 

Man s Flight. How They Fly and How They Learned the 

Secret. American Aeronaut, Jan. 1908, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 

3—11, +illus.

Most extensive account to date on the Wright 

machine. Referential Data on the Wright Flyer, p. 

11, cites source of much of data. 

Hildebrandt, Alfred. The Wright Brothers Flying 

Machine. American Magazine of Aeronautics, Jan. 1908, 

vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 13—16 

Translation from an article originally published in 

October in the Lokal Anzeiger, Berlin. 

Turner, George Kibbe. The Men Who Learned to Fly 

McClure s Magazine, Feb. 1908, vol. 30, pp. 443—452, 

+illus. 

Based on interview with Wright brothers in January 

1907. Includes many incorrect statements and uses 

direct quotations which were not mentioned nor a part 

of their conversations. 

Les premiers a roplanes militaires. L A rophile, Mar. 

1908, vol. 16, pp. 115—116. 

Announces signing of contract by the Wrights for 

delivery of an aeroplane to the U.S. Army to meet certain 

specified conditions. 

Espitallier, Georges. L Etat actual de l aviation. Le 

G nie civil, Apr. 4, 1908, vol. 53, pp. 398—401, +illus. 

Includes discussion of the Wright brothers in sections 

titled Les aviateurs americains and Appareil 

Wright moteur, pp. 400—401. 

Ruhl, Arthur. History at Kill Devil Hill. Collier s, May 

30, 1998, vol. 41, no. 10, pp. 18—19, 26, +illus. 

Report on Wright May flights at Kitty Hawk by one 

of a group of reporters witnessing flights from a distance 

of about a mile away. 

American Aeronauts Disclosure of Wright Brothers 

Secret. American Aeronaut, June 1908, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 

208. 

Editorial comment on Carl Dienstbach s article on 

the Wrights in the January issue of the journal. 

Dienstbach, Carl. The Recent Flights of the Wright 

Brothers in North Carolina. American Aeronaut, June 

1908, vol. 1, pp. 209—211, +illus. 

Author s comparison of his version of the Wright 

aeroplane published in the January issue of the journal 

with that in the newspaper reports of the Wright May 

1908 flights, particularly as reported by Byron 

Newton of the New York Herald. 

Newton, Byron R. Watching the Wright Brothers Fly. 

Aeronautics, New York, June 1908, vol. 2, pp. 6—10. 

Correspondent of the New York Herald reports on 

the Wright May 1908 flights. 


Verney, L. L A roplane Wright, L Ouest-Touriste et 

Sportif, vol. 2, no. 6, 1908, pp. 41—44, +illus. 

Von den Br dern Wright. Erstaunliche Berichte! 

Rekords von 8-12 Kilometer! Eine Herausforderung 

Farmans! Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, June 1908, vol. 7, 

pp. 125—126. 

Quotations and summary of newspaper accounts of 

the Wrights in Kitty Hawk appearing May 2, 3, 7, 9, 

14, and Farman s open letter of May 17, which 

appeared in a number of newspapers. 

Chanute, Octave. Wright Brothers Flights. Independent, 

June 4, 1908, vol. 64, pp. 1287—1288. 

Report on Wright May flights at Kitty Hawk, North 

Carolina. 

Secret of the Wright Air-ship. Literary Digest, June 13, 

1908, vol. 36, pp. 861—862, +illus. 

Description of the Wright aeroplane based on the 

account of the May 1908 Wright flights reported in the 

New York Herald, May 29 and 31. 

Wright s Secret of Flying Revealed at Last: Photographs 

of the Mysterious Aeroplane, Illustrated London News, 

June 13, 1908, vol. 132, p. 849. 

Reproduces photographs originally published in the 

Scientific American and the New York Herald. 

Philos. Les Fr res Wright en Amerique et en France 

L A rophile, June 15, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 222—223. 

Includes the Wrights letter of June 3, 1908, giving 

details on their May 1908 flights at Kitty Hawk, 

announcement of the arrival of Wilbur Wright in 

France, and a statement about his plane as given in an 

interview with Francois Peyrey in L Auto. 

Sauvage Adjudication d a roplanes militaires aux tats 

Unis. La Nature, June 27, 1908, vol. 36, p. 54. 

Dominik, H. A. Tollaire ber die Wright. Der 

Motorwagen. June 30, 1908, vol. 11, pp. 480—481. 

Reprinted from La France Automobile. 

Chanute, Octave. Recent Aeronautical Progress in the 

United States. Aeronautical Journal, July 1908, vol. 12, 

pp. 52—55. 

Includes reference to Wright 1908 flights and the 

Wright contract with the U. S. Government. 

. Bevorstehende Flugversuche in Amerika. 

(Uebersetzt vonMathilde v. Buttlar) Illustrierte 

Aeronautische Mitteilungen, July 1, 1908, vol. 12, pp. 

345—349. 

A Bibliography 37

C [lery], A. Les pr paratifs de Wilbur Wright. 

L A rophile, July 1, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 250—251, +illus. 

Further statement on Wilbur Wright s plans based 

on an interview with L on Boll e as reported in 

L Auto. Gives details on the Wright machine and conditions 

of the Wright contract with the Weiller syndicate 

in France. 

Philos. Les pr paratifs de Wilbur Wright. L A rophile, 

July 15, 1908, vol. 16, p. 279. 

Reports Wilbur Wright s early July activities. 

Selfridge, Thomas. A Brief Sketch of the Art of Aviation. 

Bulletin of the Aerial Experiment Association, July 20, 

1908, no. II, pp. 3—44. 

Includes discussion of the early Wright flying 

experiments, pp. 25—28. 

Bain, George G. The Man Bird and His Flight. 

Broadway Magazine, Aug. 1908, vol. 21, pp. 170—181, 

+illus. 

Includes reference to the Wright brothers and their 

machine. 

"Disclosure" of Wright Brothers Secret. Aeronautics. 

Aug. 1908, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 42. 

Editorial comment on recent stories about the 


Newton, Byron R. On the Wings of the Wind. Van 

Norden Magazine, Aug. 1908, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 49—57, 

+illus. 

Abridged with title, The Wright Airship, Literary 

Digest, Aug. 29, 1908, vol. 37, pp. 269—270. 

Article dealing with the forthcoming Fort Myer 

Wright tests, with a discussion of the Wright aeroplane 

and earlier Wright experiments. 

Les exp riences de Wilbur Wright. Un accident, 

L A rophile, Aug. 15, 1908, vol. 16, p. 328. 

Mention of accident August 13, in which one wing 

was slightly damaged. 

Voisin, Charles, and Voisin, Gabriel. La solution am ricaine. 

[Signed Les Freres Voisin] La Revue de l aviation, 

Aug. 15, 1908, vol. 3, no. 21, pp. 1—2. 

Authors take Francois Peyrey to task, disputing his 

statement about the Wright aeroplane in L Auto, contending 

that the necessary calculations for the building 

of this type aeroplane were published in an article 

by Commander Renard in La Revue de L Aviation, in 

1888. 

Wilbur Wrights envole! La Vie au grand air, Aug. 15, 

1908, vol. 14, pp. 127—130, +illus. 



How Wilbur Wright Flies. Motor London, Aug. 18, 

1908, vol. 14, pp. 64—66, +illus. 

Reports his flights, August 8-13. 

The Mystery of the Wrights. Automotor Journal, Aug. 

22, 1908, vol. 13, pp. 1120—1122, +illus. 

Peyrey, Francois. Wilbur Wright s entraine. La Vie au 

grand air, Aug. 22, 1908, vol. 14, pp. 132—133, 

138—139, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright Has an Accident. Automotor Journal, 

Aug. 22, 1908, vol. 13, p. 1122. 

Reports his accident, August 13, when he damaged 

a wing on landing. 

Neue Flugversuche. [Signed kr.] Illustrierte 

Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Aug. 26, 1908, vol. 12, pp. 

510—512, +illus. 

Summarizes Wilbur Wright s flights, August 8, 10, 

11, 12, and 13 at Le Mans. 

Vorreiter, Ansbert. Erstes Deb t des Drachenfliegers der 

Gebr der Wright in Europa. Prometheus, Aug. 26, 1908, 

vol. 19, pp. 765—766. 

Reports Wilbur Wright s flight of August 8 at Le 

Mans. 

Peyrey, Francois. Wilber Wright au Camp d Auvours. La 

Vie au grand air, Aug. 29, 1908, vol. 14, pp. 152—153, 

+illus. 

The Wright Aeroplane in France. Collier s, Aug. 29, 

1908, vol. 41, no. 23, p. 4, +illus. 

The Wright Brothers Aeroplane in France and the United 

States. Scientific American, Aug. 29, 1908, vol. 99, pp. 

140—141. 

Presents brief general description of their aeroplane, 

quoting in part from the Wrights Century 

Magazine article, September 1908. 

Wilbur Wright Makes Successful Flight. Motor, London, 

Aug. 11, 1908, vol. 14, p. 42. 

Reports Wilbur s flight of August 8, at Les 

Hunaudi res Race Course, near Le Mans. 

Recent Aeroplane Experiments. Engineering Magazine, 

Aug. 14, 1908, vol. 86, p. 216, +illus. 

Brief mention of August flights of Wilbur Wright. 

L Aeroplane Wright. La Revue de l aviation, Aug. 15, 

1908, vol. 3, no. 21, pp. 9—11 and 1 page supplement. 

Reports Wilbur s flights, August 8-13.

L Appareil des fr res Wright a franchi trois kilom tres 

avec une parfaite aisance. La Conquete de l air, Aug. 15, 

1908, vol. 5, p. 2, port. 

Report on flights of Wilbur Wright, August 8, 10, 

11, 12, and quotation from tribute to him by Franz 

Reichel in Figaro. 

Degoul, M. Les premiers vols de Wilbur Wright en 

France. L A rophile, Aug. 15, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 

324—328, +illus. 

Details on Wilbur Wright s flights of August 8, 10, 

11, and 12. 

Delagrange, L on. Impressions sur l a roplane Wright. 

L Illustration, Aug. 15, 1908, vol. 132, pp. 105, 108, 

+illus. 

Neue Flugversuche. [signed kr.] Illustrierte 

Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Sept. 1908, vol. 12, pp. 

537—538. 

Compares Wright machine with French machines. 

Orville Wright Breaks All Records 62 Minutes in the Air. 

Aeronautics, New York, Sept. 1908, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 4—5. 

Account of his flight September 9 at Fort Myer. 

Wilbur Wright fliegt. Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Sept. 

1908, vol. 7, pp. 218—220. 

Summary of press reports on August flights at 

Camp d Auvours. 

Wilbur Wright s Flights in France. Aeronautics, New 

York, Sept. 1908, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 5—7, +illus. 

Description of Wright machine and August flights 

at Le Mans. 

Wilbur Wright s Trial Flights in France. Aeronautics, 

London, Sept. 1908, vol. 1, pp. 66—67, +illus. 

Mention of his flights August 8, 10, and 12, with 

few details on the Wright aeroplane. 

Degoul, M. Wilbur Wright au Mans. L A rophile, Sept. 

1, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 338—339, +illus. 

Reports transfer of the Wright aeroplane from Les 

Hunaudi res to Camp d Auvours August 19 and 

flights there August 21. 

L Entra nement de Wilbur Wright. La Vie au grand air, 


Sauvage L A roplane des fr res Wright. La Nature, 


The First Flight of the Wright Aeroplane at Fort Myer. 

By our Washington Correspondent. Scientific American, 


Sept. 12, 1908, vol. 99, p. 169, +illus. 

Report on Orville Wright s September 3 flights and 

some details on the Wright machine. 

Perry, Frank L. The Wright Aeroplane and Wireless 

Communication. Western Electrician, Sept. 12-Oct. 3, 

1908, vol. 43, pp. 187—189, 212—213, 226—227, 230, 

250—251, +illus. 

Description of Orville Wright s Fort Myer flights, 

September 3 and 4, details on the construction of the 

Wright machine, its operation and performance, and 

discussion of its possible uses as a base for wireless 

telegraphy. 

L A roplane Wright. La Revue de l aviation, Sept. 15, 

1908, vol. 3, pp. 9—11. 

Summary of flights August 21-September 6. 

La Machine volante est n e. La Revue de l aviation, 

Sept. 15, 1908, vol. 3, no. 22, p. 4 of supplement following 

p. 10. 

Washington Times account of Orville Wright s 

flight of September 9. 

Masfrand, Albert de. Les Wright en France et en 

Am rique. L A rophile, Sept. 15, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 354, 

356, +illus. 

Reports Wilbur Wright s flights of September 3, 4, 

and 5, and Orville Wright s flights, August 29, 

September 3, and 9. 

Orville Wright. La Coqu te de l air, Sept. 15, 1908, vol. 

5, no. 18, p. 21. 

Details on Orville Wright s record flights 

September 9 and 11 at Fort Myer. 

Que penser de l appareil Wright? La Revue de l aviation, 

Sept. 15, 1908, vol. 3, pp. 4—7. 

Comments on the Wright plane by Ernest 

Archdeacon, Captain Ferber, Gabriel Voisin, Henri 

Farman, L on Delagrange, Armengaud Jr., General 

Bouttieaux, Henry Kapferer, Calderara, and Surcouf. 

Witzig, Aug. Quelques r flexions sur l aeroplane 

Wright. L A rophile, Sept. 15, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 

358—360, +illus. 

Comparison of the Wright aeroplane with some 

French machines, including one built by the author. 

Noel, E. Percy. How Orville Wright Made His Flights. 

Automobile, Sept. 17, 1908, vol. 19, pp. 408—409, +illus. 

The Wright Brothers. Independent, Sept. 17, 1908, vol. 

65, pp. 669—670. 

Editorial tribute on recent successful flights. 

A Bibliography 39

Babin, Gustave. Comme un oiseau. Une matin e au 

Camp d Auvours. L Illustration, Sept. 19, 1908, vol. 

132, pp. 188—189, +illus. 

Peyrey, Francois. Les records tombent! La Vie au grand 

air, Sept. 19, 1908, vol. 14, pp. 196—197, +illus. 

Extracts from Letters from Members, Sept. 7, 1908, 

Curtiss to Bell. (About Orville Wright s Machine.) 

Bulletin of the Aerial Experiment Association, Sept. 21, 

1908, no. XI, pp. 9—11, +illus. 

Curtiss report on Orville Wright s September Fort 

Myer flights. 

The Wright Brothers Flying Machine. American 

Machinist, Sept. 24, 1908, vol. 31, p. 466. 

Editorial comment on story in Engineering 

Magazine, August 14. 

Construction of the Wright Aeroplane. Scientific 

American, Sept. 26, 1908, vol. 99, pp. 208—210, +illus. 

Presents detailed photographs and description of 

machine in elaboration of previous account in August 

29 issue of the magazine. 

Fall of the Wright Aeroplane. Literary Digest, Sept. 26, 

1908, vol. 37, p. 411, +illus. 

Summary of press opinion on the September 17, 

1908, Fort Myer accident. 

The Fatal Fall of the Wright Aeroplane. Harper s 

Weekly, Sept. 26, 1908, vol. 52, no. 2701, p. 7, +illus. 

Pictorial account of accident and the principals 

involved. 

Le record de Wilbur Wright. La vie au grand air, Sept. 

26, 1908, vol. 14, pp. 229—230, +illus. 

Pictorial account of his record-breaking flight of 

September 21. 

Skyscraping at Fort Myer. Photographs by James H. 

Hare. Collier s, Sept. 26, 1908, vol. 42, p. 11, +illus. 

Brief note on September flights. 

Wilbur Wright s Great Flight. Automotor Journal, Sept. 

26, 1908, vol. 13, p. 1271. 

Reports his flight of September 21. 

L Aeroplane dei fratelli Wright. L Illustrazione italiana, 

Sept. 27, 1908, vol. 2, p. 303, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright s Record Flight. Motor, Sept. 29, 1908, 

vol. 14, p. 252, +illus. 

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Author s letter of November 18. 

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Translation L Aviation illustr e, Mar. 20, 1909, vol. 

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Degoul, M. L Aviation en France. Les exp riences de 

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Reports Wilbur Wright s flights of November 12, 

14, 16, 17, and 18. 

Gasnier, Ren . L A roplane Wright d crit par un de ses 

passagers. Comment il est fait comment il vole. 

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Another Remarkable Aeroplane Flight. Nature, Dec. 24, 

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Reports Wilbur Wright s flight of December 18, 

and gives table of heavier-than-air flights, 1905-1908, 

from the London Daily Mail. 

Wilbur Wright s New Record. Scientific American, Dec. 

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Bracke, Albert. L A roplane Wilbur Wright. Mons: 

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Foster, Maximilian. The Highway of the Air. Everybodys 

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vol. 4, pp. 11—13; Allgemeine Automobil Zeitung, 

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Paper read before the Aeronautical Society of Great 

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Reports his flights in preparation for contesting the 

Michelin Cup, December 16, 18, and 19. 

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La Conquete de l air, Jan. 1, 1909, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 4. 

Wilbur Wright Definitely Secures the Michelin Prize by 

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La Coupe Michelin Wilbur Wright. L Industrie 

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Voisin oder Wright? Was Sir Hiram Maxim sagt. 

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Quotation from Maxim s introductory note to R. P. 

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Elias, Hermann. Der Sieger im Michelinpreis. [Signed 

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Description of Wilbur Wright s record-breaking 

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Foerster, August. Ein verkanntes Br derpaar. Ein Beitrag 

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Reports that Wilbur had won the Michelin Trophy 

on December 31, 1908, with a spectacular world 

record flight of 2 hours 20 minutes 23-1/5 seconds in 

the air. Includes a facsimile of Wilbur s contest entry 

letter of December 28 to the Aero-Club of the Sarthe. 

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Description of Wright aeroplane exhibited at the 

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Claudy to Bell about Enlargements of His Photographs 

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His letter of January 4, 1909, stating that enlargements 

were made by the Eastman Kodak Company. 

They were later presented to the Smithsonian. 

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Short account of Wilbur Wright s flights with his 

pupil Count Lambert. 

Compton, A. H. Comparison of the Wright and Voisin 

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Based on Lanchester s article in the Aeronautical 

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McCurdy, John A. D. Lanchester s Comparison of the 

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R sum of Lanchester s article above. 

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King Alfonso and the Wrights. Flight, Feb. 27, 1909, 

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Account of Wrights meeting with King Alfonso of 

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German translation, Allgemeine Automobil- 

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Based on interview with Wilbur Wright. Includes 

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K nig Alfons von Spanien in Pau. Allgemeine Automobil- 

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Eyewitness account of Orville s accident at Fort 

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Von den Br dern Wright. Ein kleiner Unfall. Wiener 

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Reports flights, February 9, 11, 15, and 17—19. 

Vorreiter, Ansbert. Ein Besuch in Wrightville, Le Mans. 

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Rouhier, Maurice. Les premiers l ves de l hommeoiseau. 

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Includes quotations from interviews with three of 

Wilbur Wright s pupils, Count de Lambert, Paul 

Tissandier, and Captain Lucas-Girardville. 

Ursinus, Oskar. Die Konstruktion des Wright schen 

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The Flights of Wright APretty Sight to Set before the 

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King Alphonso of Spain Regretted His Royalty. 

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Cei, Umberto. Il secreto dei fratelli Wright. Oceanus 

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Le mois de Wright. La Revue de l aviation, Apr. 1, 1909, 

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W. Wright termine ses exp riences en France. 

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Reports Wilbur s flights February 27, March 1, 11- 

13, 16-20, and 24. 

Wright et ses l ves. La Conquete de l air, Apr. 1, 1909, 

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Summary of March flights. 

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Heumann, S. Wilbur Wright auf dem Centocelle in Rom. 

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Impressions of their training flights given by Count 

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Rozendaal, John. Die Erste Luftschiffahrtschule der 

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I voli di Wilbur Wright a Centocelle. L Illustrazione, 

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La costruzione di un aeroplano Wright. Il Secolo XX, 

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Wilbur Wright Rome. L A rophile, May 1, 1909, vol. 

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Reports flights of April 16, 17, 19, 21, and 22. 

Aero Club Banquet to the Wright Brothers. Flight, May 

8, 1909, vol. 1, p. 260. 

Details of dinner held May 4 at Ritz Hotel, London. 

Aeronautics. Field, May 8, 1909, vol. 113, p. 771. 

Reports visit of Wrights to England. 

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( propos de l article de M. Garnier publi 

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Reports flights of April 24 and 25. 

Peyrey, Francois. Wilbur Wright et ses l ves. La Vie 

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Banquet offert au Mans aux Fr res Wright. L toile 

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Account of banquet in honor of the Wrights at Le 

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Return of the Wright Brothers. Scientific American, May 

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Wright Brothers Home Celebration Number. Greater 

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of the Dayton celebration, June 17-18; article on the 

Wright brothers; report by the Wrights to the Aero 

Club of America, March 12, 1906; and other materials 

relating to the occasion. 

Official Program of the Wright Brothers Celebration, 

Dayton, Ohio, June 17 and 18, 1909. [Dayton, 1909], 3 pp. 

America s Reception to the Wrights. Aeronautics, New 

York, July 1909, vol. 5, pp. 26—27. 

Account of welcome given in New York, May 11- 

12, and in Dayton, May 13. 

The Crest of Fame. Fly Magazine, July 1909, vol. 1, no. 

9, p. 18. 

Dayton Wright Brothers Celebration. Greater Dayton, 

July 1909, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 8—28, +illus. 

Account of elaborate celebration honoring the 

Wrights in Dayton, June 17-18. 

Two Prophets Not Without Honor. Harper s Weekly, July 

3, 1909, vol. 53, p. 7, +illus. 

Pictorial account of Dayton homecoming celebration. 

Die Flugversuche Wrights in Rom. Der Motorwagen, 

July 10, 1909, vol. 12, p. 525, +illus. 



The Senate Studies the Problem of Flight. Harper s 

Weekly, July 10, 1909, vol. 53, p. 7, +illus. 

Series of photographs of congressmen visiting Fort 

Myer to witness the Wright flights. 

Vorreiter, Ansbert. Kritik der Drachenflieger: Wright. 

Zeitschrift des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure, July 10, 

1909, vol. 53, pp. 1093—1102, +illus. 

The Wrights at Fort Myer. Photographs by James H. 

Hare. Collier s, July 17, 1909, vol. 43, p. 21, +illus. 

Hildebrandt, Alfred. Die Wrightsche Flugmaschine and 

ihre Verwendungsm glichkeit. Sport im Bild, July 23, 

1909, vol. 15, pp. 823—826, +illus. 

Aeronautics: Orville Wright. Scientific American, July 

24, 1909, vol. 101, p. 55. 

Comments on unsuccessful flights at Fort Myer, 

June and July. 

Orville Wright s Flights at Fort Myer. Scientific 

American, July 31, 1909, vol. 101, p. 73. 

Brief mention of flights, July 17, 19, 20, and 21. 

Brown, Harold A. On Wright s Trials at Fort Myer. 

Aeronautics, New York, Aug. 1909, vol. 5, pp. 44—45, 

+illus. 

Author points out changes made in the Wright 

machine since the September 1908 flights and reports 

on flights through July 2. 

Lahm, Frank S. Flying with Wilbur Wright. American 

Aeronaut, Aug. 1909, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 19—22, +illus. 

Account of Wilbur Wright s flight at Auvours, 

France, in 1908. 

Wright Celebration at Dayton. Aeronautics, New York, 

Aug. 1909, vol. 5, pp. 43, 79, +illus. 

Brief note on ceremonies, June 17-18. 

Wrights and Their Biplane at Fort Myer. Fly, Aug. 1909, 

vol. 1, no. 10, pp. 18—19, +illus. 

Pictorial account. 

Orville Wright s Record Flights at Fort Myer. Scientific 

American, Aug. 7, 1909, vol. 101, pp. 88, 99, +illus. 

Description of flights, July 24, July 26, before 

President Taft, July 27 with Lieut. Lahm as passenger, 

and July 30 ten-mile flight with Lieut. Foulois as passenger. 

Hildebrandt, Alfred. Orville Wright Flight in Berlin. 

Sport im Bild, Aug. 8, 1909, vol. 15, pp. 923—925, +illus.

Completion of the Government Contract by Orville 

Wright at Fort Myer. Scientific American, Aug. 14, 1909, 

vol. 101, pp. 111—112. 

Good-by to the Wrights. Collier s, Aug. 14, 1909, vol. 

43, pp. 22—23, +illus. 

Brief comment on July Wright flight tests at Fort 

Myer. 

Inglis, William. How the Wrights Made Good. 

Harper s Weekly, Aug. 14, 1909, vol. 53, pp. 7—8, +illus. 

Account of Fort Myer flights. 

Wright Bros. Next Visit to Europe. Flight, Aug. 14, 

1909, vol. 1, p. 488. 

Reports departure of Orville Wright and Katharine 

Wright for Europe aboard Kronprinzessin Cecile. 

Le biplan Wright. Le G nie civile, Aug. 28, 1909, vol. 

55, pp. 341—342, +illus. 

Claudy, Carl H. With the Wright Brothers at Fort Myer. 

World Today, Sept. 1909, vol. 17, pp. 929—936, +illus. 

Foerster, August. [Signed A. F.] Orville Wrights Flug 

ber das Tempelhofer Feld. Illustrierte Aeronautische 

Mitteilungen, Sept. 8, 1909, vol. 13, pp. 814—816, +illus. 

Dienstbach, Carl. The Revelations at Fort Myer. 

American Aeronaut, Sept. 1909, vol. 1, pp. 80—86, 

+illus. 

Description of Wrights 1909 machine at Fort Myer 

and flights. 

Orville Wright in Berlin. Die Luftflotte, Sept. 1909, vol. 

1, no. 12, p. 11. 

Orville Wright Makes New Two Man Record. 

Aeronautics, New York, Sept. 1909, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 92. 

Account of record flights, July 27 and 30, when he 

fulfilled endurance and distance tests before the 

Aeronautical Board of the Signal Corps. 

Young, Edward H. Fort Myer and the Wrights. Fly, Sept. 

1909, vol. 1, no. 11, pp. 8—9, +illus. 

Description of the Fort Myer flying field, comparison 

of the 1908 and 1909 aeroplanes, and account of 

the record flights, July 27 and 30. 

Die Premier der Berliner Wright-Fl ge. Sport im Bild, 


I fratelli Wright giudicali dai loro compatrioti. 

L Aviatore italiano, Sept. 11, 1909, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 51, 

+illus. 


Wright in Berlin. Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Sept. 15, 

1909, vol. 8, pp. 321—322. 

Account of Orville Wright s flights, September 4 

and 7. 

Freund, Alfred. Wright-Fluge in Berlin. Flugsport, Sept. 

17, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 555—556, +illus. 

Reports Orville s flights, September 4-8. 

The Wright Glider as Made by Clarke. Flight, Sept. 18- 

25, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 568—571, 585—588, +illus. 

Der Berliner Fluge Orville Wrights. [Signed R. E.] Der 

Motorwagen, Sept. 20, 1909, vol. 12, p. 708. 

Report of first public flights in Germany and 

record-breaking altitude flight of September 18. 

Dienstbach, [Carl.] Der gl nzende Erfolg Orville Wrights 

zu Fort Myer, Washington. Illustrierte Aeronautische 

Mitteilungen, Sept. 22, 1909, vol. 13, pp. 841—847, +illus. 

Wrights Flugvorf hrungen. Militar-Wochenblatt, Sept. 

23, 1909, vol. 94, pp. 2763—2764. 

R sum of Orville s flights of September 4, 7, 8, 9, 

10, 11, 13, 17, and 18 at Tempelhof Field from 

accounts in the Lokal-Anzeiger, Berlin. 

Claudy, Carl H. Our First Army Flying Machine. 

Technical World, Oct. 1909, vol. 12, pp. 222—223. 

Schematic Drawing of the Wright Bros. Aeroplane. 

Automobilia and Flight, Oct. 1909, vol. 6, p. 33. 

Some Curious Views of Wilbur Wright in Flight in Rome 

Last Spring. Automobilia and Flight, Oct. 1909, vol. 6, 

p. 25, +illus. 

Photographs taken from a captive balloon by Hart 

O. Berg. 

I voli di Orville Wright in America. L Aviatore italiano, 

Oct. 1, 1909, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 24, +illus. 

Wright Brothers and Their Flyer. Flight, Oct. 2, 1909, 

vol. 1, p. 613. 

Wilbur Wright Makes a Marvelous Flight. Automobile 

Topics, Oct. 9, 1909, vol. 19, pp. 12, 18—20, +illus. 

Account of preparations for and flight of October 4, 

from Governors Island to Grant s Tomb and return, in 

connection with the Hudson-Fulton celebration. 

Wright Will Give No More Exhibitions. Automobile 

Topics, Oct. 9, 1909, vol. 19, p. 17. 

Wilbur Wright s future plans as reported in an 

interview with him. 

A Bibliography 47

Inaugurating the Hudson s Aerial Highway. Harper s 

Weekly, Oct. 16, 1909, vol. 53, p. 7, +illus. 

Photographs of Wilbur Wright s flight over the 

Hudson from Governors Island to Grant s Tomb. 

The Spectator. Wilbur [Wright and His Aeroplane at New 

York]. Outlook, Oct. 16, 1909, vol. 93, pp. 332—334. 

Wilbur Wright s Amazing Flight. Harper s Weekly, Oct. 

16, 1909, vol. 53, pp. 3, 7, +illus. 

Photos of flight of October 4 between Battery and 

Grant s Tomb. 

Wright and Curtiss Fly in Hudson-Fulton Celebration. 

Aeronautics, New York, Nov. 1909, vol. 5, pp. 178—182. 

Wright s New York Flight. Review of Reviews, Nov. 

1909, vol. 40, pp. 518—519, +illus. 

Ruzer, L. Aeroplan brat ev Rait (s chertezhami i snimkami). 

Viestnik vozdukhoplavaniia, Nov. 1909, no. 1, pp. 

51—56, +illus. 

Garinei, R. Un interessante applicazione all aeroplano 

Wright. L Aviatore italiano, Nov. 1, 1909, vol. 1, no. 3, 


Isendahl, W. [Signed W. I.]. Wie ein Wrightfliege entsteht. 

Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Nov. 17, 

1909, vol. 13, pp. 1077—1080. +illus. 

Baudry de Saunier, Louis. Le biplan des fr res Wright. 

In his l ments de locomotion a rienne, Paris: 

Biblioth que Omnia, 1909, pp. 163—176, +illus. 

Included in book is an incorrectly labeled photograph 

of Archdeacon glider rather than Wright glider 

of 1900. 

Bracke, Albert. Construction et manoeuvres de l a roplane 

Wright. Paris: F.-L. Vivien, Li ge: Librarie 

Nierstrasz, 1909, 16 pp., +illus. (His Monographies 

d aviation 5). 

Brewer, Robert W. A. The Wright and Voisin Machines 

Compared. In his The Art of Aviation, London: Crosby 

Lockwood and Son, 1910, pp. 154—167. 

Dumas, Alexandre. Stud book de l aviation; ceux qui ont 

vol et leurs appareils, Paris: dition du journal L A ro, 

1909, 185 pp. 

Includes Wright (Type 1903) : pp. 14—15; Wright 

(Type 1908) : pp. 53—54; Wright (Type d Auvours) 

: pp. 64—70; Wright (Fort Myers 1908) : pp. 73—74; 

Wright (Type d Italie) : pp. 110—111; Wright (Type 

1909) Fort—Myers : pp. 127—128; Exp riences 



d Orville Wright Berlin (1909) : p. 156. 

Each aeroplane type is accompanied by brief 

descriptive note and chronological list of flights made 

with it. 

H ntzschel, Walter. Modell eines A roplans der Bruder 

Wright. Einzerlegbares Modell zum Zwecke der 

Selbstbelehrung und f r den Unterricht an gewerblichen 

Fachschulen, mit beschreibendem Text. F rth i. B.: 

Druck und Verlag von G. L wensohn [190-] 8 pp. 

Painlev , Paul. Impressions d un passager. In Lelasseux, 

Louis and Marque, Ren . L A roplane pourtous, Paris: 

Soci t d Editions a ronautiques, 1909, pp. 99—100. 

Reprinted from Le Matin, October 11, 1908. 

Account of flight with Wilbur Wright at Camp 

d Auvours, October 10, 1908. 

Peyrey, Francois. Les l ves de Wilbur Wright. In his 

Les oiseaux artificiels, Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1909, 

pp. 212—227, +illus. 

Schmidt, Georg. Die Flug-Maschine der Gebr der 

Wright. [Westerland-Sylt: Druck von Fr. Rossberg, 

1909], 7 pp. 

Wright Bros. Biplane. In Jane, Fred T., All the World s 

Air Ships, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 

1909, pp. 276—277, +illus. 

Besides specifications includes list of machines 

built, building, or on order. 

1910 

Loening, Grover C. Description of the Successful Types 

of Aeroplanes: 4.Wright. Aeronautics, New York, Jan. 

1910, vol. 6, pp. 2, 5, +illus. 

Includes references. 

Jaray, Paul. Die Flugmaschinen von Wright und Bl riot. 

Technische Bl tter; Vierteljahrschrift des 

deutschenPolytechnisches Vereines in B hmen, heft 1, 

1910, vol. 42, pp. 31—40, +illus. 

Wright Glider Launching Apparatus. Flight, Jan. 8, 

1910, vol. 2, p. 22, +illus. 

Apparatus constructed by T. W. K. Clarke and Co. 

for Mr. Alec Ogilvie s glider at Camber. 

Ogilvie, Alec. Wright Glider Launching Apparatus. 

Flight, Jan. 15, 1910, vol. 2, p. 47. 

Statement on modifications made to original apparatus.

Who Was the First? Aero, London, Jan. 18, 1910, vol. 2, 

p. 51. 

Cites Century Magazine article as source for data 

on Wrights first flight. 

Wright Biplane in Australia. Aero, London, Jan. 25, 

1910, vol. 2, no. 36, p. 62. 

Harrop, F. C. The Measurements of the Wright Machine. 

Aero, London, Feb. 8, 1910, vol. 2, p. 109. 

Meitner, F. Neuerungen am Wright-Flieger. Der 

Motorwagen, Feb. 28, 1910, vol. 13, p. 126. 

Das neue Wright-Flugzeug. Flugsport, Mar. 5, 1910, 

vol. 2, pp. 140—142, +illus. 

Announcement and description of new Germanbuilt 

Wright machine equipped with wheels. 

The Wright-Biplane. Flight, Mar. 12, 1910, vol. 2, pp. 

174—177, +illus. 

Short-Wright Comparisons. Flight, Mar. 26, 1910, vol. 

2, p. 228. 

Humphreys, Frederic E. The Wright Flyer and Its 

Possible Uses in War. Professional Memoirs, Mar.-Apr. 

1910, vol. 2, pp. 99—107, +illus. 

Reprinted in Journal of the United States Artillery, 

Mar.-Apr. 1911, vol. 33, pp. 144—147, +illus. 

Matvieev, A. Pervaia vozdukhoplavatel naia vystavka v 

Rigie. [The Wright Aeronautical Exhibition at Riga.] 

Viestnik vozdukhoplavaniia, Apr. 1910, no. 6, pp. 59—60, 

+illus. 

Account of exhibition held in Riga at which a 

German-built Wright aeroplane was the central attraction. 

Ochoa, V. L. Are the Wrights Pirates? Aircraft, Apr. 

1910, vol. 1, pp. 55—57, +illus. 

Author cites early flying machines and inventions 

from which the Wrights may have received ideas for 

their successful aeroplane. 

[The Wright Elevator.] Flight, May 14, 1910, vol. 2, p. 

380, +illus. 

Ruhl, Arthur. Up in the Air with Orville. Collier s, July 

2, 1910, vol. 45, no. 15, pp. 16—17, 19, +illus. 

Author s description of his flight with Orville 

Wright at Simms pasture, Dayton, in June. 

Die Metamorphose des Wright-Flyers. Fachzeitung f r 

Flugtechnik, July 17, 1910, vol. 4, pp. 16—19, +illus. 


Post, Augustus. How to Learn to Fly. The Different 

Machines and What They Cost. Worlds Work, Sept. 

1910, vol. 20, pp. 13389—13402, +illus. 

Includes description of Wright machine. 

Brewer, Griffith. With the Wrights in America. Flight, 

Sept. 3, 1910, vol. 2, pp. 706—708. 

Account of Wright work shop, flight instruction at 

Simms Station, and author s ride with Orville. 

The New Wright Biplane. Scientific American, Sept. 3, 

1910, vol. 103, p. 180, +illus. 

Description of new model in which the double-surface 

horizontal front rudder is removed. 

The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machine Up to 

Date. Gleanings in Bee Culture, Sept. 15, 1910, vol. 38, 

pp. 602—604. 

Details of the New Wright. Aero, St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1910, 

vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 8—10, +illus. 

Announces adoption of a rear elevator. 

Noel, E. Percy. First Pictures from a Wright Biplane. 

[Signed E. P. N.] Aero, St. Louis, Oct. 22, 1910, vol. 1, 

no. 3, pp. 11—12, +illus. 

Account of flight over Kinloch aviation field, St. 

Louis, October 16. 

Gill, Howard W. Details of the Wright Roadster. Aero, 

St. Louis, Oct. 29, 1910, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 10. 

Loening, Grover C. The Leading Aeroplanes: 4. The 

Wright Biplane. Scientific American Supplement, Oct. 

29, 1910, vol. 70, p. 276, +illus. 

General details on the construction of Wright aeroplanes. 

Includes references. 

Wright Racer. Aero, St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1910, vol. 1, no. 

5, p. 8. 

The Baby Wright model designed for the 

Gordon-Bennett aviation cup competition. 

Hall, Edward H. Aeronautical Exhibitions. In his The 

Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909, Albany, New York: 

1910, vol. 1, pp. 486—497, vol. 2, pp. 1241—1251. +illus. 

Has extensive account of the preparations for and 

a description of Wilbur Wright s flights which 

formed a part of the celebration. These comprised 

three flights, September 29, including one in which 

he circled the Statue of Liberty, and the flight of 

October 4, from Governors Island up the Hudson to 

Grant s Tomb and return. 

A Bibliography 49

Kennedy, D. Ross. The Aeroplane Portfolio, London: 

Percival Marshall & Co., 1910, 14 pp. 

Contains scale drawings and descriptions of nine 

contemporary aeroplanes including the Wright 1908 

aeroplane. 

Les principaux types d a roplanes. Appareils sans 

queue. L A roplane Wright. In Rapport Officiel sur la 

premi re exposition internationale de locomotion a rienne, 

Paris: Librairie A ronautique, 1910, pp. 33—35, 

+illus. 

Visiting the Wright Boys, St. Nicholas, Nov. 1910, vol. 

38, pp. 76—78. 

Wright Bros. Biplane. In Jane, Fred T. All the World s 

Airships, Aeroplanes and Dirigibles, 1910-11, London: 

Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1910, pp. 

379—380. 

Includes full list of owners of Wright aeroplanes, 

corrected to October 3, 1910. 

1911 

McCutcheon, Phillip. Construction of a Wright Model. 

Fly Magazine, Jan. 1911, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 10, 20. 

Phipps, W. H. The New York Aero Show. Aircraft, Feb. 

1911, vol. 1, pp. 436—437, +illus. 

Summary of the main features of the exhibits forming 

a part of the Automobile Show, December 31, 

1910 to January 7, 1911, including the Wright 

Roadster and Wright standard Model B. 

The Baby Wright. Aero, London, Apr. 1911, vol. 5, p. 17, 

+illus. 

Illustration and few details on Wright machine 

exhibited by Alec Ogilvie at the Olympia Aero exhibition, 

London. 

When the Wrights Flew the First Aeroplane. The Air- 

Scout, Apr. 1911, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 13. 

Includes two photographs of the Wrights in flight, 

May 1908, at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

The Wright Company. Aircraft, Apr. 1911, vol. 2, p. 51. 

Brief mention of Wright model B aeroplane exhibited 

at the Boston Aero Show, February 1911. 

Orville Wright Flies at Dayton. Aero, St. Louis, Apr. 29, 

1911, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 86. 

Flights, April 18, at Simms Station. 



Orville Wright Takes a Joy Ride. Aero, St. Louis, July 

29, 1911, vol. 2, p. 371. 

Report of flights on July 19 in aeroplane built for 

the U. S. Navy. 

The Wright Biplane, Model B . Aeronautics, New 

York, Sept. 1911, vol. 9, pp. 93—100, +illus. 

Published also, without chronological series of photographs, 

in Scientific American Supplement, Dec. 9, 

1911, vol. 72, pp. 380—382. 

Besides a detailed description of the model B, there 

is also included a series of photographs showing the 

chronological development of the Wright aeroplane, 

1900-1910. 

The New Wright Glider. Town & Country, Oct. 28, 1911, 

vol. 66, p. 21, +illus. 

Brief mention of gliding experiments conducted by 

Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in October. 

The Wright Rumours. Aero, London, Nov. 1911, vol. 5, 

p. 229. 

Relates to the recent Wright glider experiments. 

Beatty, George W. How to Make the Wright Rib. Aero, 

New York, Nov. 4, 1911, vol. 3, p. 95, +illus. 

Loening, Grover C. The Recent Gliding Experiments of 

the Wrights. Scientific American, Nov. 4, 1911, vol. 105, 

pp. 404—405, +illus. 

Statement on the significance of the flights with special 

mention of those on October 23 and October 24, 

when Orville soared for 9-3/4 minutes for a distance of 

a quarter mile at an estimated height of 200 feet to 

establish a record which endured for many years. 

The Wright Gliding Experiments. Aeroplane, Nov. 9, 

1911, vol. 1, p. 544, +illus. 

Harwood, Van Ness. Flying Without a Motor. Collier s, 

Nov. 11, 1911, vol. 48, no. 8, p. 20, +illus. 

Account of Orville Wright s glider experiments at 

Kitty Hawk in October. 

Mallet, R. F. Les Essais des Wright et le vol voile. 

L A rophile, Nov. 15, 1911, vol. 19, pp. 531—533, +illus. 

Der motorlose Zweidecker der Gebr der Wright. 

Flugsport. Nov. 29, 1911, vol. 3. pp. 860—862. 

The Secret Experiments of the Wright Brothers. Popular 

Mechanics, Dec. 1911, vol. 16, pp. 797—804, +illus. 

Details on the construction and the operation of the 

Wright 1911 glider.

Der neueste Apparat der Wrights. Wiener Luftschiffer- 

Zeitung, Dec. 1, 1911, vol. 10, pp. 437—438. 

Some details on the recent Wright gliding experiments 

based on an interview with them as reported in 

the Frankfurter Zeitung. 

De zweefproeven der Wright s. Avia, Dec. 1, 1911, vol. 

1, p. 213. 

Orville Wright s Flights in a Glider at Kitty Hawk. 

Scientific American, Dec. 2, 1911, vol. 119, p. 495. 

Sandick, R. A. van Vliegen zonder motor. De Ingenieur, 

Dec. 30, 1911, vol. 26, pp. 1099—1100. 

Includes letter of Orville to J. A. Heringa, 

November 18, 1911, giving some details on recent 

gliding experiments at Kitty Hawk. 

Gaston, Raymond. de L A roplane Wright. In his Les 

A roplanes de 1911, Paris: Librairie A ronautique, 1911, 

pp. [122—126]. +illus. 

Kaempffert, Waldemar. Some Typical Biplanes: The 

Wright Biplane. In his The New Art of Flying, New York: 

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911, pp. 209—214. 

La Vaulx, Henri de. cole am ricaine et cole francaise. 

In his Le triomphe de la navigation a rienne, Paris: 

Librairie illustr e Jules Tallandier, 1911, pp. 307—330, 

+illus. 

Presents summary of Wright flights in France, 1908 

and 1909, with discussion and comparison of the 

Wright aeroplane with subsequent French aeroplane 

types. 

Loening, Grover C. Wright Biplanes. In his Monoplanes 

and Biplanes, Their Design, Construction and 

Operation; the Application of Aero Dynamic Theory 

with a Complete Description and Comparison of the 

Notable Types, New York: Munn & Company, Inc., 

1911, pp. 230—245, +illus. 

Includes descriptions of Wright 1909, Model R, and 

1911 Model B aeroplanes. 

Veigelin, Konstantin E. Biplany amerikanskago tipa. 

[American [Wright] type biplanes.] In his Zavoevanie 

vozdushnogo okeana, S. Peterburg: Knigoizdatel stvo P. 

P. Soikina [1911], pp. 82—87, +illus. 

Zahm, Albert F. [Wright Brothers]. In his Aerial 

Navigation, New York and London: D. Appleton and 

Company, 1911, pp. 245—251, 270—282, +illus. 

Discusses the Wrights early flights, 1900-1905, 

and flights conducted in 1908-1909. 


1912 

De Havilland, Geoffrey. Aeroplane Undercarriages: 

Wright Biplane. Aero, London, Mar. 1912, vol. 6, p. 84. 

Seshun, Karl. Motorlose Schwebeflieger. Fachzeitung 

f r Automobilismus und Flugtechnik, Apr. 21, 1912, vol. 

6, pp. 17—19, +illus. 

Mitchell, J. W. Army Tests Curtiss and Wright Planes. 

Aero, St. Louis, May 25, 1912, vol. 4, p. 195. 

Report on the testing at College Park, Maryland, of 

a new weight-carrying Wright machine with a new 6cylinder 

engine. 

The Wright Model C. Aeronautics, New York, May-June 

1912, vol. 10, pp. 152—156, +illus. 

Loukianoff, G. S. Tragfl chen-Untersuchungen des 

Aerodynamischen Laboratoriums der Technischen 

Hochschule Moskau. Zeitschrift f r Flugtechnik und 

Motorluftschiffahrt, June 29, 1912, vol. 3, pp. 153—159, 

+illus. 

Includes account of experiments carried out by 

Professor Nikolai Zhukovskii in 1910 in the 

Aerodynamical Laboratory of the Royal Technical 

High School, Moscow, on profiles used by the 

Wrights and other contemporary fliers. 

Wright Doppeldecker Modell C, Milit rtyp. Flugsport, 

July 3, 1912, vol. 4, pp. 534—536, +illus. 

Wright Bros. Biplanes. In Jane, Fred T., All the World s 

Aircraft, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1912, 

pp. 324—325. 

Includes data and drawings of the Wright Model B. 

1913 

Busse, C. Das neue Milit r-Wright-Flugzeug. 

Motorwagen, Mar. 10, 1913, vol. 16, pp. 164—166, +illus. 

Le Vino, Albert S. The Army and the Aeroplane. Leslies 

Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, May 1, 1913, vol. 116, p. 

467, +illus. 

Short account of negotiations leading to the purchase 

of the Wright aeroplane by the U. S. Army. 

Squier, George. The Wright Brothers A Bit of History. 

Flight, June 14, 1913, vol. 5, pp. 651—652. 

Published also in Aeronautical Journal, July 1913, 

vol. 17, pp. 186—187. 

A Bibliography 51

Remarks made at the first Wilbur Wright Memorial 

Lecture, giving particulars on early War Department 

negotiations with the Wrights. 

New Model CH Wright. Aeronautics, New York, July 

1913, vol. 13, pp. 11—12, +illus. 

Report on testing of Wright seaplane by Orville 

Wright on Miami River at Dayton. 

Loening, Grover C. The Wright Company s New Hydro- 

Aeroplane Model C-H. Aircraft, Sept. 1913, vol. 4, pp. 

152—153, +illus. 

. The Wright Hydro-Aeroplanes. Flying, Sept. 

1913, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 20—22, +illus. 

Mention of early Wright hydroplane experiments 

and details of new model C-H and discussion of 

future uses for this type of machine. 

New Fast Wright Model. Aeronautics, New York, Sept. 

1913, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 96. 

Model E, first Wright machine with a single propeller. 

The Model C. H. Wright Waterplane. Flight, Sept. 6, 

1913, vol. 5, pp. 978—979. +illus. 

New Wright Model E. Aeronautics, New York, Oct. 

1913, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 140—141, +illus. 

Ten Years Marvels since Wrights First Air Flight, New 

York Times Magazine Section, Oct. 12, 1913, pp. 1—2, 

+illus. 

The Wright Aeroboat. Aeronautics, New York, Nov. 

1913, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 169—171, +illus. 

The Wright Model G, designed by Grover Loening 

under the direction of Orville Wright. 

Expressions of Appreciation of Tenth Anniversary of 

First Aeroplane Flight. Flying, Dec. 1913, vol. 2, no. 11, 

pp. 8—9; Jan. 1914, no. 12, pp. 8—9; Feb.-Mar. 1914, vol. 

3, pp. 8—9. 

Collection of statements from prominent people 

and organizations solicited by the Aero Club of 

America. 

Tenth Anniversary of Flight. Aeronautics, New York, 

Dec. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 208—209, 220, +illus. 

Presents brief r sum of Wright flights. Also reports 

meeting of the Aeronautical Society, December 18, 

honoring Orville Wright at which a set of engrossed 

resolutions and a bronze figure by Auguste Moreau 

were presented to him. Includes remarks by Orville on 

the present status of his stabilizer. 



Wright Aeroboat Shows Unusual Efficiency. Aero and 

Hydro, Dec. 13, 1913, vol. 7, pp. 132—133, +illus. 

First Successful Power Flight Commemorated. Aero and 

Hydro, Dec. 27, 1913, vol. 7, pp. 153—154. 

Reporting First Flight of Wright Bros. Aero and Hydro, 

Dec. 27, 1913, vol. 7, p. 155, +illus. 

Erroneously presents five photographs as having 

been taken at Kitty Hawk in 1904. These are photographs 

taken by James H. Hare and other correspondents 

in 1908. 

The Wright Aeroboat. Model G. Dayton, Ohio: The 

Wright Co., [1913], 4 pp., +illus. 

Leaflet issued by the Wright Company advertising 

the Model G aeroplane. 


Aircraft 1913, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 

1913, pp. 218—219, +illus. 

Includes data on Models B, C, EX, and E, and 

drawings of Models B and C. 

1914 

Williams, Henry. The New Wright Flying Boat. Aircraft, 

Jan. 1914, vol. 4, pp. 243—245, +illus. 

Orville Wright has stated that only two machines of 

this Model G aeroboat were built. 

The Model E Wright Biplane. Flight, Jan. 3, 1914, vol. 

6, p. 18, +illus. 

The Model E, built for the U.S. Army, was the first 

Wright machine with a fuselage. 

Das Wright Flugboot. Flugsport, Feb. 18, 1914, vol. 6, 

pp. 85—86, +illus. 

Loening, Grover C. The New Wright Aeroboat Type 

G. Aeronautics, New York, June 15, 1914, vol. 14, pp. 

170—171, +illus. 

Similar account published in Aircraft, July 1914, 

vol. 5, pp. 335—337. 

A New Wright Aeroboat. A Marine Aeroplane of the 

Pontoon Type. Scientific American Supplement, July 25, 

1914, vol. 78, p. 55, +illus. 

Based on Loening s description above. 


Aircraft, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1914, 

pp. 200—201, +illus.

Includes data on Models C, CH, E, and G, and 

drawings of Models E and G. Identical data in 1916 

edition, pp. 241—242. 

1915—1925 

Wright Tractor, Type L. Aerial Age Weekly, July 10, 

1916, vol. 3, pp. 508—509, +illus. 

Details and three-view drawings of single-place 

light-scout military biplane. By the time this model 

was available for sale, Orville Wright s connection 

with the Wright Company had ceased. 

Wright Light Scout Tractor Biplane. Aircraft, Aug. 1916, 

vol. 7, pp. 9—10, +illus. 

Includes scale drawings. 

The New Wright Tractor Biplane-Type L. Flight, Aug. 

10, 1916, vol. 8, 664—666, +illus. 

The Wright Model L Light Scout. Aeroplane, Aug. 30, 

1916, vol. 11, pp. 376, 378, +illus. 

The Beginnings of Human Flight. New York: The 

Wright Company, [1916], 4 pp., +illus. 

Leaflet issued on the occasion of the exhibit of the 

1903 Wright aeroplane at the Massachusetts Institute 

of Technology, Boston. 

Fourteen Years of the Aeroplane. Scientific American, 

Feb. 24, 1917, vol. 116, p. 196. 

Editorial comment on the occasion of the exhibit of 

the Wright 1903 aeroplane at the first Pan American 

Aeronautic Exposition, New York, 1917. 

Woodhouse, Henry. The Wright Experiment. In his 

Textbook of Naval Aeronautics, New York: The Century 

Co., 1917, pp. 179—180, +illus. 

Account of Wright 1907 experiments with 

hydroplanes, quoting extensively from original report 

in the Dayton Daily News, March 21, 1907. 

Ogilvie, Alec. Some Aspects of Aeronautical Research. 

The Aeronautical Journal, Oct. 1922, vol. 26, pp. 

381—389. 

Abridged in Aeroplane, June 21, 1922, vol. 22, pp. 

443—446; Flight, June 22, 1922, vol. 14, p. 362. 

Tenth annual Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, 

June 15, 1922. Includes reference to author s associations 

with Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, December 1908, 

and at Eastchurch in 1911, and an account of the early 

experimental work of the Wrights. 


Loening, Grover C. The Significance of the Early Work 

of the Wright Brothers. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1922, 

vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 16—17. 

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur. Human Flight a Triumph of 

Reason. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1922, vol. 7, no. 11, p. 18. 

Impressions of the author s first flight and of his 

visit to Orville Wright s workshop. 

Calderara, Mario. The Wright Brothers Discovery. U.S. 

Air Services, Dec. 1923, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 11—12. 

Dollfus, Charles. [Signed Ch. D.]. Les vols du 17 d cembre 

1903. L Aeronautique, Dec. 1923, vol. 10, p. 531. 

Hammer, William J. A Brief Consideration of the Work 

of the Wright Brothers. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1923, 

vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 16—17, +illus. 

The Airplane s Twentieth Anniversary, by our McCook 

Field Correspondent. Air Service News Letter, Jan. 7, 

1924, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1—4. 

Account of ceremonies in Dayton, December 17, 

1923. Includes text of speech, which was broadcast, 

written by Orville for the occasion. 

The Airplane s Twentieth Anniversary. Aeronautical 

Digest, Feb. 1924, vol. 4, p. 97, +illus. 

Lahm, Frank S. Wilbur Wright s First Flights in France. 

U.S. Air Services, Aug. 1924, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 29—31, 

+illus. 

Jones, Ernest L. The 15th Anniversary of Our Air 

Service. Aviation, Aug. 4-11, 1924, vol. 17, pp. 830—831, 

863—865, +illus. 

Story of the origins of U. S. military aviation with an 

account of the Wright negotiations with the Army, 

which led to the signing of a contract and the subsequent 

delivery of a Wright aeroplane to it upon successful 

completion of specified tests on July 30, 1909. 

The Anniversary of Flight. National Aeronautic 

Association Review, Dec. 1925, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 

187—188. 

1926—1935 

Rodgers, John. My Acquaintance with the Wrights. 

Slipstream, Jan. 1926, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 18. 

Speech delivered at a dinner of the National 

Aeronautic Association on the 22nd anniversary of the 

1903 Kitty Hawk flights. 

A Bibliography 53

Commemoration of First Airplane Flight. Congressional 

Record, Dec. 17, 1926, vol. 68, pp. 630—631. 

Remarks by Hiram Bingham of Connecticut. 

Horsfall, Jesse E. The First Flight. The Annals of the 

American Academy of Political and Social Science, May 

1927, vol. 131, pp. 14—19. 

R sum of the Wright 1903 experiments and their 

successful December 17, 1903, flights. 

First Flight of Heavier-than-Air Machine. Aviation 

Stories and Mechanics, Aug. 1927, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 

38—39, +illus. 

Claudy, Carl H. The Army s First Airplane, Aero Digest, 


Reminiscences by one-time reporter for the New 

York Herald, who witnessed and reported Orville 

Wright s 1908 and 1909 Fort Myer flights and who 

obtained the first interview with Orville after the 

September 17, 1908, accident. 

West, Rupert E. When the Wrights Gave Wings to the 

World. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1927, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 

19—23, +illus. 

Based on facts supplied by Capt. W. J. Tate. 

Foreign Expressions Concerning Wright Brothers 

Plane. Slipstream, Apr. 1928, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 16—17, 19, 

+illus. 

Marsh, Lockwood. The First Flight of All. The Original 

Wright Biplane Is Now on View at the Science Museum, 

South Kensington. Airways, Apr. 1928, vol. 4, pp. 

291—293, +illus. 

Author s description of the Wright aeroplane as 

seen in the Science Museum. 

What Science Owes to the Wright Brothers; a Complete 

R sum of the Early Wright Experiments. Slipstream, 

Apr. 1928, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 9—15, 18, +illus. 

The First Flight Twenty-Five Years Ago. Remarkable 

Progress in Aviation in Intervening Quarter Century. 

Aeronautic Review, Aug. 1928, vol. 6, pp. 116—119, 

+illus. 

Orlovius, Heinz. Die Erf llung der Ikarus-Sehnsucht. 

(Zum 25. Gedanktagedes ersten Motorfluges der Br der 

Wright.) A ronautica, Dec. 1928, vol. 2, pp. 242—244, 

+illus. 

Tate, William J. With the Wrights at Kitty Hawk 

Anniversary of First Flight 25 Years Ago. Aeronautic 

Review, Dec. 1928, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 188—192. 



The Wright Brothers. Popular Aviation, Dec. 1928, vol. 

3, no. 6, pp. 11—16, 116—117, +illus. 

Popular account of the Wright experiments and 

flights through the year 1909. 

The Wrights First Flights. Aero Digest, Dec. 1928, vol. 

13, pp. 1104—1109, 1290—1294, +illus. 

Summary of early Wright flights and experiments, 

1900-1908. 

Neville, Leslie E. The Original Wright Biplane. Aviation, 


Slosson, Edwin E. How Man Learned to Fly. Science 

News Letter, Dec. 8, 1928, vol. 14, pp. 349—351. 

R sum of early Wright experiments and flights. 

G[rey], C. G. On Twenty-Five Years of Flying. 

Aeroplane, Dec. 19, 1928, vol. 35, pp. 965—968, +illus. 

Twenty-Five Years of Flying. Flight, Dec. 20, 1928, vol. 

20, pp. 1061—1062. 

Editorial comment on twenty-fifth anniversary of 

1903 Wright flights. 

Wilbur Wright Anniversary Banquet. Flight, Dec. 20, 

1928, vol. 20, pp. 1064—1067. 

Account of banquet held by the Royal Aeronautical 

Society in the Science Museum, London, December 

17, 1928, celebrating the 1903 Wright flights. Quotes 

extensively from address delivered by Griffith Brewer 

reviewing the early Wright experiments. 

U.S. Congress. House. Joint Resolution to Appoint a 

Congressional Committee to Attend the Exercise 

Celebrating the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First 

Airplane Flight Made by Wilbur and Orville on 

December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, 

North Carolina. [Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1928] 2 pp. (70th Congress, 2d Session. 

H. J. Res. 332). 

Introduced by Mr. Lindsay Warren of North 

Carolina; referred to the Committee on Rules. 

U.S. Congress. House. Congressional Committee to 

Attend 25th Anniversary of 1st Airplane Flight, Kitty 

Hawk, N.C. Report to Accompany H. J. Res. 342 [to 

appoint Congressional Committee to attend exercises 

celebrating 25th anniversary of 1st airplane flight made 

by Wilbur and Orville Wright on Dec. 17, 1903, at Kill 

Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, N. C.]: submitted by Mr. Snell. 

December 8, 1928. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1928, 1 p. (70th Congress, 2d session. 

House. Report 1931.)

Joint Resolution to Appoint a Congressional Committee 

to Attend the Exercises Celebrating the Twenty-Fifth 

Anniversary of the First Airplane Flight Made by Wilbur 

and Orville Wright on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil 

Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. United States Statutes 

at Large, 1927-29, vol. 45, pt. 1, p. 1020. 

Public Resolution 71, approved December 11, 

1928. 

Veigelin, Konstantin E. Taina Raitov. [Wright secret] In 

his Zanimatel nia aviatsia, Leningrad: Vremia, 1928, 

pp. 109—114, +illus. 

I brevetti de fratelli Wright. Aeronautica, Jan. 1929, vol. 

3, pp. 10—14, +illus. 

Includes Wrights March 12, 1906, statement to the 

Aero Club of America, a r sum of their 1908 flights, 

and digest of their early patents. 

Kitty Hawk 25 Years after the Event. Secretary of War 

and Other Officials Honor the Wright Brothers. U. S. Air 

Services, Jan. 1929, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 28—31. 

Report of group pilgrimage from Washington to 

Kitty Hawk and of ceremonies there at laying of the 

cornerstone of the national memorial to the Wright 

brothers, December 17, 1928. 

Wright Anniversary Dinner. December 17th, 1928. 

Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Jan. 1929, 

vol. 33, pp. 83—90. 

Abridged Aeroplane, Dec. 19, 1928, vol. 35, pp. 

968, 970. 

Account of the dinner held at the Science Museum, 

London, with inclusion of messages received on the 

occasion of the dinner and the address in appreciation 

of the Wright brothers delivered by Griffith Brewer 

who was closely associated with them for many years. 

A Lighthouse Keeper s Connection with Pioneers in 

Aviation. Lighthouse Service Bulletin, Jan. 2, 1929, vol. 

3, pp. 272—273. 

Keeper W. J. Tate s relationship with Wrights. 

Aviation s Twenty-Five Birthday Candles. Literary 

Digest, Jan. 5, 1929, vol. 100, no. 1, pp. 47, 50, 52—56, 

+illus. 

Bacon, David. The Airplane Observes Its Silver 

Anniversary. Air Travel News, Feb. 1929, vol. 3, no. 2, 

pp. 3—5, +illus. 

Ohio. General Assembly. Joint Resolution Providing for 

a Testimonial to Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, 

Deceased, Inventors of the Airplane on the 26th 

Anniversary of the First Human Flight in a Heavier- 


than-Air Machine. Columbus: 1929, 2 pp. (Senate 

Resolution No. 23). 

Resolution adopted, April 1, 1929. 

Foulois, Benjamin D. Cross Country. Collier s, Jan. 11, 

1930, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 28—33. 

Account of first cross-country flight by the author 

and Orville Wright in 1909. 

McMahon, John R. An Extra Spectator at the First 

Flight. Aero Digest, July 1930, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 73, 

202, 204, +illus. 

Author sets forth claim of Robert L. Westcott, 

member of the Kitty Hawk life saving crew, who testified 

in the Montgomery patent suit against the 

United States that he witnessed the December 17, 

1903, flights from the life saving station through a 

spyglass. 

Wright Brothers. [Signed N.] Air, Jan. 1931, vol. 4, pp. 

10—12, +illus. 

Written on the occasion of a visit to the Science 

Museum, London, and quotes from a section on the 

Wrights in its Handbook of the Collections 

Illustrating Aeronautics. 

Newton, Byron R. One of the Greatest Achievements in 

the Story of the Human Race. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 

1931, vol. 16, no. 12, pp. 19—24, +illus. 

Reminiscences by a one-time aeronautic editor of 

the New York Herald with frequent reference to the 

Wright brothers. Reproduces Wilbur Wright s letter of 

January 20, 1910, to the author and Frank S. Lahm s 

letter of July 5, 1908, to him from France written on 

the eve of Wilbur s flights there. 

. They Said It Was Neither Fact nor Fiction and 

Promptly Turned it Down. U.S. Air Services, July 1932, 

vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 20—24, port. 

Author s story of the Wright flights at Kitty Hawk, 

May 1908, rejected at the time by magazines and 

other publications. Reprints letter of Orville to the 

author, June 7, 1908, regarding flights. 

Montgomery, Frank A., Jr. Kitty Hawk. Sportsman Pilot, 

Dec. 1932, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 22—25, 38, 47, +illus. 

R sum of Kitty Hawk experiments. 

Moore, Alvin E. The Dawn of Flight. U.S. Air Services, 

Dec. 1932, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 35—39. 

Popular account of the early Wright flying experiments 

which culminated in their successful December 

17, 1903, flights. 

A Bibliography 55

McCormick, Anne O Hare. The Epic Etched in Kitty 

Hawk Sands. New York Times Magazine, Dec. 1, 1932, 

pp. 4—5, 18, +illus. 

Allder, Walter. Pioneer Airmen: Part 1. The Wright 

Brothers. Canadian Aviation, Jan. 1933, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 

22—23. 

Veit, Sidney B. France and the Wright Brothers. Legion 

d Honneur, Apr. 1933, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 207—215, +illus. 

Claudy, Carl H. Wright Flies! The Quill, Oct. 1933, vol. 

21, no. 9, pp. 5, 12—13. 

Lahm, Frank P. Training the Airplane. Pilot Journal of 

the Royal Aeronautical Society, Oct. 1933, vol. 37, pp. 

916—941 and discussion pp. 941—942. 

Author includes reference to early associations with 

Wrights and tells of Wright 1909 instruction methods. 

Morelli, Ercole. A chi spetta il primato della costruzione 

degli aeroplani. Le Vie dell aria, Nov. 12, 1933, vol. 5, 

p. 3, col. 1—2. 

Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Flight. National 

Aeronautic Magazine, Dec. 1933, vol. 11, no. 12, p. 12. 

Celebration Commemorating the Thirtieth Anniversary 

of the Flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. 

Journal of the Franklin Institute, Feb. 1934, vol. 217, pp. 

237, 256. 

Account of exercises held at the Franklin Institute, 


Lancken-Wakenitz, baron von der. Flying with Wright. 

Living Age, Sept. 1934, vol. 347, pp. 63—65. 

Translation from Berliner Tageblatt. 

Author, then German charg d affaires in Paris, 

describes flight with Wilbur Wright, October 24, 

1908, and claims that he was the first German to fly in 

a heavier-than-air machine. 

Coffyn, Frank. I Got Up Early, as Told to W. B. 

Courtney. Collier s, Dec. 15, 1934, vol. 94, pp. 25, 

55—57, +illus. 

Reminiscences of the Wrights by a member of the 

Wright Exhibition Team. 

1936—1945 

The 32nd Anniversary Is Celebrated. U.S. Air Services, 

Jan. 1936, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 10. 



Dos Passos, John. Campers at Kitty Hawk. New 

Republic, July 8, 1936, vol. 87, pp. 262—264. 

Reprinted in Dos Passos The Big Money, New York: 

Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1936, pp. 278—285; translation, 

L Ala d Italia, Feb. 15, 1939, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 

49—52; also in Fadiman, Clifton, Reading I ve Liked, 

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941, pp. 154—160; 

Van Doren, Carl, and Carmer, Carl, American 

Scriptures, New York: Boni & Gaer; 1946, pp. 91—98; 

Brown, Leonard S., and others, eds., Literature for Our 

Time, New York: Henry Holt, 1947, pp. 99—102; 

Jensen, Paul, ed., The Fireside Book of Flying Stories, 

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951, pp. 33—39; and 

in Roberts, Joseph B. and Briand, Paul L., The Sound of 

Wings, New York: Henry Holt, 1957, pp. 56—61. 

Memorial to the Wright Brothers. 29th Paris Prize in 

Architecture, Final Competition. Judgment of June 1, 

1936. The Bulletin of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design, 

Sept. 1936, vol. 12, pp. 6—8, +illus. 

Illustrations and critiques of first three prize-winning 

designs. 

Greene, Laurence. Flying Machine Soars Three Miles 

(Norfolk Virginian-Pilot). In his America Goes to Press. 

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1936, pp. 

319—322. 

Reprints account of the December 17, 1903, flights 

as originally published in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 

Dec. 18, 1903. 

Industry s Message to Orville Wright. U.S. Air Services, 

Jan. 1937, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 16. 

Text of telegram sent to Orville Wright, December 

17, 1936, by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce 

of America. 

December 17, Anniversary of Famous Flight of Wright 

Brothers, Again Observed as National Aviation Day. Air 

Commerce Bulletin, Jan. 15, 1937, vol. 8, pp. 159—160. 

Whitehouse, Arch. Happy Landings. The Wright 

Biplane Never Flew. Flying Aces, Feb. 1937, vol. 25, 

no. 3, pp. 33—35, 93, +illus. 

Moszkowski, Walter. Figures et souvenirs de l aviation. 

Les v ritables d buts des fr res Wright. L A ro, Mar. 26, 

1937, no. 1504, p. 2; Apr. 2, no. 1505, p. 2; Apr. 9, no. 

1506, p. 2; Apr. 16, no. 1507, p. 2; Apr. 23, no. 1508, p. 2. 

Sullivan, Harry. Half a Lifetime Encompasses Entire 

History of the Modern Airplane since the First Flight. 

Congressional Record, Dec. 17, 1937, vol. 82, pp. 

1721—1722. 

Reprinted from Washington Post, Dec. 12, 1937,

and introduced into the record by Congressman 

Reynolds of North Carolina. 

Thomson, Jay E. The Wrights Invent the First Airplane. 

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1937, pp. 171—180. 

Durand, William F. The Wright Brothers. Journal of the 

Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, Jan. 1938, vol. 5, 

pp. 111—112. 

Brief address delivered at the Honors Night 

Meeting of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences 

commemorating the thirty-fourth anniversary of the 

first flights of the Wright brothers. Orville Wright 

attended as an Honorary Fellow. 

The First Army Air Crash. Look, Feb. 1, 1938, vol. 2, no. 

3, pp. 56—57, +illus. 

Seven photographs of accident at Fort Myer, 

September 17, 1908, in which Orville Wright was 

injured and Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge killed. 

Lahm, Frank P. The Wright Brothers as I Knew Them. 

U.S.A. Recruiting News, May 1938, pp. 4—7, +illus. 

Published also in Journal of the Aeronautical 

Sciences, Feb. 1939, vol. 6, pp. 165—167; Air Corps 

News Letter, Mar. 15, 1939, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1—4; 

Sperryscope, Apr. 1939, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 1—5; translation 

El Ejercito constitucional, Havana, June-July 1939, 

vol. 42, pp. 58—59; Southern Flight, July 1939, vol. 11, 

no. 7, pp. 5—7; Quartermaster Review, July-Aug. 1939, 

vol. 19, pp. 14—17, 73—74, with title, Pioneers of the 

Air; American Foreign Service Journal, Apr. 1940, 

vol. 17, pp. 194—195, 214—218, +illus. 

Bauer, Charles J. Ed Sines, Pal of the Wrights. Popular 

Aviation, June 1938, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 40—78, +illus. 

Reminiscences of the Wrights by an early partner in 

their printing establishment. 

Mayer, Robert. Kitty Hawk Cachet, Stamps, June 4, 

1938, vol. 23, pp. 33—34, +illus. 

Description of cachet used on mail dispatched from 

Kitty Hawk, May 18, on the occasion of National Air 

Mail Week, May 15—21, 1938. 

Iacobescu, Gh. Orville si Wilbur Wright. Romna 

aer an , July-Aug. 1938, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 20—24, +illus. 

Lewis, George W. The Contributions of the Wright 

Brothers to Aeronautical Science and Engineering. In 

The Edison Institute, Dedication of the Wright Brothers 

Home and Shop in Greenfield Village. Dearborn, 1938, 

pp. 26—35. 

Published also in U.S. Air Services, May 1938, vol. 

23, no. 5, pp. 13—15. 


Address delivered at dedication exercises, April 

16,1938. 

Purchase Date of First Army Airplane. Air Corps News 

Letter, Jan. 15, 1939, vol. 22, no. 2, p. 15. 

The First Airplane Bought by Any Government. U.S. Air 

Services, Aug. 1939, vol. 24, no. 8, p. 7. 

Editorial comment on thirtieth anniversary of sale 

of Wright aeroplane to U.S. Army, August 2, 1909. 

Story of Aviation in Capitol s Rotunda. U.S. Air 


Reports favorable action on H. J. Res. 123, introduced 

by Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio, to complete the 

unfinished frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol with a 

history of aviation including the invention of the 

aeroplane by the Wright brothers. 

Thirty Years Ago and It Seems Like Only Yesterday. 

Orville Wright Flew Lieutenant Foulois from Fort Myer 

to Alexandria, Va. U.S. Air Services, Aug. 1939, vol. 24, 

no. 8, pp. 11—14, +illus. 

Account of ceremonies planned for anniversary of 

contract signed August 2, 1909, with Wright brothers, 

providing for purchase of an aeroplane by the U.S. 

Army. 

Chronology of Army Wright. Chirp, Aug. 6, 1939, no. 

25, p. 4. 

Ingells, Douglas J. They Gave the World Wings. Model 

Airplane News, Oct. 1939, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 6—7, 40—46, 

+illus. 

Popular summary of early Wright experiments and 

flights written on occasion of the thirtieth anniversary 

of the purchase by the U.S. Army of a Wright aeroplane. 

Quotes from Orville Wright s interview with 

reporters prior to thirty-fifth anniversary celebration 

of the 1903 Kitty Hawk flights. 

Kelly, Fred C. How the Wright Brothers Began. 

Harper s Magazine, Oct. 1939, vol. 179, pp. 473—484. 

Popular account of the Wright brothers boyhood 

and youth, their operation of a print shop and later a 

bicycle repair shop, their gliding experiments, and 

finally their successful powered flights in 1903. 

Montgomery, Frank A., Jr. Kitty Hawk Where Man 

First Flew. Air Trails, Dec. 1939, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 25, 

46—47, +illus. 

Thirty-Six Years After. U.S. Air Services, Jan. 1940, vol. 

25, no. 1, p. 7. 

A Bibliography 57

Brewer, Griffith. A Visit to America in Wartime. Flight, 

May 30, 1940, vol. 37, pp. 494d—495, +illus. 

Author s account of visit to the home of Orville 


Kelly, Fred. C. They Wouldn t Believe the Wrights Had 

Flown. Harper s Magazine, Aug. 1940, vol. 181, pp. 

286—300. 

Abridged in Reader s Digest, Feb. 1941, vol. 38, 

pp. 39—43. 

An analysis of the public attitude and reaction to the 

Wright flights, 1904-1908. Includes reference to 

reports of flights by Robert Coquelle of L Auto, A. I. 

Root, editor of Gleanings in Bee Culture, Henry M. 

Weaver, and mentions other witnesses including Dan 

Kumler of the Dayton Daily News, Luther Beard of 

the Dayton Journal, D. Bruce Salley, and Byron R. 

Newton of the New York Herald. 

Griscom, Lloyd C. Diplomatically Speaking. Boston: 

Little, Brown, and Company, 1940, 476 pp. 

Includes brief account of flight with Wilbur Wright 

at Rome, pp. 318—319. Griscom was then United 

States ambassador to Italy. 

Winslow, John. Illustrations by Irvin L. Holcombe. The 

Wright Brothers Plane. In his Famous Planes and 

Famous Flights. New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 

1940, pp. 7—10, +illus. 

Cleaves, Freeman. What Happened at Kitty Hawk. Air 

Youth Horizons, Dec. 1941, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 3—4, 

20—21, +illus. 

Bruno, Henry Augustine. [On title page: By Harry 

Bruno ] Wings over America: The Inside Story of 

American Aviation. New York: Robert M. McBride & 

Company, 1942, 333 pp., +illus. 

Personal account by the author, written during 

World War II, of the history of American aviation and 

of the persons involved, many of whom the author 

knew personally, from 1903 to 1942; deals especially 

with the struggle between the advocates of whom 

the author was one and the opponents of air power. 

The author concludes with optimistic predictions for 

the development of civil aviation after the war. Some 

pertinent references to the Wright brothers; includes 

numerous photographs and an index. 

Thirty-Eight Years Ago at Kitty Hawk. U.S. Air Services, 

Jan. 1942, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 20. 

Reprint of editorial from the New York Times on the 

38th anniversary of the first flight. 



An Englishman s Tribute to the Wright Brothers. U.S. 

Air Services, Jan. 1943, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 46. 

Quotation from Lord Brabazon s speech before the 

Royal Aeronautical Society, London. 

Stout, Rex. It Was Something That Happened at Kitty 

Hawk. U.S. Air Services, Jan. 1943, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 19. 

Remarks made December 6, 1942, over CBS radio 

station. 

39th Anniversary World s First Flight. U.S. Air Services, 

Jan. 1943, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 19. 

Report on visit of Orville Wright to Washington, 

December 16-17, 1942. 

Jablonsky, Bruno. The First Aeroplane. Aeroplane, Jan. 

1, 1943, vol. 64, p. 28. 

Letter by a pupil of Orville Wright in 1909, written 

in reply to C. G. Grey s article of same title in 

Aeroplane, December 4, 1942, which tended to belittle 

the original Wright aeroplane. 

Jeanjean, Marcel. L Affaire Wright. L A rophile, Apr.- 

June, 1943, vol. 51, pp. 74—75, 89—90, 113—114, +illus. 

A part of his series titled Histoire illustr e de l aviation. 

Summary of aviation during the period, 1905- 

1907, and the intensive controversy which raged in 

France regarding the Wright brothers and their claims 

for the achievement of heavier-than-air flights. 

Kelly, Fred C. The Mysterious Visitor. Technology 

Review, June 1943, vol. 45, pp. 408, 410. 

Author s letter to the editor contending that a visitor 

to Huffman Prairie in September 1905 was Charles 

M. Manly. 

Johnston, S. Paul. Still Mysterious. Technology Review, 

June 1943, vol. 45, pp. 410, 458. 

Letter to the editor refuting Mr. Kelly s claim that 

the visitor to Huffman Prairie in September 1905 was 

Charles M. Manly. 

Jeanjean, Marcel. La Campagne de France de Wilbur 

Wright. L A rophile, July-Aug. 1943, vol. 51, pp. 

134—135, 154—155, +illus. 

Continuation of author s previous account giving 

brief description of Wright aeroplane and engine and 

summary of Wilbur Wright s 1908 flights in France. 

Gardner, Lester D. The Wright Flyer. Technology 

Review, Nov. 1943, vol. 46, p. 12. 

Letter to the editor setting forth details on exhibition 

of the 1903 Wright aeroplane at the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1916.

U.S. Congress. House. Joint Resolution Commemorating 

the Fortieth Anniversary of the First Airplane Flight by 

Wilbur and Orville Wright. [Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1943], 2 pp. (78th Congress, 

1st Session. H. J. Res. 175). 

Introduced by Mr. Harry P. Jeffrey of Ohio, Oct. 20, 

1943; referred to the Committee on the Library; 

passed House, Nov. 24; referred to Senate Committee 

on Commerce, Nov. 26; passed Senate with amendment, 

Dec. 3. 

Broughton, J. Melville. The Fortieth Anniversary of the 

Flight of a Heavier-than-Air Machine. Science, Nov. 5, 

1943, vol. 98, pp. 400—401. 

Published also in Pegasus, Dec. 1943, vol. 2, no. 6, 

p. 12 and abridged U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 

28, no. 12, p. 30. 

Text of proclamation of the governor of North 

Carolina, issued October 6, 1943, designating 

December 17, 1943, as Kitty Hawk Day. 

U.S. Congress. House. Commemorating 40th Anniversary 

of 1st Airplane Flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Report to Accompany H. J. Res. 175. Submitted by Mr. 

O Toole. Nov. 16, 1943. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1943, 1 p. (78th Congress, 1st Session. 

House. Report 869.). 

Arnold, Henry H. They Gave Us a New World. U.S. Air 

Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, no. 12, p. 21. 

Tribute to the Wright brothers. 

Bonnalie, Allan F. The Wrights Solved All Fundamental 

Problems of Flight. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 

28, no. 12, pp. 25—26, +illus. 

Author draws comparisons between modern aeroplanes 

and the Wright 1903 aeroplane. 

Forty Years of Heavier-than-Air. National Aeronautics, 

Dec. 1943, vol. 21, no. 12, p. 14. 

Announcement of plans being made for the fortieth 

anniversary of the Wright 1903 flights. 

Foulois, Benjamin D. Two Vital Problems of the Wright 

Brothers. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 12, no. 12, 

p. 22. 

Genesis. Trade Winds, Dec. 1943, vol. 7, pp. 7—8, 14, 

+illus. 

Part of fortieth anniversary of 1903 flight issue. 

Kelly, Fred C. The Revolution at Kitty Hawk. What the 

Achievement of the Airplane Owed to the Past and 

Presages for the Future. Technology Review, Dec. 1943, 

vol. 46, pp. 83—84, 96, +illus. 


Brief survey of the accomplishments of some of the 

Wright predecessors whom the author asserts contributed 

inspiration but little technical help and 

knowledge to the brothers. 

Lewis, George W. Contributions of Wilbur and Orville 

Wright to Aeronautical Sciences. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 

1943, vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 19—20. 

Tribute to the Wrights on the fortieth anniversary of 

their first power flights, December 17, 1903. 

Martin, Glenn L. Let Us Pause to Honor Orville and 

Wilbur Wright. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, no. 

12, p. 23. 

Published also in Martin Star, Dec. 1943, vol. 2, p. 

17, with a photograph of Orville Wright and Glenn 

Martin at an early aircraft show. 

Merner, Mary. Kill Devil Hills. Airlanes, Dec. 1943, vol. 

8, no. 12, pp. 2—3, +illus. 

Milling, T. De Witt. Orville and Wilbur the Immortal 

Brothers. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, no. 12, 

p. 21. 

Reminiscences by one of Orville Wright s pupils in 

1911. 

North Carolina Honors the Fathers of Flight. Pegasus, 

Dec. 1943, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 13—14, +illus. 

Reed, Thomas R. Wrights Were the Discoverers of 

Secret of Flight. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, 

no. 12, p. 24, +illus. 

Wright Brothers. First of the Skymasters. Aviation and 

Yachting, Dec. 1943, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 19, 33, 48, +illus. 

U.S. Congress. Senate. Commemorating 40th Anniversary 

of 1st Airplane Flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Report to Accompany H. J. Res. 175. Submitted by Mr. 

Bailey, Dec. 3, 1943. Washington, D.C.: Government 


Senate. Report 568). 

Owen Russell. The Dream That Found Wings. New York 

Times Magazine, Dec. 12, 1943, pp. 8, 45, +illus. 

Wright fortieth anniversary article. 

Joint Resolution Commemorating the Fortieth 

Anniversary of the First Airplane Flight by Wilbur and 

Orville Wright. United States Statutes at Large, 1943, 

vol. 57, pt. 1, p. 605. 

Approved December 17, 1943. 

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Speech of Hon. Lindsay Warren. Extension of Remarks 

of Hon. Herbert C. Bonner. Congressional Record, Dec. 

18, 1943, vol. 89, appendix p. A5577. 

Speech delivered December 17, 1943, at celebration 

honoring Orville Wright, Washington, 

Chandler, Charles D., and Lahm, Frank P. Signal Corps 

No. 1 to Smithsonian. In their How Our Army Grew 

Wings. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1943, p. 

187. 

Note on circumstance leading to the deposit of the 

Wright 1909 aeroplane in the Smithsonian Institution, 

October 1911. 

Fortieth Anniversary. Model Airplane News, Jan. 1944, 

vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 10—11, 45—46, +illus. 

The Fortieth Anniversary. The World Honors the Wright 

Brothers. National Aeronautics, Jan. 1944, vol. 22, no. 1, 

pp. 12—13, 54, +illus. 

The Orville Wright Dinner. U.S. Air Services, Jan. 1944, 

vol. 29, no. 1, p. 10. 

Brief report on fortieth anniversary dinner given by 

the Aero Club of Washington, December 17, 1943, 

and attended by Orville Wright. 

Wright Bros. Flier Model. Airplane News, Jan. 1944, 

vol. 30, p. 10. 

Scale plans drawn by W. A. Wylam. 

P[arish], W[ayne] W. The Wright Dinner Moral 

Lesson. American Aviation, Jan. 1, 1944, vol. 7, no. 15, 

pp. 23—24, +illus. 

Wright Brothers Honored on Flight Anniversary. Aero 

Digest, Jan. 1, 1944, vol. 44, pp. 191, 201. 

Blake, Bob. 41 Years of Flight. Aviation and Yachting, 

Dec. 1944, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 32—33, 35—36, +illus. 

Anniversary account of Wright 1903 flights. 

Carnegie, Dale. They Made History in Twelve Seconds 

[Wright Brothers]. In his Dale Carnegie s Biographical 

Roundup; Highlights in the Lives of Forty Famous 

People. New York: Greenberg, 1944, pp. 228—233. 

Included also in British edition (Kingswood, 

Surrey: The World s Work, Ltd., 1946), pp. 190—195. 

Orville Wright Attends 41st Anniversary Celebration. 

U.S. Air Services, Jan. 1945, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 18—19. 

Report on Orville Wright s attendance at meeting of 

the National Aeronautic Association and the Institute 

of the Aeronautical Sciences, Washington, D.C., 

December 17, 1944. On this occasion, as a previous 



recipient of the Robert Collier Trophy, he was presented 

with a certificate of award for the year 1913. 

Builders of America; Picture Biography. Scholastic, Apr. 

30, 1945, vol. 46, p. 11. +illus. 

Account of Wright brothers. 

Kelly, Fred C. For the Wright Record. Technology 

Review, June 1945, vol. 47, pp. 484—485, +illus. 

An account of the arrangements made by the 

Wrights for recording data on their December 17, 

1903 flights. The recording devices used were a revolution 

counter, anemometer, and stop watch. Based on 

information furnished by Orville Wright in a letter to 

the author, January 17, 1945. 

Wylam, William. Wright Brothers Original Flier. In his 

Scale Models by Wylam. Book II. New York: Air Age, 

Inc., 1945, frontispiece. 

1946—1955 

Hettick, John. Twelve Seconds for the Wrights. Aero 

Digest, Apr. 1946, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 29, 156, +illus. 

Story of the early Wright experiments published in 

the author s series of articles titled, Gallery of 

Aviation s Frontiersmen No. 4. 

Sidram, Louis. When the Aeroplane First Saluted Liberty. 

Esquire, May 1946, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 48—50, +illus. 

Wilbur Wright s flight of September 29, 1909, from 

Governors Island around the Statue of Liberty and 

return; accompanied by a colored lithograph of this 

event by Harper Goff. 

Wylam Masterplans: Wright Model A, Wright Model B. 

Model Airplane News, Mar. 1947, vol. 36, pp. 34—35. 

Kelly, Fred C. First Night Flight. Technology Review, 

July 1947, vol. 49, p. 521. 

Account of Orville Wright s flight, September 1909 

at Dormstedt (i.e., Bornstedt) military parade ground 

near Potsdam. 

Mattioli, Guido. L Aero Club di Roma onora Wilbur 

Wright, ed i pionieri dell aria di tutto il mondo. 

L Aviazione, Oct. 26, 1947, vol. 30, +illus. 

The Army-Wright Contract. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, 

p. 4. 

Brief summary of events leading to the signing of a 

contract between the U.S. Army and the Wrights, 

February 10, 1908.

Deux lettres des fr res Wright. Forces a riennes francaises, 

Mar. 1948, pp. 880—883. 

Letters of December 29, 1903, and November 4, 

1905, from Wright brothers to Captain Ferber. 

Kitty Hawk in 1908. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, p. 5. 

Summary of Wright flights, May 1908. 

Orville Flies Army Plane. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, p. 6. 

Chronology of Orville Wright s Fort Myer flights, 

September 1908. 

The Wayward Press with Due Apology to The New 

Yorker. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1948, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 

7—9. 

Concerning articles about Wright brothers following 

the death of Orville Wright on January 30, 1948. 

The Wright Brothers. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical 

Society, Mar. 1948, vol. 52 pp. 141—150. 

Statement on the work of the Wrights written on the 

occasion of Orville s death. Includes impressions of 

the Wrights written by Griffith Brewer, Sir Francis 

McClean, Lord Brabazon of Tara, Sir Roy Fedden, 

and Dr. H. Roxbee Cox and his brief bibliography. 

Wright Brothers Records. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, p. 6. 

Tabulation of record performances, December 14, 

1903-September 18, 1909. 

McSurely, Alexander. [signed A. McS.] New Historical 

Booklet Disregards Wright s Aviation Contribution. 

Aviation News, Mar. 11, 1946, vol. 5, pp. 10—11. 

Review of Albert F. Zahm s Early Powerplane 

Fathers with Orville Wright s comments as set forth 

in a letter to McSurely, February 5, 1946. 

The Wright Negotiations. Chirp, Aug. 1948, no. 38, pp. 

1, 7—8. 

Chronological summary of negotiations for the sale 

of their aeroplane to the United States Government, 

1905-1908. 

Courtney, W. B. Twelve Seconds that Shrank the Earth. 

Collier s, Dec. 25, 1948, vol. 122, p. 94, +illus. 

Aviation s Shrine. Newsweek, Dec. 27, 1948, vol. 32, p. 

43. 

Davy, Maurice J. B. [Wright Brothers] In his Interpretive 

History of Flight; a Survey of the History and 

Development of Aeronautics with Particular Reference 

to Contemporary Influences and Conditions. London: H. 

Majesty s Stationery Office, 1948, pp. 103—109, 

113—117, 122—123, +illus. 


Included also in 1937 edition (London: H. 

Majesty s Stationery Office, 1937), pp. 121—127, 

131—136, 142—143, 147. 

Deals primarily with the development of the Wright 

aeroplane through 1905. 

The First Controlled Human Flight the Wright 

Brothers. In U.S. National Air Museum, National 

Aircraft Collection. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian 

Institution, 1949, pp. 14—19, +illus. 

Engel, Leonard. Between Wind and Water; in Forty-Five 

Years as a Telegrapher on the Only Line Serving the 

Carolina Banks, near Cape Hatteras, Alpheus 

Drinkwater Has Seen More Shipwrecks than Any Other 

Man Alive. True Magazine, Jan. 1949, vol. 24, no. 140, 

pp. 54—55, 57. 

Includes account of sending of telegram, December 

17, 1903, from Wrights to Dayton. 

Kelly, Fred C. Traits of the Wright Brothers. Technology 

Review, June 1949, vol. 51, pp. 504—507. 

Representative anecdotes about the Wrights, 

emphasizing their modesty, thoroughness, and practical 

common sense. 

L Aviazione italiano onora i fratelli Wright. L Aviazione, 

July 15, 1949, vol. 31, p. 1, +illus. 

Pedace, Giovanni. Gli albori dell aviazione militare italiano 

1909. L Aviazione, July 15, 1949, vol. 31, pp. 1—2. 

First Wright Glider. Chirp, Nov. 1, 1949, no. 48, pp. 

10—12. 

Al Williams in Charge of Celebration at Kitty Hawk. 


Lindbergh, Charles A. A Lesson from the Wright 

Brothers. Aviation Week, Dec. 26, 1949, vol. 51, no. 26, 

p. 42. 

Address delivered, December 17, 1948, at 

Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the 46th 

anniversary of the 1903 flight. 

Il primo volo di W. Wright. L Aviazione, Jan. 30, 1950, 

vol. 32, p. 1. 

Reproduces Ambassador James Clement Dunn s 

letter of December 21 to Guido Mattioli acknowledging 

tribute to the Wrights in Mattioli s letter of 

December 17 to Dunn. 

Arnold, Henry H. Dayton and the Wright Brothers 1911; 

Learning to Fly. National Air Review, Apr. 1950, vol. [1] 

pp. 26—32. 

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Originally published in his Global Mission, New 

York: Harper & Brothers, 1949, pp. 16—29. 

Kitty Hawk. Chirp, Apr. 1, 1950, no. 43, pp. 3—4. 

Account of Frank Lahm s participation in the fortysixth 

anniversary celebration of the Wrights first 

flights. 

Langewiesche, Wolfgang. What the Wrights Really 

Invented. Harper s Magazine, June 1950, vol. 200, pp. 

102—105. 

Published also in U.S. Air Services, Aug. 1950, vol. 

35, no. 8, pp. 13, 16—17, +illus. 

Author stresses their achievement of control of 

flight, particularly the control of bank by the use of 

wing-warping in conjunction with a controllable vertical 

tail-rudder. 

Beck, Charles P. It Happened at Kitty Hawk; First Plane 

Flight at Kitty Hawk. Instructor, Dec. 1950, vol. 60, p. 

23, +illus. 

[Findley, Earl N.] If a Lie Is Repeated Often Enough 

Someone Will Believe It. U.S. Air Services, Sept. 1951, 

vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 5—6. 

Editorial taking exception to statements by C. G. 

Grey that Ader was the first to achieve powered flight 

in an article titled, The First Half-Century of 

Aviation, Interavia, June 1951, vol. 6, p. 319. 

Brown, Aycock. The Kill Devil Story. Air Force, Dec. 

1951, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 11—12. 

Statement on aims and purpose of the Kill Devil 

Hill Memorial Association and its plans to become a 

national organization with name Kill Devil Hill 

Memorial Society. 

Lahm, Frank P. Memoirs of Fort Myer. Aeronautica, 

Jan./Mar. 1952, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1, 9—10, +illus. 

Description of Wright first military aeroplane. 

Golden Anniversary of Flight to Be Observed Fittingly. 

National Aeronautics, Dec. 1952, vol. 31, p. 2. 

Announces plans for the nationwide, yearlong observance 

of the fiftieth anniversary of powered flight. 

Wright Memorial Observance. Aviation Week, Dec. 29, 

1952, vol. 57, p. 15. 

Summary of events held in Kitty Hawk, N.C., 

Dayton, Ohio, and Washington, D. C., on December 

17, 1952, in celebration of forty-ninth anniversary of 

the Wright brothers first successful flights. 

Ludovico, Domenico. I Realizzatori dell Aeroplano: 

Wright. In his L Aeroplano; Soluzione ed Evoluzione del 



Problema del Volo. 3. ed. Rome: Associazione Culturale 

Aeronautica, 1952, pp. 25—32, +illus. 

Rolfe, Douglas. Wrights Biplane. Air Progress; History 

of Aviation, 1952, pp. 62—63. 

Whitehouse, Arch. Illustrated by Albert Orbaan. 

Success at Kitty Hawk. In his The Real Book about 

Airplanes. Garden City, New York: Garden City Books, 

1952, pp. 55—66, +illus. 

Included also in 1961 edition, pp. 63—74. 

Allen, Carl B. The Concept of Flight That Worked. Bee- 

Hive, Jan. 1953, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 3—6, +illus. 

Account of early Wright brothers experiments and 

research which led to their successful powered flights 

of December 17, 1903. 

Ceremonies Held at Kitty Hawk. National Aeronautics, 

Jan. 1953, vol. 32, p. 5. 

Account of Wright brothers anniversary celebration, 


Haven, Gil. The Wrights at the Stick. Bee-Hive, Jan. 

1953, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 12—15, +illus. 

Account of the development of controls and piloting 

techniques of Wrights. 

Johnson, Jesse S. Kitty Hawk Ceremonies Inaugurate 

50th Year Wright Flight Anniversary. Airpost Journal, 

Jan. 1953, vol. 24, pp. 108, 126. 

Ushering in the Golden Anniversary of Flight. U.S. Air 

Services, Jan. 1953, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 1—2. 

Fravel, Ira F. The Wright Brothers, B. F. (Before Flying). 

U.S. Air Services, Feb. 1953, vol. 38, no. 2, p. 16. 

Whitener, Ralph V. Fly-By at Kitty Hawk. Air Force, 

Feb. 1953, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 54—56, +illus. 

Account of Wright brothers 49th anniversary ceremonies 

at Kitty Hawk, December 17, 1952. 

U.S. Congress. House. Joint Resolution to Provide for 

Proper Participation by the United States Government 

in a National Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary 

Year of Controlled Powered Flight Occurring during the 

Year from Dec. 17, 1952, to Dec. 17, 1953. Washington, 

D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1953, 3 pp. (83rd 

Congress, 1st Session. H. J. Res. 193). 

Introduced Feb. 18, 1953, by Mr. Hinshaw of 

California; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

Allen, C. B. Earl N. Findley, Chronicler of the Era of 

Powered Flight. Pegasus, Apr. 1953, vol. 20, no. 4, pp.

6—12, +illus. 

Includes extensive reference to Findley s associations 

and friendship with the Wrights. 

Harper, Harry. I Watched Wilbur Fly. Air Trails, May 

1953, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 24—25, +illus. 

Author s recollections of Wilbur Wright at Le 

Mans, France, in the summer of 1908. 

Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight. Extension of 

Remarks of Hon. Peter F. Mack, Jr. Congressional 

Record, May 28, 1953, vol. 99, appendix pp. 

A3206—A3207. 

Description of commemorative stamp marking the 

50th anniversary of the Wright brothers flight provided 

for in a bill introduced by Congressman Mack. 

The Birth of Flight. Air University Quarterly Review, 

Summer 1953, vol. 6, p. 2, +illus. 

Photograph of the Wrights first powered flight on 

December 17, 1903, made from the original glassplate 

negative in the collections of the Library of 

Congress. 

Chester, Ralph. Astonished Reporters and Skeptical 

Editors. The State, July 18, 1953, vol. 21, pp. 6—7. 

Davis, Chester. North Carolina s Twelve Great Seconds. 

The State, July 18, 1953, vol. 21, pp. 3—5, 50. 

Bonney, Walter T. Prelude to Kitty Hawk. Part V. 

Pegasus, Sept. 1953, vol. 21, pp. 6—11, +illus. 

The last in a series of five articles deals with the 

Wright brothers and their successful flights on 


Lipp, Frederick J. Let her go, Wilbur! The Wright 

Brothers of Ohio Led the Way to the Skies. Inside Ohio 

Magazine, Sept. 1953, vol. 2, pp. 70—72. 

The Wrights Airplane in Europe. Bee-Hive, Fall 1953, 

vol. 28, pp. 28—29, +illus. 

Brief report on Wrights European flights, 1908- 

1909. 

Wright Golden Anniversary to Last 4 Days This Year. 

Air Force Times, Sept. 26, 1953, vol. 14, p. 8. 

Big Four Day Observance at Kitty Hawk. National 

Aeronautics and Flight Plan, Nov. 1953, vol. 32, p. 7. 

Announces plans for Wright brothers celebration, 

December 14-17, 1953. 

Barnaby, Ralph S. Gliding Experiments That Made the 

50th Anniversary of Powered Flight Possible. Soaring, 


Nov./Dec. 1953, vol. 17, pp. 2—3, 10, 14, 26. 

Summarizes available data on the Wright gliders and 

Wright gliding experiments, 1900-1902, and 1911. 

Broomfield, G. A. The Wright Brothers in Europe. Esso 

Air World, Nov./Dec. 1953, vol. 6, pp. 68—71, +illus. 

An account of the Wrights flights in and visits to 

England, France, Germany, and Italy, 1908-1911. 

Lodi, Angelo. Agli inizi di una era nuova. Rivista 

Aeronautica, Nov./Dec. 1953, vol. 29, pp. 801—807, 

+illus. 

Anniversary article dealing with the Wright brothers 

and their flights, 1900-1909, ending with their 

flights at Centocelle, Italy, in April 1909. 

Dollfus, Charles. First Powered Flights; New Historical 

Facts Justify International Recognition of the Wright 

Brothers. Flight Magazine, Dec. 1953, vol. 40, pp. 

38—39, 44, 49—54, +illus. 

Analyzes claims of Clement Ader, Alberto Santos- 

Dumont, and the Wright brothers to being the first to 

fly. 

Fifty Years of Flight; 31 Historic Photographs. National 

Geographic, Dec. 1953, vol. 104, pp. 740—756. 

The first six photographs are of flights by Wilbur 

and Orville Wright, 1903-1908. 

Harper, Harry. I Watched Wilbur Fly. Royal Air Force 

Flying Review, Dec. 1953, vol. 9, pp. 19—20, 43. 

Author s recollection of his observation of a flight 

by Wilbur at Le Mans, France, in 1908. 

Kelly, Fred C. Web of Circumstance. Air Force, Dec. 

1953, vol. 36, p. 40. 

The author s observations on Wilbur Wright s statement 

in a letter to Octave Chanute, October 28, 1906, 

that the successful 1903 flights were due to peculiar 

combinations of circumstances which might never 

occur again. 

. The Wright Brothers Worst Brush-Off. Air 

Force, Dec. 1953, vol. 36, pp. 38—40, 42, +illus. 

An account of the Wright brothers negotiations, 

1905-1908, with the U.S. War Department for the purchase 

of their aeroplane. 

Muller, Jane S. Kitty Hawk Jubilee. Compressed Air 

Magazine, Dec. 1953, vol. 58, pp. 337—339, +illus. 

A popular fiftieth anniversary article which confuses 

the dates of death of Wilbur and Orville, p. 

338, in the sentence, Orville died in 1912, but 

Wilbur lived through two wars in which aviation was 

a major factor. 

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Orville et Wilbur Wright effectuaient, il y a cinquante 

ans, leurs premiers vols. Aero France, Dec. 1953, pp. 

179—180. 

Anniversary article based on original reports published 

in L A rophile, January 1904 and December 

1905. 

Rutledge, William. Birth of Flight. Royal Air Force 

Flying Review, Dec. 1953, vol. 9, pp. 17—18. 

A fiftieth anniversary article dealing with the 

Wrights December 17, 1903, flights at Kitty Hawk, 

N.C. 

Unos segundos para la historia [signed J. H.]. Revista 

Nacional de Aeronautica, Dec. 1953, vol. 13, pp. 26—29, 

+illus. 

Warring, Ron. 50 Years Ago. Model Aircraft, Dec. 1953, 

vol. 12, pp. 552—554, +illus. 

Instructions for making a scale model of the Wright 

1903 aeroplane. 

Wright Papers Appear to Top 50th Events. Air Force 

Times, Dec. 1953, vol. 14, p. 17. 

Havemann, Ernest. The Day That Man First Flew. 

Wrights Papers Recall Great Event 50 Years Ago. Life, 


Summary of letters from the papers of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright dealing with their early flights, especially 

the flights of December 17, 1903. 

De Wright Flyer van 1903. Avia-Vliegwereld, Dec. 10, 

1953, vol. 2, pp. 652—653, +illus. 

Detailed drawing. 

Development of the Wright Flyer. Engineering, Dec. 11, 

1953, vol. 176, pp. 737—739, +illus. 

An account of the early Wright aeroplane, gliders, 

and flights, culminating in their successful powered 

flights on December 17, 1903. 

The Wright Flyer. Flight, Dec. 11, 1953, vol. 64, pp. 

787—788, +illus. 

Includes three-view drawing and data on the Wright 

1903 aeroplane based on information available from 

the staff of the Science Museum and the De Havilland 

Technical School which constructed the reproduction 

of the Wright machine on display in the Museum. 

50 Jahre Motorflug; Ein R ckblick zur 50-Jahr-Feier 

des. Motorfluges der Gebr der Wright am 17. Dez. 

1903. Technica: illustrierte technische Rundschau, vol. 

2, no. 26, 1953, pp. 1—3. 



Burgunder, Hans. Das Wunder von Kitty Hawk. 

Technische Rundschau, Dec. 18, 1953, vol. 45, pp. 1—2, 

+illus. 

Meacock, F. T. Twelve Significant Seconds. Aeroplane, 


Brief account of early work of the Wright brothers 

which culminated in their successful flight of twelve 

seconds duration on December 17, 1903. 

Slater, A. E. Gliding Notes. Aeroplane, Dec. 18, 1953, 

vol. 85, p. 852, +illus. 

Review of early Wright gliding flights and gliders, 

1900-1902. 

British Celebration of the Wright Jubilee. Engineering, 

Dec. 25, 1953, vol. 176, p. 823. 

Brief report on British exhibitions, lectures, and 

celebrations arranged to commemorate the fiftieth 

anniversary of the Wrights first powered flights, 


Wright Brothers Jubilee Exhibition at the Science 

Museum. Illustrated London News, Dec. 26, 1953, vol. 

223, p. 1061. 

Tinsley, Frank. He Saw the Wrights Fly. Air Progress, 

1953-1954, pp. 39—41. 

Brown, Aycock. The Birth of Aviation, Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.: The Collins Company, 1953, [64 

pp.], +illus. 

Deals especially with the glider and aeroplane 

experiments and flights conducted at Kitty Hawk and 

Kill Devil Hill by Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1900, 

1901, 1902, 1903, 1908, and 1911. 

Meynell, Laurence. Guess I ll Take You Up. In his Rolls: 

Man of Speed; a Life of Charles Stewart Rolls and Some 

Account of the Early Days of Motoring and Flying. 

London: The Bodley Head, 1953, pp. 125—138. 

An account of Rolls flight with Wilbur at Le Mans, 

France, October 8, 1908. Rolls, piloting a French-built 

Wright aeroplane, was killed in a crash at the 

Bournemouth Air Meet, in England, July 12, 1910, the 

first English pilot to die in an aircraft accident. 

A New Dimension for Travel the Wrights. In Fifty 

Years of Aviation; Background Information on Aviations 

First Fifty Years. Washington, D.C.: National 

Committee to Observe the 50th Anniversary of Powered 

Flight, [1953], pp. 5—9. 

Thomas, H. A. The Wright Biplane. Air Trails Model 

Annual, 1953, pp. 30—31, 80.

Scale plans for building the original Wright 1903 

aeroplane. 

Throm, Edward L., and Crenshaw, James S. Popular 

Mechanices Aviation Album. Chicago: Popular 

Mechanics Company, 1953, 192 pp., +illus. 

Popular pictorial history including three chapters 

on the Wrights, A Short Run and a Jump, 12 

Seconds over Kitty Hawk, and Yankee Ingenuity 

Wins Again, pp. 37—56. 

There Were Celebrations Galore. U.S. Air Services, Jan. 

1954, vol. 39, p. 18. 

A list of the Wright brothers fiftieth anniversary 

celebrations. 

Flight s Biggest Birthday Party. Air Force, Feb. 1954, 

vol. 37, pp. 18—19, 42, +illus. 

Summary of the special events and ceremonies held 

at Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 17, 1953, commemorating 

the fiftieth anniversary of the Wright brothers 

first successful flights. 

Turns Liberty s Head. Wright s Epoch Making Flight 

Accomplished. Bronze Goddess Receives Queerest 

Visitor in Her History. U.S. Air Services, Nov. 1954, vol. 

39, pp. 16—17. 

An account of Wilbur Wright s flight from 

Governors Island to the Statue of Liberty and return 

on September 29, 1909, as reported in the New York 

Tribune on September 30, 1909. 

Powell, William S. First Flight. American Heritage, 

Winter 1954, vol. 5, pp. 40—43, 57, +illus. 

A fiftieth anniversary article on the Wright brothers 

and their first flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 

17, 1903, by the news editor of American Heritage. 

Golden Anniversary Observance of Man s First 

Successful Powered Flight. Proceedings at the 

Exercises Held at Wright Brothers National Memorial, 

December 14-17, 1953, in Commemoration of the 

Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Flight of an Airplane 

Made by Wilbur and Orville Wright. Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1954, 27 pp. (83d Cong., 

2d Sess. House. Document no. 480). 

Includes the texts of the addresses presented, list 

of dignitaries in attendance, list of sponsors of the 

celebration, list of sponsors of the reconstruction of 

the Wright brothers buildings at Kill Devil Hill, and 

the programmed events of the four special days 

which were Pioneer & Private Flyers Day, 

Industry Day, Defense Day, and Anniversary 

Day. 


Wright Day Celebrations Mark Flight Anniversary. Air 

Force Times, Dec. 24, 1955, vol. 16, p. 4. 

1956—1965 

Drinkwater, Alpheus W. I Knew Those Wright Brothers 

Were Crazy. Reader s Digest, Nov. 1956, vol. 69, pp. 

188—189, 192, 194. 

Account of the Wrights 1903 and 1908 flights at 

Kitty Hawk by the Weather Bureau telegraph operator 

at Manteo, N.C. 

McKnew, Thomas W. Fledgling Wings of the Air Force. 

National Geographic, Aug. 1957, vol. 112, pp. 266—271, 

+illus. 

An eyewitness account of the Wrights 1908 and 

1909 Fort Myer flights by the Vice-President and 

Secretary, National Geographic Society. 

North Carolina, Ohio, D.C. Mark 54th Anniversary of 

Wright Flight. Air Force Times, Dec. 28, 1957, vol. 18, 

p. 13. 

Bruccoli, Matthew J. Flight to Eternity. Flying, Jan. 

1958, vol. 62, pp. 43, 76, 78. 

An account of Orville Wright s first trial flight at 

Kitty Hawk, N.C., on December 17, 1903. 

AFA Takes Part at Kitty Hawk. Air Force, Feb. 1958, 

vol. 41, p. 37. 

Account of the fifty-fourth anniversary tribute to 

the Wright brothers participated in by the Air Force 

Association, Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association, 

National Park Service, and the U.S. Air Force. 

Delgove, Henri. A Fiftieth Anniversary. Aeroplane, Aug. 

8, 1958, vol. 95, p. 190, +illus. 

Anniversary account of Wilbur s stay at Les 

Hunaudi res, France, in 1908 and his flight of August 

8, 1908, with photograph of stone memorial marking 

the site of the flight. 

Fifty Years Ago the Journal Covered the First Military 

Aviation Tests. Army—Navy—Air Force Journal, Aug. 30, 

1958, vol. 95, pp. 1, 23, +illus. 

Excerpts dealing with Orville Wright s Fort Myer 

flights in 1908, originally published in the Army—Navy 

Journal, Aug. 22, Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, 1908. 

Ingells, Douglas J. The Fort Myer Incident. Saturday 

Evening Post, Sept. 13, 1958, vol. 231, pp. 48—49, 

82—83, 86. 

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Deals with Orville s September 1908 flights for the 

U.S. Signals Corps and the fatal crash of September 

17 in which he was injured and his passenger, Lieut. 

Thomas E. Selfridge, killed. 

First United States Military Aircraft Accident, 17 

September 1908, Mr. Orville Wright and Lt. Thomas E. 

Selfridge. Norton Air Force Base, California: Deputy the 

Inspector General, USAF, [1958?], 10 pp. and appendices. 

Copy of the official accident report prepared in 

1908. 

Kennedy, George. The Rambler Reports on Early 

Flights. Congressional Record, July 30, 1959, vol. 105, 

p. 14734. 

Originally published in the Washington Star, July 

30, 1959, and introduced into the record by Sen. A. S. 

Mike Monroney on the occasion of the fiftieth 

anniversary of Orville Wright s successful aeroplane 

demonstration at Fort Myer, July 30, 1909. 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. How Wilbur Wright Taught 

Europe to Fly. American Heritage, Feb. 1960, vol. 11, 

pp. 60—63, 107. 

Emphasizes the role of Wilbur s 1908 flights near 

Le Mans, France, in stimulating flying in Europe. 

Illustrated by unique photographs from an album dedicated 

by Wilbur to Elizabeth Boll e, daughter of 

L on Boll e, French automobile manufacturer and 

friend of Wilbur. 

Aviation Log Wright Hydroaeroplane Navy No. B-1 (AII- 

4). 15 July 1911 to 5 June 1913. [Washington, D.C.: 

Bureau of Naval Weapons, Navy Deptartment, 1960]. 

Looseleaf. 

Prepared for internal Navy distribution from original 

copy in the Capt. W. Irving Chambers Papers in 

the Navy Historical Foundation records deposited in 

the Library of Congress. 

Aviation Log Wright Hydroaeroplane Navy No. B-2 (AII- 

5). 27 October 1912. [Washington, D.C.: Bureau of 

Naval Weapons, Navy Deptartment, 1960]. Looseleaf. 

Prepared for internal Navy distribution from original 

copy in the Captain W. Irving Chambers Papers in 

the Navy Historical Foundation records deposited in 

the Library of Congress. 

Brown Aycock. Birthplace of Aviation; Aviation History 

Began at North Carolina s Outer Banks. National 

Aeronautics, Dec. 1961, vol. 40, pp. 4—7, +illus. 

Moore, Alvin E. Dawn of Flight. In Sunderman, James F., 

ed., Early Air Pioneers,1862-1935. New York: Franklin 

Watts, 1961, pp. 22—36. (The Watts Aerospace Library). 



Garber, Paul E. Historian Seeks Data on Wright Planes. 

Wright Aircraft Listed. Chirp, Oct. 1962, no. 69, pp. 

12—13. 

Lists 31 aircraft associated with the Wright brothers, 

1899-1920. Scale models of most are in the 

National Air and Space Museum. 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. Wright Brothers and Their 

Invention of the Practical Aeroplane, Royal Institution 

of Great Britain Proceedings, 1963, pp. 549—569, +illus. 

A technical account of the Wright brothers experiments 

with gliders and powered aircraft in America 

and France. Includes the Wright Nos. 1, 2, and 3 gliders, 

powered Flyer I, Flyer II, and Flyer III. 

Air Leaders Boost 60th Anniversary. National 

Aeronautics, Oct./Dec. 1963, vol. 42, p. 9. 

Lists scheduled events for the sixtieth observance 

of Wright brothers Kitty Hawk flights. 

Soule, Gardner. How the Wright Brothers Learned to 

Fly. With Quotations from the Papers of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright. Popular Science, Dec. 1963, vol. 183, 

pp. 51—57. 

Stewart, Oliver. Did the Wright Brothers Fly First? 

Spectator, Dec. 20, 1963, vol. 213, p. 816. 

Discusses the claims of the Wrights and Clement 

Ader of being the first to fly. The author concludes 

that both flew and that Ader s aircraft probably 

lacked controllability; the Wrights aircraft probably 

lacked power for weight. 

Kitty Hawk Mission Accomplished. National 

Aeronautics, Mar. 1964, vol. 43, p. 8. 

R sum of 1963 Wright anniversary events including 

the dedication of the First Flight Airport at Kill 

Devil Hill, N. C. 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The World s First Aeroplane 

Flights (1903-1908) and Earlier Attempts to Fly. 

London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1965, 32 pp., 

+illus. 

Section titled The First Successful Flights discusses 

and illustrates early Wright flights, pp. 10—12, 

20. Chronological Table of Powered Take-offs and 

Flights (1903-1908) lists 16 Wright flights made in 

1903, 1904, 1905, and 1908. Section titled Aviation 

Date List (1799 to 1908), pp. 30—32, lists 15 events 

associated with Wright brothers.

1966—1975 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. A Directory of and 

Nomenclature of the First Aeroplanes, 1809-1909. 

London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1966, 120 pp. 

Wright aeroplanes and engines are discussed and 

listed, pp. 79—85, 98. Section titled Surviving 

Aircraft, pp. 101—102, lists four Wright aircraft; section 

titled Surviving Engines, pp. 102—103, lists six 

Wright engines; and section titled The First 

Aerodromes, pp. 107—110, discusses Huffman 

Prairie and Kitty Hawk, and the Kill Devil Hills. 

Haggerty, James J. The U.S. Air Force; A Pictorial 

History in Art. New York and Washington, D.C.: Books, 

Inc., 1966, 261 pp. +illus. 

Comprises reproductions from the Air Force Art 

Collection. Included, pp. 2—7, are The Wright 

Brothers First Powered Flight, by Harvey Kidder; 

Lieutenant Lahm s First Flight [with Orville 

Wright], by Richard Green; and The Wright 

Brothers at Fort Myer, by John McCoy. 

Meyer, Jerome S. Let s Build a Glider with One of Those 

Gas Engines in it, Great Accidents in Science that 

Changed the World. New York: Arco Publishing Co., 

1967, pp. 64—71, +illus. 

Accounts of the discoveries of nine scientists 

whose attention to trivial or accidental things led to 

great advances, including the Wright brothers. 

Includes illustration of the Wright s first patent granted 

on a practical airplane. 

Brennan, Dennis. Adventures in Courage: The 

Skymasters. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1968, 159 pp., +illus. 

Exploits of famous, including the Wright brothers, 

and some forgotten aviation pioneers. Append. pp. 

155—159. 

Loening, Grover. Takeoff into Greatness: How American 

Aviation Grew so Big so Fast. New York: G. P. Putnam s 

Sons, 1968, 256 pp., +illus. 

The author, who was Orville Wright s assistant for 

a period of time, describes the men and major events 

that comprised the rise of the aircraft industry in 

America. In his discussion, he includes the Wright 

brothers, the Wright Company, the Wright 

Aeronautical Company, and Wright—Martin Aircraft. 

Andrews, Robert Hardy. Flying Fools Who Started It 

All. Mankind, Apr. 1969, pp. 22—31, +illus. 

Popular overview of the early history of flight, from 

the 1600s to the Wright brothers to John Glenn s 

orbital spaceflight. 


Dwiggins, Don. Adventures in Flight Famous Flyers 

and the Ships They Flew. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 

Inc., 1969, 149 pp. 

Begins with a discussion of the Wright brothers 

achievement, then describes the development of 

numerous aircraft, their pilots and the records they set. 

Includes many photographs as well as a list of books 

for further reading. 

Hildreth, Charles H., and Nalty, Bernard C. 1001 

Questions Answered about Aviation History. New York : 

Dodd, Mead & Co., 1969, 419 pp., +illus. 

Includes numerous popular questions about the 


Bibliography pp. 385—386. 

King, Horace Frederick. Edited by John W. R. Taylor. 

Janes 100 Significant Aircraft, 1909-1969. London: 

Jane s Yearbooks, 1969, 157 pp. 

Detailed description of the Wright Flyer, including 

photographs and drawings, pp. 8—9. 

Two other editions under varying titles are also 

available: Milestones of the Air: Jane s 100 

Significant Aircraft, New York: McGraw—Hill, 1969; 

and Kitty Hawk to Concorde: Janes 100 Significant 

Aircraft, London: Jane s Yearbooks, 1969. 

Wallhauser, Henry T. Illustrations by Jack Woodson. 

Pioneers of Flight. Maplewood, New Jersey: Hammond 

Incorporated, 1969, 93 pp., +illus. 

Important personalities and events in the history 

of flight from the Wright brothers in 1903 to the 

supersonic transport in 1969, for secondary school 

level. Illustrated by drawings and photographs. 

Includes an index. 

Harris, Sherwood. First to Fly American Heritage, 

June 1970, pp. 60—69, +illus. 

Describes the Wright brothers flights at Kitty 

Hawk in 1903 and their invention of a control system 

still used on airplanes today. 

Schirra, Walter M., Jr. Excerpts from Sherwood Harris 

The First to Fly: Aviation s Pioneer Days. Raw 

December Day at Kitty Hawk, Smithsonian, June 1970, 

pp. 28—31, +illus. 

Introductory commentary by Capt. Schirra on the 

Wrights achievement. Features portions from original 

letters and narratives by Orville and Wilbur Wright 

about their first flights in 1903. 

Burchard, Peter. Pioneers of Flight; From Early Times to 

the Wright Brothers. New York: St. Martin s Press, 1970, 


Traces the history of man s attempts to fly from 

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early experiments in the fifteenth century to the successful 

achievements of the Wright brothers in the 

twentieth century. 

[On title page: By the Editors of Flying magazine.] 

Americas Flying Book. New York: Charles Scribner s 

Sons, 1972, 365 pp., +illus. 

Popular but comprehensive guide to private flying. 

Contains a chapter, Humble Beginnings, on the 

Wright brothers and other early pioneers of flight. 

Includes numerous photographs, line drawings, and 

an index. 

Bibliography, pp. 345—355. 

Alberto, Giovanni. [History of Aviation] Storia dell aviazione, 

Torino: Societa Editrice Internazionale, 1973, 

203 pp., +illus. (pertinent pp. 7—18). 

Brief accounts of historic flights in the development 

of aviation with a short chapter devoted to each. 

The first chapter is on the first flight of the Wright 

brothers. 

In Italian. 

Icart, Antoine. Illustrations by Jacques Poirier. 

[Conquerors of the Sky and Space] Les Conquerants du 

ciel et de l espace. Paris: Hachette, 1973, 156 pp. 

Brief biographical notes of selected pioneers of 

flight and accounts of their historic flights, with a 

chapter devoted to each, for older children. One chapter 

is devoted to the Wright brothers. Includes numerous 

photographs and drawings. 

In French. 

Davidson, Jesse. Famous Firsts in Aviation. New York: 

G. P. Putnam s Sons, 1974, 71 pp. [pertinent pp. 14—15, 

18—19]. 

Offers a brief illustrated history of aviation, including 

the Wright brothers first flight, and the U.S. Army 

formally accepting the Wright machine as Aeroplane 

No.1, Heavier-than-air Division in 1909. 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard. Rebirth of European 

Aviation 1902-1908: A Study of the Wright Brothers 

Influence. Publication of the Science Museum, London: 

H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1974, 387 pp., +illus. 

Comprehensive and detailed narrative, frequently 

technical, history of the influence of the Wright brothers 

on the development of aviation in Europe, particularly 

in France. Begins with their successful test 

flights of their No. 3 glider in 1902 at Kitty Hawk. 

Includes list of newspapers and periodicals cited. 

Lane, Peter. Flight Past-into-Present. London: B. T. 

Batsford Ltd., 1974, 96 pp., +illus. 

History of aeronautics and flight, from the first bal- 



loonists to the space age, including the Wright brothers. 


Nalty, Bernard C., and Strobridge, Truman R. U.S. Coast 

Guard, Midwife at the Birth of the Airplane. Aerospace 

Historian, Fall/Sep. 1975, pp. 139—142. 

An account of the role played by the U.S. Life 

Saving Station at Kill Devil Hill, N.C., in the work of 

the Wright brothers. The staff of the Station provided 

assistance by going to the market for food, delivering 

mail, hauling lumber, and by helping launch and 

retrieve the aircraft. Five of them assisted in launching 

the first flight, Dec. 17, 1903, and one of them 

U.S. Coast Guardman J. T. Daniels took the only 

photograph of the momentous event. 

Johnson, Spencer. Illustrated by S. Pileggi. [Value Tales 

No. 3] Value Tale of the Wright Brothers: The Value of 

Patience. La Jolla, California: Value Communications, 

Inc., 1975, +illus. 

Describes the patient efforts of the Wright brothers 

to build a flying machine. 

Berliner, Don. College Park Airport. Aviation Quarterly, 

First Quarter 1976, pp. 24—37, +illus. 

Brief history of the College Park Airport, 

Maryland, the first American military airfield, and 

now the oldest continuously active airport in the 

world, inaugurated with the first takeoff and landing 

by Wilbur Wright in his own Military Flyer on Oct. 8, 

1909. Includes early photographs of various airplanes 

and the airport. 

Crouch, Tom D. History of American Aviation 1822- 

1905. Part 4. Aviation Quarterly, Fourth Quarter 1976, 

pp. 356—377, +illus. 

This is the fourth of a four-part series, providing 

detailed information on the history of American aviation 

from 1822 to 1905. It covers the Wright brothers 

from their first visit to Kitty Hawk in 1900 to the completion 

of their test flights at Huffman Prairie near 

Dayton, Ohio, in 1905. Includes original photographs, 

and a technical drawing by William E. Rigsby of the 

1903 Wright Flyer. 

Arena, Nino. [From the Wrights to the Advent of the Jet: 

50 Years of Commercial Aviation in the World] Dai 

Wright all avvento del Jet: 50 Anni di Aviazione 

Commerciale nel Mondo. Rome: Edizioni Bizzarri, 

1976, 207 pp., +illus. 

Detailed descriptions and photographs of historic 

aircraft in the development of commercial aviation 

worldwide, with a few brief references in the first 

chapter, to the Wright Flyers. 

In Italian.

1976—1985 

Andrews, Allen. Back to the Drawing Board: The 

Evolution of Flying Machines. London: David & 

Charles, 1977, 168 pp., +illus. 

Popular history of flight from the myths of ancient 

times to the Concorde. Contains scattered references 

to the Wright brothers and notes the difference in 

approach between the Wright brothers emphasis on 

control in flight and their British and French contemporaries 

emphasis on stability. Illustrated by numerous 

photographs and drawings. Includes an index. 

Hallion, Richard P. Legacy of Flight: The Guggenheim 

Contribution to American Aviation. Seattle: University 

of Washington Press, 1977, 292 pp. 

The author presents the role and impact of the private 

foundation begun by Daniel Guggenheim on the 

development of aviation. He created a fund for the 

promotion of aeronautics, appointing Orville Wright 

as one of the Guggenheim fund trustees. In 1929, 

Orville Wright was presented with the first Daniel 

Guggenheim Medal. 

Bibliography pp. 266—278. Includes index. 

Crouch, Tom D. Illustrations by Robert Osborn. 

December: Diamond Anniversary of Man s Propulsion 

Skyward. Smithsonian, Dec. 1978, pp. 36—46, +illus. 

Describes the trials and failure of aviation pioneer 

Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the 

Smithsonian Institution, and his pilot Charles Manly. 

The author also presents the stage of work the Wright 

brothers attained at this point, reporting on their intuitive 

genius, their efforts with a wind tunnel and wing 

warping, numerous tests, and their ultimate achievement 

of the first successful powered flight. This firstflight 

claim by the Wright brothers was contested by 

the Smithsonian Institution and remained unresolved 

until 1942. 

Ault, Phillip H. Sticks and Canvass By the Seat of 

Their Pants: The Story of Early Aviation. New York: 

Dodd, Mead and Company, 1978, pp. 25—51, +illus. 

History of early aviation, including the Wright 

brothers. 


Costelle, Daniel, and Marrand, Michel. [History of aviation] 

Histoire de l aviation. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 

1978, 224 pp., +illus. (pertinent pp. 24—27) 

Pictorial history of the significant personalities, 

events, and aircraft in the development of aviation, 

based on a French television production by Pathe- 

T.F.1 (Television Francaise 1). The Wright brothers 


appear in one section, which deals with the first flight 

of their Flyer in Dec. 1903; the American actor, 

Haywood Harrel, portrays Orville. 

In French. 

Combs, Harry, and Caidin, Martin. Air Age Was Now. 

American Heritage, Dec. 1979, pp. 45—60, +illus. 

The article describes the many failures and the final 

triumph of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N. C., 

1902-1903. 

Gollin, Alfred. Wright Brothers and the British 

Authorities, 1902-1909, English Historical Review, 

Apr. 1980, vol. 95. 

Based on the Wright brothers papers in the Library 

of Congress and War Office papers in the Public 

Record Office. Numerous footnotes passim. 

This article takes issue with Percy B. Walker who 

maintained, in his work on the history of British aviation, 

that the Wright brothers and not the British 

authorities were responsible for the failure of the 

negotiations to sell their flyer to the British government. 

He accused Wilbur of muddled thinking for 

asserting in the letter that the British government was 

given the first chance to purchase the invention when 

the U.S. government had already been approached. 

Furthermore, the Wrights did approach the War Office 

between 1906 and 1908, contrary to an inaccurate 

assertion by Walker. 

Long, G. Allison. Huffman Prairie, American Aviation 

Historical Society Journal, Summer 1980, pp. 107—111, 

+illus. 

Description and history of the 153-acre field used 

by the Wright brothers for their hangar and test flights 

between 1903 and 1911. Huffman Prairie is now part 

of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. 

Fisk, Fred C. Wright Brothers Bicycles. Wheelmen, 

Nov. 1980, no. 17, pp. 2—13, +illus. 

A nicely detailed discussion of the Wright brothers 

bicycle business, including numerous photographs. 

The author argues that the knowledge and insights the 

brothers gained from their bicycle business was essential 

to their success in inventing the airplane. 

Moolman, Valerie. Road to Kitty Hawk. Alexandria, 

Virginia: Time—Life Books, 1980, 176 pp., +illus. 

History of flight from the earliest times to the flight 

of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, Dec. 17, 1903, 

with a brief account of subsequent flights by the 

Wright brothers through 1905. Includes numerous 

photographs and illustrations, a chronology of major 

dates in the history of flight, and an extensive index. 

Bibliography of about 100 entries. 

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Hayman, LeRoy. Aces, Heroes and Daredevils of the 

Air. New York: Julian Messner, 1981, 189 pp., +illus. 

Brief biographies of selected personalities and 

accounts of historical events in aviation from the first 

flight of the Wright brothers to the end of World War 

II. For older children; includes photographs and an 

index. 

Zisfein, Melvin B. Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. 

Flight: A Panorama of Aviation. New York: Pantheon 

Books, 1981, 119 pp., +illus. 

An illustrated history of flight, from myths and legends, 

to early aviation and the Wright brothers, to 

modern supersonic transports. Bibliography p. 114. 

Smith, Richard K. Not a Success But a Triumph: 80 

Years since Kitty Hawk, U.S. Naval War College 

Review, Nov.-Dec. 1983, vol. 36, pp. 4—20. 

The author begins with the Wrights flight demonstrations 

in France and the unique relationship 

between France and the Wright Brothers, then presents 

a history of their efforts and experiences which 

led to their first successful flight. 

Includes an artist s version of a reconstructed 

model of the Wright Wind Tunnel. 

Hallion, Richard. Epic of Flight Designers and Test 

Pilots. Alexandria, Virginia: Time—Life Books Inc., 

1983, 176 pp., +illus. 

Popular but technically detailed history of airplane 

design and flight testing. Contains scattered references 

to the Wright brothers, pointing out some of 

their outstanding accomplishments and how others 

improved on their designs. Includes numerous photographs 

and cutaway drawings of aircraft and engines, 

and an index. 

Nolan, Patrick B. Wright Brothers Collection. Aerospace 

Historian, Winter/Dec. 1984, pp. 272—276, +illus. 

Describes the Wright Brothers Collection housed in 

the Department of Archives and Special Collections 

of Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. The collection 

numbers more than 6,000 items and includes the 

technical books, journals, and pamphlets of the 

research library of the Wrights; extensive files of their 

business, financial, and legal records; the manuscript 

diaries of their father covering the years 1857 to 1917; 

and 1,500 original prints of their aviation experiments 

and demonstrations. 

Bilstein, Roger E. Flight in America 1900-1983: From 

the Wrights to the Astronauts. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins 

University Press, 1984, 356 pp., +illus. 

Detailed history of flight in the United States from 

1900-1983 with emphasis on the social, economic, 



and political aspects. The first chapter on early flight 

to 1918 is devoted to the Wright brothers. Includes 

photographs and an index. Chapter notes pp. 331—350. 

Geibert, Ron, and Malishenko, Tucker, editor. Early 

Flight: 1900-1911. Original Photographs from the 

Wright Brothers Personal Collection. Dayton, Ohio: 

Landfall Press, Inc., 1984, 95 pp., +illus. 

This book augments an exhibition opened at the 

U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force 

Base, Dayton, Ohio, in May 1984. Contains 56 photographic 

plates selected from the Wright brothers personal 

collection, housed at the Wright State University 

in Dayton, and taken by them, or of them, by others. 

The editors argue that this exhibition not only demonstrates 

the achievements of the Wright brothers in aviation 

but in photography as well. Includes introductory 

texts by Patrick B. Nolan, Archivist at Wright State 

University, Ohio, and Ron Geibert. Also includes 

numerous excerpts from Wilbur and Orville s letters, 

diary entries, and other materials. 

Gollin, Alfred. No Longer an Island: Britain and the 

Wright Brothers, 1902-1909. Stanford, California: 

Stanford University Press, 1984, 478 pp. 

Detailed history of the impact of the Wright brothers 

on British thought concerning the vulnerability of 

Great Britain to future air attack, controversies 

between proponents of naval and air power, and the 

impetus for the beginnings of a domestic aircraft 

industry in Great Britain in the years 1902-1909. 

Includes excerpts from letters and original documents, 

and an extensive index. 

Crouch, Tom D. Marvin W. McFarland, 1919-1985. 

Aerospace Historian, Summer/June 1985, p. 144. 

Obituary of Marvin W. McFarland, editor of the 

Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, selected from 

the Wright collection bequeathed to the Library of 

Congress by the Orville Wright estate, published in 2 

volumes in 1953, with explanatory notes, appendices 

of technical data, bibliographic aides, and graphic 

materials, considered one of the major primary 

sources for the Wright brothers, and a model for the 

editing of collections of technical and historical documents. 

Crouch, Tom D. Machine of Practical Utility: The 1905 

Wright Flyer. Timeline, Aug./Sep. 1985, pp. 24—37, 

+illus. 

Also included: The 1905 Wright Flyer Preserved 

and Restored. 

A detailed telling of the Wrights technical 

improvements, tests, and eventual successful flights 

of the 1905 airplane. The world s first practical air-

plane, it was the world s first passenger plane, carrying 

Charles Furnas on April 6, 1908. The author 

describes the Wright brothers entrance into the world 

of business with the signing of their first contract with 

the U.S. Signal Corps. Includes illustration of the 

1905 airplane, with specifications. 

Christy, Joe. First to fly Blue Ridge. In his High 

Adventure: The First 75 Years of Civil Aviation. Summit, 

Pennsylvania: Tab Books, Inc., 1985. 

Describes the significant events and circumstances 

that influenced the course of the development of nonmilitary 

aviation in the United States, beginning in the 

first chapter with the Wright brothers and the controversy 

with Glenn Curtiss. 

Roland, Alex. Model Research: The National Advisory 

Committee for Aeronautics 1915-1958. Washington, 

D.C.: NASA SP-4103, 1985, 769 pp. (2 vols.), +illus. 

Comprehensive and detailed history of the National 

Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), established 

in 1915 and replaced by NASA in 1958. 

Though often critical of some of its particular policies, 

the author describes NACA as a model research 

organization. Bibliographic essay pp. 305—320, chapter 

notes pp. 321—391. Includes an index. 

1986—1995 

Crouch, Tom D. How the Bicycle Took Wing. American 

Heritage of Invention & Technology, Summer 1986, pp. 

10—16, +illus. 

Popular journal article discussing the influence of 

the bicycle on the development of the airplane both 

for the analogy of bicycling and flying in the public 

mind, and for the technical problems that had to be 

solved particularly the problem of control and balance 

in all three axes of motion and the need for 

weight reduction. The author argues that the Wright 

brothers experience with the bicycle was an important 

factor, but it was their genius that was the decisive 

factor in their invention of the airplane. 

Harris, Patrick. Exhibition Era of Early Aviation in 

Oregon, 1910-1915. Oregon Historical Quarterly, Fall 

1986, vol. 87. 

Based on Oregon newspaper articles. Includes 

photos and 98 bibliographic notes. Describes demonstrations 

by the Glenn Curtiss and Wright brothers 

troupes; such events helped spark aviation fever in 

the Oregon press, public, and budding designers and 

flyers. 

Carson, Annette. Foreword by George C. Larson. Flight 


Fantastic: The Illustrated History of Aerobatics. 

Sparkford, England: Haynes Publishing Group, 1986, 

320 pp. 

A well-researched, detailed study of aerobatics, 

including the role of the Wright brothers, with numerous 

photographs, sketches, as well as diagrams of 

maneuvers. 

References on pp. 319—320. 

Culver, Edith Dodd. Talespins: A Story of Early Aviation 

Days. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 1986, 128 

pp., +illus. 

Reminiscences by the author, of the pioneers of aviation 

in the United States, and of her life as the wife 

of H. Paul Culver, the first pilot to fly a regularly 

scheduled air mail route between Washington, D.C., 

and New York in May 1918. Includes passing references 

to the Wright brothers and their sister Katharine, 

and an approving quote attributed to the people of 

Dayton that without Kitty Wright there wouldn t 

have been any Kitty Hawk. Includes an index and 

some photographs. 

Gibbons, Gail. Flying. New York: Holiday House, 1986, 

[32 pp.] 

Presents a brief history of flight, from balloons to 

space shuttles, including the Wright brothers. 

Walker, Lois E., and Wickam, Shelby E. From Huffman 

Prairie to the Moon: The History of Wright-Patterson 

Air Force Base. Washington, D.C.: United States Air 

Force Logistics Command, 1986. 

Excellent quality photographs, with history and 

general information on Huffman Prairie (1914-1916), 

various Wright airplanes, Wright School of Aviation, 

Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, establishment of 

Wilbur Wright Field. 

Includes extensive index. 

Christy, Joe. With contributions by Alexander T. Wells. 

American Aviation: An Illustrated History. Blue Ridge 

Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books, Inc., 1987, 394 pp., 

+illus. 

Designed as an aviation history textbook for college 

level aviation programs. Each chapter begins 

with a list of the major objectives to be covered and 

ends with a list of review questions. The Wright brothers 

are discussed in pp. 1—11. Includes numerous photographs 

and an extensive index; appendix B contains 

the answers to the objective questions. 

Boyne, Walter J. Smithsonian Book of Flight. 

Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Books, 1987, 288 pp., 

+illus. 

Also published by New York: Orion Books. 

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Popular history of flight up to the present and speculations 

on the future, illustrated by numerous photographs 

and paintings. Part I (pp. 28—70), covers the 

period from the Wright brothers first flight to the 

beginning of the First World War. Includes an index. 

Hooven, Frederick J. Longitudinal Dynamics of the 

Wright Brothers Early Flyers: a Study in Computer 

Simulation of Flight. Wright Flyer: An Engineering 

Perspective. Edited by Howard S. Wolko, Washington, 

D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space 

Museum, 1987, pp. 45—77, +illus. 

Technical description of computerized simulation 

of the longitudinal stability of the Wright flyers from 

1903 through 1910. Includes a computer program, 

mathematical equations, detailed numerical data and 

dimensions, and a personal account of the author s 

friendship with the Wright brothers, particularly 

Orville, from 1910 (when the author was 5 years old) 

to 1948. 

Villard, Henry Serrano. Contact! The Story of the Early 

Birds. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 

1987, 277 pp. 

From the Wright brothers to the outbreak of World 

War I. Includes an index, selected reading list and various 

appendixes on first airplane flights in different 

countries, airplane fatalities and their causes (1908- 

1910), and the first 100 certified aviators in major 

countries. 

Wolko, Howard S. editor. Wright Flyer: An Engineering 

Perspective. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 

National Air and Space Museum, 1987, 106 pp., +illus. 

Consists of the five papers presented at a symposium 

commemorating the 80th anniversary of the invention 

of the airplane, sponsored by the National Air and 

Space Museum, Dec. 16, 1983. The papers, listed separately, 

discuss the aerodynamic, structural, and power 

plant technology of the 1903 Wright airplane. 

Wolko, Howard S. Structural Design of the 1903 Wright 

Flyer. Wright Flyer: An Engineering Perspective. Edited 

by Howard S. Wolko, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian 

Institution, National Air and Space Museum, 1987, pp. 

97—106, +illus. 

Technical description of the structural design, particularly 

of the wings, of the 1903 Wright Flyer, to 

solve the problems of lift and thrust. Includes mathematical 

equations. 

Bryan, C. D. B. 2nd edition. National Air and Space 

Museum. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 

1988, 498 pp. 

The Wright brothers are featured in the Milestones 



of Flight, and included in Early Flight and Flight 

Testing ; detailed descriptions of museum exhibits, 

with numerous photographs and an index. 

Jefferis, David. Illustrated by Michael Roffe and Ron 

Jobson. Wings: The Conquest of the Air First Flyers. 

London: Franklin Watts, 1988, 32 pp., +illus. 

The history of man s desire to fly and descriptions 

of early flights and aircraft, including those of the 

Wright brothers. Includes glossary and index. 

Jakab, Peter L. Wright Brothers and the World s First 

Airplane: An Investigation of Technical Creativity and 

the Inventive Process. New Brunswick: Rutgers State 

University of New Jersey, 1989, 371 pp. 

Ph.D. dissertation in the history of science. 

Detailed and extensive study on how the Wright 

brothers solved the technical problems of flight, 

including the important role of their experience in 

building bicycles, and their ability to conceptualize 

practical solutions to mechanical problems using 

nonverbal graphic mental imagery. The author argues 

that the Wright brothers used a strictly engineering 

rather than theoretical approach and solved the basic 

elements of mechanical flight, particularly the need 

to balance stability and control in three axes, solutions 

basically still used today, in their 1902 glider, 

and that even though their solutions were improved 

on even in their own lifetime, especially in Europe, 

they deserve full credit for being the first to solve the 

problem. 

Lengenfelder, Jack W. Introduction by Frank Kingston 

Smith. Picture Postcard History of U.S. Aviation. 

Binghamton, New York: Almar Press, 1989, 122 pp. 

Annotated bibliography of postcards on aviation. 

Includes the Wright brothers original plane and the 

Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial. Descriptive 

captions for each view include: publisher, manufacturer, 

type, postmark (if any), and value based on an 

index ranging from very rare to very common. 

Boyne, Walter J., Gwynn-Jones, Terry, and Moolman, 

Valerie. How Things Work Flight. Alexandria, Virginia: 

Time—Life Books, 1990, 144 pp., +illus. 

Popular description of the mechanics of flight of 

aircraft, birds, and insects, illustrated by numerous 

photographs and drawings. Several examples refer to 

how the Wright brothers solved the problems of flight. 


Jakab, Peter L. Foreword by Tom D. Crouch. Visions of 

a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process 

of Invention. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution 

Press, 1990, 263 pp. (History of Aviation series).

A unique work, invaluable to serious scholars and 

inspiring to young students. The author presents a 

study of the Wright family and their interactions, principles 

of aeronautics and airplane design, detailed 

explanations of how the Wright brothers used their 

innate abilities to solve the most technical problems. 

Includes illustrations and photographs, bibliographical 

references, a bibliography, and index. 

Behringer, Wolfgang, and Ott-Koptschalijski, 

Constance. [Dream of Flight: Between Myth and 

Technology] Der Traum vom Fliegen: Zwischen Mythos 

und Technik. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag 

GmbH, 1991, 590 pp., +illus. 

Contains only a brief account of the first flight of 

the Wright brothers (pp. 394—400) and a few other 

scattered references, but provides a comprehensive 

and detailed history of flight in myth, literature, and 

reality from ancient times to the present. End notes pp. 

493—512 and refs. pp. 513—561. Includes an extensive 

index. 

In German. 

Biddle, Wayne. Barons of the Sky. New York: Simon and 

Schuster, 1991, 366 pp. 

In this history of the aircraft and aerospace industries 

especially their military aspects the author 

includes brief discussion of the Wright brothers early 

experiments and first flight, the Wright Company and 

Wright Aeronautical Company, and the Wright— 

Martin Aircraft Corporation. 

Includes bibliographical references, a selective bibliography, 

and an index, pp. 329—366. 

Boyne, Walter J. Leading Edge. New York: Artabras 

Publishers, 1991, 232 pp., +illus. 

Updated reprint, originally published by New York: 

Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1986. Popular history of 

flight from the first Wright Flyer to the present, with 

emphasis on technological innovations. Includes 

numerous photographs and an index. 

Gildemeister, Jerry. Oil painting illustrations by Tim 

Larson. Avian Dreamers. Union, Oregon: Bear Wallow 

Publishing Company, 1991, 240 pp., +illus. 

Popular account of the important personalities and 

events in the history of flight in the United States, 

with a chapter each, including the Wright brothers. 

Includes numerous photographs. 

Harris, Sherwood. First to Fly: Aviations Pioneer Days. 

Blue Rudge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab/Aero Books, 

1991, 231 pp. 

Reprint of 1970 Simon and Schuster edition. 

A detailed history from the early years to 1915, 


including diary notations, letters, photographs of the 

Wright brothers, their 1900 and 1902 gliders, and 

1903, 1904, and 1905 airplanes. Documents accidents 

involving such figures as Beachey, Bl riot, Quimby, 

and Selfridge. Bibliography and photo credits pp. 

221—224. 

Kelly, Ann Marie. Illustrated by Judy Wong Bedian. 

Wright Connection U.S.A., pt. 1 & 2. Flying 

Connections: The Dream Comes True. Roslyn, New 

York: Berrent Publications, Inc., 1991, pp. 82—93, +illus. 

Describes the Wright brothers dreams of flight and 

the efforts to make these dreams a reality. 

Ethell, Jeffrey L. Frontiers of Flight. New York: Orion 

Books, 1992, 256 pp., +illus. (pertinent pp. 12—31). 

A history of aviation, with richly illustrated text, 

beginning with the 1903 Wright Flyer and concluding 

with the record-breaking 1986 flight of Voyager. 

Includes index. 

Spangenburg, Ray, and Moser, Diane K. Connecting a 

Continent: The Story of Air Transport in America. In 

their It All Began at Kitty Hawk: The Early Days of 

Flying in America. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1992. 

Includes an overview of the life and work of the 

Wright brothers, especially their early attempts and 

ideas which eventually led to their first successful 

flight. 

Patrick, Michael. 90 Years of Flight. Popular 

Mechanics, Dec. 1993, pp. 25—32, +illus. 

Firsts in aviation history from the first controlled 

powered flight by the Wright brothers in Dec. 1903 to 

the beginning of production of the F-22 combat jet in 

Dec. 1993, each illustrated by a photograph or painting 

with a brief explanatory text. 

Blackman, Steve. Illustrated by Jeremy Pyke and photography 

by Martyn Chillmaid. Planes and Flight. New 

York: Franklin Watts, 1993, 32 pp., +illus. 

Describes some the different devices, including hot 

air balloons, gliders, and airplanes, used to get people 

into the air. Includes various projects that children can 

do. Cites the example of the Wright brothers first controlled 

powered flight, p. 28. 

Parramore, Thomas C. Triumph at Kitty Hawk: The 

Wright Brothers and Powered Flight. Raleigh: North 

Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of 

Archives and History, 1993, 124 pp., +illus. 

Detailed account of the Wright brothers activities 

at Kitty Hawk and of the people they associated with 

there, many of whom became lifelong friends, and of 

what became of those people. The author argues that 

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if the Wright brothers had first chosen any place other 

than Kitty Hawk, the airplane might well have been 

invented by someone else many years later in another 

country. Includes original photographs, excerpts from 

correspondence and newspaper articles of the time, 

and an extensive index. Notes on pages 103—115. 

Robie, William A., Jr. Foreword by Chuck Yeager. For 

the Greatest Achievement: A History of the Aero Club of 

America and the National Aeronautic Association. 

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, 

378 pp. 

A well-written and well-researched history, which 

ranges from the Aero Club s early support of the 

Wright Brothers to a chronology of the recipients of 

the annual Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. 

References and bibliographies, pp. 325—368. 

Mansfield, Howard. What Makes It Wright? Air & Space 

Smithsonian, June-July 1994, pp. 84—93, +illus. 

Popular journal article on reproductions of the 1910 

Wright Model B by two groups. The first group, made 

up of now-retired engineers from Wright-Patterson 

Air Force Base, Tom Sheetz and Charles Dempsey, 

built a redesigned look-alike, as they describe it themselves, 

which has the same dimensions as the original 

but has wings made of steel instead of wood and fabric, 

uses ailerons instead of wing warping, and is powered 

by a 205-horse-power Lycoming helicopter 

engine. Their reproduction was completed in 1982 

and is now based at the Dayton General Airport where 

it still provides short flights to the public for entertainment. 

The other group consisting of Rick Young, 

Ken Hyde, Greg Cone, and Andrew King is attempting 

to build an exact replica which they eventually 

hope to fly. The article presents different views on 

how close to the original reproduction should be to be 

considered a true reproduction. 

Baker, David. Flight and Flying: A Chronology. New 

York: Facts on File, Inc., 1994, 549 pp., +illus. 

Important dates in the history of flight from 850 B.C. 

through 1991, listed chronologically with a paragraph 

for each date. Includes numerous photographs, a glossary, 

and an extensive aircraft name and subject index. 

Glines, Carroll V., and Zubkoff, Harry M. Flights: 

American Aerospace . . . Beginning to Future. 

Montgomery, Alabama: Community Communications, 

1994, 214 pp. 

A historic survey of the American aerospace industry, 

beginning with the Wright brothers achievement 

of powered flight. Includes drawings of the Wright 

Machine and the Curtiss Machine, showing especially 

the control systems used in each airplane. 



Sharman, Margaret. 1900s: The First Decade. Austin, 

Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1994, 47 pp. 

Explores the decade of the 1900s worldwide, a time 

which included the Wright brothers first successful 

flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

Includes biographical references and index. 

Spick, Mike. Milestones of Manned Flight: The Ages of 

Flight from the Wright Brothers to Stealth Technology. 

New York: Smithmark Publishers, Inc., 1994, 144 pp., 

+illus. 

Popular history of selected events in the development 

of controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight, from the 

first Wright Flyer of 1903 to the stealth fighter of 1992. 

Each event has its own chapter of 2-4 pages consisting 

of photographs with a few paragraphs of text. The 

Wright brothers are included in the first chapter. 

[U.S. Air Force Materiel Command]. Against the Wind: 

90 Years of Flight Test in the Miami Valley. Wright- 

Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: 1994, 216 pp., +illus. 

Popular but detailed history of flight testing in the 

Miami River Valley near Dayton, Ohio, particularly at 

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (named in honor of 

the Wright brothers, and Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson 

who was killed in a test flight in 1918), from the 

Wright brothers first test flights at Huffman Prairie in 

1904 to the transfer of the 4950th Test Wing from 

Wright-Patterson AFB to the Air Force Flight Test 

Center (AFFTC) at Edwards Air Force Base in 

California in 1994. Includes a few brief but pertinent 

references to the Wright brothers, numerous photographs, 

a chronology, and an extensive index. 

Lopez, Donald S. Aviation: A Smithsonian Guide. New 

York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1995, 256 pp., 

+illus. 

Popular history of aviation, from a general survey 

of ancient times and in more detail, from the Wright 

brothers to the present, illustrated by numerous photographs 

and drawings. Includes an index. 

Parker, Steve. Wright Brothers and Aviation. New York: 

Chelsea House, 1995, 32 pp., +illus. 

An overview of aviation, from the birth of the 

Wright brothers to the 1986 nonstop flight of Voyager 

around the world. Includes a world chronology from 

1852 to 1940 and a glossary. 

Originally published in London: Belitha Press, 

1994. Includes index. 

Sobolev, Dmitrii Alekseevich. [History of Aircraft. 

Initial Period] Istoriia samoletov. Nachal nyi period. 

Moscow: Rossiiskaia politicheskaia entsiklopediia 

(ROSSPEN), 1995, 343 pp., +illus.

A general but comprehensive history of flight 

worldwide, from the earliest times to the end of the 

First World War. Includes several references to the 

Wright brothers, particularly in chapters 6 ( From the 

Glider to the Airplane ) and 7 ( The Development of 

Airplane Design 1904-1909 ). 

In Russian. 

1996—2001 

Delear, Frank J. First-Flight Controversy. Aviation 

History, Mar. 1996, pp. 46—52, 69—70, 72. 

The author discusses the controversy concerning 

Gustave Whitehead and whether he did indeed 

achieve powered flight on August 14, 1901, over two 

years before the Wright brothers. 

Harrison, James P. Mastering the Sky: A History of 

Aviation from Ancient Times to the Present. New York: 

Sarpedon, 1996, 338 pp. 

A popular, detailed history; the author devotes a 

chapter to the Wrights. 

Includes photographs and illustrations, bibliographical 

notes, a bibliography, and index. 

Stoff, Joshua. Picture History of Early Aviation, 1903- 

1913. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1996, 136 

pp., +illus. 

Popular history of aviation from 1903 through 

1913, illustrated by 307 photographs of the significant 

personalities and aircraft of the time, each described 

by a short paragraph of text. About 90 of the photographs 

are of the Wright brothers and their airplanes. 


Jakab, Peter L. Otto Lillienthal: The Greatest of the 

Precursors. AIAA Journal, Apr. 1997, pp. 601—607, 

+illus. 

Technical discussion of the German Otto 

Lillieanthal s (1848-1896) aeronautical contributions, 

particularly his experiments with gliders, his table of 

lift coefficients used by the Wright brothers but 

revised by them in their wind tunnel experiments 

and, ultimately, his inspiration to the Wright brothers 

which they fully acknowledged. Wilbur Wright called 

him without question the greatest of the precursors. 

Mohler, Stanley R. Human Factors Contributions of the 

Wright Brothers. Air Line Pilot, May 1997, pp. 22—24, 

+illus. 

Technical article on the automatic stabilizer invented 

by the Wright brothers and its significance in 

decreasing pilot workload. Also included are three 


illustrations from their patent for this device, No. 

1,075,533. 

Anderson, John D., Jr. Foreword by Von Hardesty. 

History of Aerodynamics and Its Impact on Flying 

Machines. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 

1997, 478 pp. 

The author devotes chapter 5, pp. 201—243, to the 

Wright brothers; additional references to them may be 

found throughout the text. This authoritative history 

includes numerous photographs, technical drawings, 

and mathematical equations. 

Yenne, Bill. National Aviation Hall of Fame. Foreword 

by Frank Borman. Legends of Flight. Lincolnwood, 

Illinois: Publications International, 1997, 216 pp., +illus. 

A chronicle of human flight from hot-air balloons 

to the Wright brothers to space shuttles. Includes an 

excellent view of the Wright Model A and a list of 

National Aviation Hall of Fame recipients. 

Crouch, Tom D. Thrill of Invention. Air & Space 

Smithsonian, Apr.-May 1998, pp. 22—30, +illus. 

Popular journal article on the construction and test 

flights of replicas of the Wright gliders of 1900, 1901, 

and 1902, particularly of the successful test flight of 

the 1902 replica in 1997, by Rick Young, Jay Gretten, 

and Ken Hyde. The 1902 glider solved the problem of 

control, was the basis of the Wright brothers patent 

for a flying machine, and was the model for the 1903 

Wright Flyer, which was in effect the powered version 

of the 1902 glider. Includes photographs of the replicas 

and a 19 by 29-inch detailed foldout drawing, by 

Bruce Morser, of the 1902 glider. 

Unitt, Pete. Charlie Taylor and the World s First Military 

Airplane. American Aviation Historical Society Journal, 

Fall 1998, pp. 228—235. 

Unitt sketches the biography of Charles Edward 

Taylor (1868-1956), who contributed to the Wright 

brothers aeronautical efforts during the 1900s. In 

addition to serving as an engineering consultant of 

sorts to the Wright brothers, Taylor also built the first 

engines for the Wright Flyer. Includes assembly drawing 

of 1903 Wright engine. 

Armentrout, Patricia. Miracle of Flight: Extreme 

Machines in the Air. Vero Beach, Florida: Rourke Press, 

Inc., 1998, 5 pp. 

Briefly describes the Wright brothers flying 

machine. 

Van der Linden, F. Robert, editor. Aircraft of the National 

Air and Space Museum, 5th edition. Washington, D.C.: 

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998, +illus. 

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In this expanded catalog of the National 

Aeronautics Collection, the editor compiled a selection 

of brief aircraft histories with photographs and 

many schematics including the Wright 1909 

Military Flyer and the Wright 1903 Flyer. Includes 

appendices. 

NASA Tests Replica of Historic 1903 Wright Flyer. 

AIAA Student Journal, Summer 1999, pp. 8, +illus. 

Brief description of wind tunnel tests by NASA, on 

a full-scale replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. The test 

data will be used by AIAA (American Institute of 

Aeronautics and Astronautics) volunteers to build a 

second Wright Flyer to be flown on Dec. 17, 2003, 

commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first 

flight in 1903. 

Crouch, Tom D. Kill Devil Hill, 17 December 1903. 

Technology and Culture, July 1999, pp. 594—598. 

The Wright brothers first successful aircraft used 

nineteenth-century technologies; these included several 

key elements of bicycle technology, such as the 

use of bicycle chains for the pulley system and wheel 

hubs for mounting. Orville and Wilbur s technological 

skills as photographers were also useful for recording 

the first flight. 

[Aeronautical Systems Center]. Wright-Patterson AFB, 

Ohio Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace: The 

Evolution of Aeronautical Development at the 

Aeronautical Systems Center. Wright-Patterson AFB: 

ASC History Office, 1999, 84 pp., +illus. 

The report presents a history of the Aeronautical 

Systems Center, from the Wright brothers to the postcold 

war period. Includes photographs of the Wright 

Cycle Shop, Wright Company Machine Shop, and the 

General Assembly Department of the Wright 

Company in Dayton. 

Millbrooke, Anne Marie. Aviation History. Englewood, 

Colorado: Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., Jeppesen 

Sanderson Training Products, 1999, var. pp., +illus. (pertinent 

pp. 2/1—2/36). 

In textbook format, a popular but detailed history of 

aviation from the invention of the hot air balloon in 

1783 to the present. One chapter is devoted to the 

Wright brothers, their patents, and their flyers. 

Includes study questions, a bibliography, and a timeline 

for each chapter, numerous photographs and 

drawings, and an extensive index. The first Wright 

patent for a flying machine, basically a description of 

their 1902 biplane glider applied for and rejected in 

1903 but then finally awarded in 1906, is reproduced 

in full in an appendix. 



Taylor, Bob. Charles E. Taylor: The Man Aviation 

History Almost Forgot. Air Line Pilot, Apr. 2000, pp. 

18—21. 

Adapted and reprinted from Aviation News, 

November/December 1999. 

The author relates the story of Charlie Taylor, the 

Wright brothers mechanic, who played an important 

role in aviation history, but was forgotten until many 

years later. 

Ruane, Michael E. Birth of Flight, Reborn: No Detail 

Too Small for Pilot s Tribute at Wright Centennial. 

Washington Post, Sep. 12, 2000, pp. A1, A6, A7. 

Newspaper article about a project by a 61-year-old 

retired airline pilot, Ken Hyde, to build an exact reproduction 

of the 1903 Wright Flyer and fly it on Dec. 17, 

2003, at Kitty Hawk for the Wright Centennial commemorating 

the 100th anniversary of the first flight. 

Thompson, Bob. Museum of the American Century. 

Washington Post Magazine, Sep. 17, 2000, pp. 8—16, 

25—28, +illus. 

Popular account of how the exhibits at the 

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 

Washington, D.C., beginning with the original Wright 

Flyer, demonstrate the significance of major technological 

developments in the modern history of the 

United States and the world. 

Ruane, Michael E. Short Hop: The Wright Brothers 

Flyer Briefly Returns to Earth for a Trip to Safer 

Airspace. Washington Post, Nov. 3, 2000 pp. B1, B8, 

+illus. 

Newspaper account of the temporary transfer of the 

Wright Flyer in the National Air and Space Museum, 

from its permanent place in the Milestones of Flight 

gallery to another gallery while skylights are being 

repaired for leaks. The article describes the sense of 

awe and reverence the museum workers and museum 

visitors feel toward the first Wright Flyer. 

Anderson, John D., Jr. Introduction to Flight. Fourth edition. 

Boston: McGraw—Hill, 2000, 766 pp. 

In this text intended for both students and engineers 

alike, the author presents the basic fundamentals of 

aerospace engineering in a manner that is not only 

clear and readable but also enjoyable and meaningful 

to the uninitiated reader. 

Information on the Wright brothers in general, and 

such specific topics as their engine design, the Wright 

Flyers I, II, and III; gliders nos. 1, 2, and 3; propeller 

design; and the wind tunnel is included. 

Kingseed, Wyatt. First Airplane Fatality American 

History. United States, Feb. 2001, pp. 28—34.

An article on the first fatality during a test flight 

piloted by Orville Wright, in which Lt. Thomas E. 

Selfridge accompanying Wright as an observer 

was fatally injured. The author also describes the 

rivalry between the Wright brothers and Dr. Alexander 

Graham Bell and the group called the Aerial 

Experiment Association. 

Gunston, Bill editor. Aviation Year By Year, New York: 

2001, 984 pp. 

A richly illustrated chronology comprised of brief 

journalistic entries, with an extensive general index 

and an equally extensive listing of picture credits. The 

Wright brothers are included throughout, from the 

entry for August, 1899 when they build and test a 

biplane kite to the announcement of Orville s death 

at 76 in 1948. 

Powerplant 

Lippincott, Harvey H. Propulsion Systems of the Wright 

Brothers. in Wright Flyer: An Engineering Perspective. 

Edited by Howard S. Wolko. Washington, D.C.: 

Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space 

Museum, 1987, pp. 79—95, +illus. 

Technical description of the propellers and engines 

of the Wright flyers, 1903-1911, particularly of the 

1903 Wright Flyer. Includes mathematical equations, 

photographs, and a detailed cutaway drawing of the 

1903 engine. 

Engine 

Wright Brothers 28- to 30-Horsepower Aeroplane 

Motor. Scientific American, Dec. 15, 1906, vol. 95, pp. 

448—449, +illus. 

Brief note on exhibition of Wright four-cylinder 

engine at the Second Annual Exhibition of the Aero 

Club of America, December 1906. 

Nicolleau, Auguste. L Aeronautique en Am rique. 

L A rophile, Jan. 1907, vol. 15, pp. 13—15, +illus. 

Includes report on Le nouveau moteur des fr res 

Wright, p. 15, which is based on the account in the 

Scientific American, December 15, 1906. 

Moteurs cylindres verticaux et parall les. 1er moteur 

Wright. Le G nie civil, June 19, 1909, vol. 55, p. 152, 

+illus. 

The Wright engine built by Bariquand et Marre in 

France. 

Powerplant 

Dierfeld, [Benno]. Der Wright-Motor der Neuen 

Automobil-Gesellschaft in Obersch neweide bei Berlin. 

Zeitschrift Verein der Deutscher Ingenieure, May 28, 

1910, vol. 54, pp. 886—888, +illus. 

Details of the Wright engine manufactured in 

Germany by the Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft at 

Oberschoneweide. 

Dyke, Andrew L. Features of the Standard Wright 

Motor. Aero, New York, Nov. 5, 1910, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 

15, +illus. 

Four-cylinder engine used in the Baby Wright, 

1910. 

Aero Engines: Wright. In All the World s Airships 

1910-11. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 

1910, p. 434. 

Scant details in 1910-1914 editions. 

Andr , Henri. Moteur Wright (Salon 1909). In his 

Moteurs d aviation et de dirigeables. Paris: L. Geisler, 

1910, pp. 151—152, +illus. 

The four-cylinder Wright engine built by Bariquand 

et Marre and exhibited 1909 in Paris. 

Brewer, Robert W. A. Wright Engine. In his The Art of 

Aviation. London: Crosby, Lockwood and Son, 1910, pp. 

66—68. 

The Bariquand et Marre engine. 

Lumet, Georges. Le Moteur Wright. In his Les Moteurs 

d aviation. Paris: H. Dunod et E. Pinat, 1910, pp. 60—61. 

Short description of the four-cylinder Wright 

engine manufactured by Bariquand et Marre. 

Vorreiter, Ansbert. Motor der Gebr der Wright. In his 

Motoren f r Luftschiffe und Flugapparate. Berlin: 

Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1910, pp. 110—112, +illus. 

Brief description of improved four-cylinder Wright 

engine being built in Germany by the Neue 

Automobil Gesellschaft for the Flugmaschine 

Wright-Gesellschaft. 

Wright Aeroplane Motor Type 6-60. Dayton, Ohio: 

The Wright Co., [1913], 4 pp., +illus. 

Leaflet issued by the Wright Company advertising 

this motor. 

Phipps, Walter H. Leading Aeronautical Motors of the 

World: Wright. Aircraft. June 1913, vol. 4, pp. 88, 90. 

Brief specifications of the four- and six-cylinder 

engines. 

The New Wright Six-Cylinder Motor. Aeronautics, New 

York, Oct. 1913, vol. 13, p. 141, +illus. 

A Bibliography 77

Account of use in Wright type hydroplane piloted 

by Harry A. Atwood. 

Loening, Grover C. The New Wright Six-Cylinder 

Motor. Aircraft, Nov. 1913, vol. 4, p. 210, +illus. 

The 6-Cylinder 60-Horsepower Wright Motor. 

Aeronautics, New York, Nov. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 

177—179, +illus. 

Detailed account of 6-60 engine. 

Wrights Produce Economical Six. Aero and Hydro, Nov. 

15, 1913, vol. 7, p. 87, +illus. 

The 6-60 engine. 

The New Wright Flexible Drive. Scientific American, 

June 13, 1914, vol. 190, p. 484. 

Auxiliary shaft as adopted in the new aeroboat 

model. 

Angle, Glenn D. Wright [Engines]. In his Airplane 

Engine Encyclopedia. Dayton, Ohio: Otterbein Press, 

192, pp. 521—523, +illus. 

Brief description of Wright 4, 6, and 8 cylinder and 

6-60 engines. 

Lawrance, Charles L. The Development of the Airplane 

Engine in the United States. In International Civil 

Aeronautics Conference, Washington, D.C., December 

12-14, 1928, Papers Submitted by the Delegates for 

Consideration by the Conference. Washington, D.C.: 


In his discussion of the Early Period author has 

brief description of early Wright engines, pp. 412—414. 

McSurely, Alexander. The Horsepower at Kitty Hawk. 

Bee-Hive, Jan. 1963, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 7—11, +illus. 

Account of the development of the first Wright 

aeroplane engine. 

Hobbs, Leonard S. Smithsonian Annals of Flight, No.5. 

Wright Brothers Engines and Their Design. 

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971, 


Technical description of the flight engines used by 

the Wright brothers, 1903-1915. Includes many photographs, 

detailed drawings, and a one-page index. 

Gunston, Bill. Fully revised 2nd edition. World 

Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Wellingborough, United 

Kingdom: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989, 192 pp. 

Technical descriptions with corresponding photographs 

of engines; includes the Wright Hispano, the 

J65, Martin, and Whirlwind. Also includes a glossary 

and index. 

Powerplant 


Sanbongi, Bryan. Aircraft Engine: An Historical 

Perspective of Engine Development through World War 

I. Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and 

Research (JAAER), Spring 1999, pp. 7—17. 

An overview of the technical development of the 

aircraft engine from the early 1800s through 1918, 

including the Wright Flyer. 

Propeller 

Brown, Harold S. A Defense of the Wright System of 

Propellers. Scientific American, Dec. 26, 1908, vol. 99, 

p. 471. 

Letter to the editor, December 1908, commenting 

on Wrights use of twin propellers and stating belief 

that propeller was not the immediate cause of the Fort 

Myer accident. 

Margoulis, Wladimir. Wright & Voisin. Le Rendement 

des h lices Wright (r ponse M. Lefort). L A rophile, 

Mar. 1909, vol. 17, p. 101. 

Brief comment on previous article in L Aerophile, 

February 1, 1909, pp. 51—54 titled, L A roplane 

Wright et les a roplanes francais. 

Eberhardt, Carl. Die Wright sche Luftschraube und der 

Fahrwiderstand der Wright schen Flugmaschine. Der 

Motorwagen, Aug. 20. 1909, vol. 12, pp. 630—632, +illus. 

Published also in his Theorie und Berechnung der 

Luftschrauben, Berlin: Verlag von M. Krayn, 1910, 

pp. 94—98, +illus. 

Details and calculations on the Wright propeller by 

a German engineer attached to the Royal Prussian 

Aerial Battalion in Berlin. 

Wrights Propeller Efficiency. Aeronautics, New York, 

Nov. 1909, vol. 5, pp. 174—175, +illus. 

Based on calculations of Captain Eberhardt above. 

Aston, W. G. A Consideration of Some Existing 

Propellers. Aero, London, May 3, 1910, vol. 2, pp. 

348—349, +illus. 

Includesdiscussion on the Wright brothers propeller. 

Dallwitz-Wegner, Richard von. Die Wright-Schraube. In 

his Der Treibschrauben Konstrukteur. Rostock, i. M.: 

C. J. E. Volckmann, 1911, pp. 139—140, +illus. 

James, Sydney V. Aerial Screw Practice. Aero and 

Hydro, Dec. 7, 1912, vol. 5, pp. 180—182, +illus. 

Includes description of the Wright propeller with 

discussion of blade outline, pitch, cross section, line 

of center of pressure, and construction.

McSurely, Alexander. The Wrights and the Propeller. 

Bee Hive, Spring 1953, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 20—24, +illus. 

Account of the early Wright propeller experiments 

and the Wright brothers later operating experiences 

with their propellers. 

Automatic Stabilizer 

Wrights Patent Automatic Stability. Flight, July 10, 

1909, vol. 1, pp. 406—407, +illus. 

Abstract in Rivista Tecnica di Aeronautica, July, 

1909, vol. 6, pp. 232—233; Aeronautics, [New York], 

Sept. 1909, vol. 5, pp. 90—91. 

Based on specifications of the Wrights British 

patent No. 2913, filed February 6, 1909, and granted 

September 9, 1909. The automatic stabilizing device, 

used in actual flights by the Wrights as early as 1908, 

was first described in their American patent No. 

1,075,533, filed February 10, 1908. 

Orlovskii, Petr. Novyi avtomaticheskii stabilizator sistemy 

br. Rait [Wright brothers new automatic stabilizer]. 

Viestnik vozdukhoplavaniia, Dec. 1909, no. 2, pp. 21—22, 

+illus. 

Automatic Stabilizing System of the Wright Brothers. 

Scientific American Supplement, Jan. 14, 1911, vol. 71, 

pp. 20—21, +illus. 

Based on British and French patent specifications. 

Aubigny, Eug ne d . Le Nouveau planeur Wright, 

LA ro, Oct. 29, 1911, vol. 5, no. 272, p. 1, +illus., Oct. 

30, no. 273, p. 1. 

Includes comments by Ernest Archdeacon, Marcel 

Armengaud, and Ren Quinton. 

Der Wright-Stabilisator. Flugsport, Feb. 28, 1912, vol. 4, 

pp. 171—172, +illus. 

Report on use in 1911 glider flights at Kitty Hawk. 

Wright Automatic Stability System. Aeronautics, [New 

York], Oct. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 138—139, 142, +illus. 

Abridgment of Wright patent No. 1,075,533, filed 

February 10, 1908, and granted October 14, 1913. 

Loening, Grover C. The Wright Automatic Stabilizer. 

Flying, Jan. 1914, vol. 2, no. 12, p. 29. 

Brief general statement of operating principles, 

with an account of test by Orville. 

Dienstbach, Carl. The Wright Automatic Stabilizer for 

Aeroplanes. Scientific American, Jan. 3, 1914, vol. 110, 

pp. 17, 36—37, +illus. 

Automatic Stabilizer 

Discussion of Wright patent (1913) with statement 

of modifications. 

Stabilizer Qualifies Wright for Trophy. Aero and Hydro, 

Jan. 10, 1914, vol. 7, p. 179. 

Excerpts from the official report to the Aero Club of 

America by the committee which witnessed 17 flights 

by Orville at Dayton, December 31, 1913. 

Le Stabilisateur automatique Wright. L A rophile, Jan. 

15, 1914, vol. 22, p. 37. 

Brief note based on American announcement of 

award of Collier Trophy to Orville. 

The Wright Automatic Stabilizer. Aeronautics, New 

York, Jan. 15, 1914, vol. 14, pp. 3—4. 

Supplements note in October issue with explanation 

of modifications made after filing of patent application. 

The Collier Trophy of the Aero Club of America for 

1913 Awarded to Mr. Orville Wright for the 

Development and Demonstration of the Wright 

Stabilizer. Flying, Feb. 1914, vol. 3, no. 1, +illus. pp. 

6—7. 

Another account of demonstrations by Orville 

Wright at Simms Station, Dayton, December 31, 

1913, before committee of the Club. 

James, Paul. Le Stabilisateur automatique Wright. 

L A rophile, Feb. 1, 1914, vol. 22, p. 59, +illus. 

Based on descriptions in recent issues of American 

trade journals. 

Le Stabilisateur automatique Wright. Le G nie Civil, 

Feb. 14, 1914, vol. 64, p. 318, +illus. 

Based on description in Scientific American, 

January 3, 1914. 

Orville Wright s Fool-Proof Plane. Literary Digest, Feb. 

21, 1914, vol. 48, p. 374. 

Der automatische Wright-Stabilisator f r Flugzeuge. 

Deutsche Luftfahrer Zeitschrift, Mar. 4, 1914, vol. 18, p. 

110, +illus. 

Brief note based on patent specifications. 

S e, Alexandre. Consid rations sur le stabilisateur 

automatique Wright. L A rophile, Mar. 15, 1914, vol. 

25, pp. 134—135. 

Das Versprechen von Wright. Wiener Luftschiffer- 

Zeitung, Mar. 15, 1914, vol. 13, pp. 27—29. 

Summary of recent press reports on automatic stabilizer. 

A Bibliography 79

Bejeuhr, Paul. Der automatische Wright-Stabilisator. Die 

Umschau, Aug. 22, 1914, vol. 18, pp. 684—685, +illus. 

Orville Wright s New Stabilizer Almost Perfected. 

Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering, Dec. 15, 1915, 

vol. 1, p. 331. 

Published also in Aerial Age Weekly, Dec. 18, 1916, 

vol. 4, p. 359. 

Report on series of tests conducted by Orville in 

November with a new stabilizer based on gravity 

principle. 

Orville Wright inventa un estabilizador para aeroplanos. 

Tohtli, Feb. 1917, vol. 2, pp. 51—52. 

Based on description published in El Pueblo, 

January 8, 1917. 

Control Devices 

Die Steuerung des Wrightschen Fliegers. Flugsport, Feb. 

5, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 100—103, +illus. 

Outline of the steering mechanism of the Wright 

aeroplane. 

The Wright Control. Aero, New York, Nov. 5, 1910, vol. 

1, no. 5, p. 7. 

Brief note and explanatory statement by Wilbur 

Wright on the interconnection of the wing warping 

lever and the rudder. 

Mitchell, John W. Wrights Improved Anemometer. 

Aeronautics, New York, Jan. 1911, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 15. 

The Wrights first side slip indicator, here incorrectly 

called an anemometer, is described as a soaked 

and grimy rag supposedly regarded by the Wrights as 

superior to a pendulum or other similar device. 

The New Wright Control. Aeronautical Journal, Jan. 

1911, vol. 15, pp. 28—29, +illus. 

Drawings and detailed description of the new control 

furnished by an American correspondent. 

Illustrating the Control System of Wright Planes. Aero, 

St. Louis, Mar. 25, 1911, vol. 1, p. 228, +illus. 

Diagram only. 

Loening, Grover C. Controlling Apparatus. 8. Wright. In 

his Monoplanes and Biplanes; Their Design, 

Construction and Operation New York: Munn & 

Company, Inc., 1911, pp. 287—290. 

The Wright Company. Incidence Indicator. [Dayton, 

Ohio, 1913.], 1 p., +illus. 

Control Devices 


Advertising leaflet with illustration and brief 

description of operating principles of the indicator. 

The indicator described was a simple wind vane controlling 

a pointer moving over a dial which was controlled 

by a special mechanical contrivance which 

eliminated gravity influence. 

Wright Incidence Indicator. Aeronautics, New York, 

Aug. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 56, 58., +illus. 

Announces availability of the new incidence indicator 

and gives brief description. 

Wright Incidence Indicator Brought Out. Aero and 

Hydro, Aug. 9, 1913, vol. 6, p. 380, +illus. 

Published also in Aircraft, Sept. 1913, vol. 4, p. 

159. 

A Wright Incidence Indicator. Flight, Oct. 15, 1913, vol. 

5, p. 1178, +illus. 

Brief descriptive note. 

Wrights Adopt New Type Control. Aero and Hydro, Feb. 

21, 1914, vol. 7, pp. 263—264, +illus. 

Description of new automobile-type steering wheel 

in combination with a rotatable rudder handle which 

replaces older lever system. 

Loening, Grover C. The New Wright Control. Flying, 

Mar. 1914, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 60, +illus. 

The New Wright Control. Flight, Mar. 7, 1914, vol. 6, p. 

240, +illus. 

Wright Wheel Control. Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 15, 

1914, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 69. 

Brief descriptive note. 

Wright Improves Elevator Control. Aero and Hydro, 

Apr. 25, 1914, vol. 8, p. 40. 

Report on flight of Orville Wright with a new type 

elevator control on April 17. 

Jones, Ernest L. New Model Wright Incidence Indicator. 

Aeronautics, London, Feb. 16. 1916, vol. 10, p. 116, 

+illus. 

Apparently identical with 1913 model. 

The Wright Control System. In Gibbs-Smith, Charles H., 

The Invention of the Aeroplane (1799-1909), New York: 

Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, pp. 308—312, 

+illus. 

Included in discussion of control systems in use in 

1909 in Wright, Voisin, Bleriot, Antoinette, Henry 

Farman, and Curtiss aircraft.

Wind Tunnel 

Baker, M. P. The Wright Brothers as Aeronautical 

Engineers. SAE Quarterly Transactions, Jan. 1951, vol. 

5, pp. 1—17, +illus. 

Originally issued with slightly varying text as 

SAE Preprint 459, New York: Society of Automotive 

Engineers, 1950, 23 pp.; reprinted with exception of 

appendices and discussion, pp. 12—17, in Annual 

Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1950, 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 

1951, pp. 209—223; as Smithsonian Publication 

4030, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing 

Office, 1951, pp. 209—223; in Smithsonian Treasury 

of Science, vol. III, edited by Webster P. True, New 

York, Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1960, pp. 

1075—1104; and abridged with title, Wright 

Brothers; World s First Aeronautical Engineers, in 

Aero Digest, July 1953, vol. 67, pp. 18—24. 

Paper given before the National Aeronautic 

Meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers, 

New York, April 17, 1950, by the Assistant Technical 

Advisor to the Orville Wright Estate. Presents technical 

details of Wrights 1901 wind tunnel experiments. 

Also included are discussions: Wright 

Brothers and Aerodynamics, by Francis H. Clauser; 

Design, Structural Features of Wright Brothers 

Airplane, by Alexander Kartvelli; Powerplants 

Built by Wright Brothers, by Opie Chenoweth. 

. The Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel 

Experiments. Dayton: the author, [1949], 20 pp. +illus., 

processed. 

Lecture delivered at Oberlin College, May 26, 

1949. 

Brewer, Griffith. Original Wind Tunnel of the Wright 

Brothers. U.S. Air Services, Nov. 1938, vol. 23, no. 11, 

pp. 17—18. 

Published also in Proceedings of the Fifth 

International Congress for Applied Mechanics, 

Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 12-16, 1938, New York: 

John Wiley & Sons, 1939, pp. 741—743; Brewer, 

Griffith, Fifty Years of Flying, London: Air League 

of the British Empire, 1946, pp. 96—101. 

Address delivered at the dedication of the Wright 

Brothers Memorial Wind Tunnel at the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 

12, 1938. 

Culick, F. E. C., and Jex, Henry R. Aerodynamics, 

Stability, and Control of the 1903 Wright Flyer. In Wright 

Flyer: An Engineering Perspective. Edited by Howard S. 

Wolko. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 

National Air and Space Museum, 1987, pp. 19—43, +illus. 

Wind Tunnel 

Technical description of wind tunnel tests in 1982 

and 1983, on 1/6- and 1/8-scale models of the 1903 

Wright Flyer, for stability and control. Includes 

graphs and mathematical notations. 

Gerhardt, W. F. Wright and Prandtl; Some Early Wind 

Tunnel Tests Interpreted in the Light of Prandtl s 

Induction Theory. [Detroit: the author, 1938], 18 pp. 

(typescript) and diagrs., 5 pp. 

Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting of 

the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, January 

26, 1938. Author deals briefly with 1901 wind-tunnel 

experiments and attempts modern interpretation 

of Wright data. 

Lewis, George W. The Wright Brothers as Researchers. 

Aviation. Aug. 1939, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 20—21, 81, +illus. 

Advance publication with special title of the section, 

Research in the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel in his 

27th Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture Some Modern 

Methods of Research in Problems of Flight, delivered 

before the Royal Aeronautical Society, London, May 

25, 1939, and published in The Journal of the Royal 

Aeronautical Society, Oct. 1939, vol. 53, pp. 773—778. 

Based on data supplied the author by Orville 


McClarren, Ralph H. The Wright Brothers 

Aeronautical Engineering Collection at the Franklin 

Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. Journal of the Franklin 

Institute, Aug. 1951, vol. 252, pp. 175—196, +illus. 

Includes listing of Wrights 1901 and 1917 windtunnel 

apparatus and drawings and descriptions of 

data sheets and notes of the 1901 and 1917 wind-tunnel 

tests bequeathed to the Franklin Institute by 


Randers-Pehrson, Nils H. Wright Brothers. In his 

Pioneer Wind Tunnels, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian 

Institution, 1935, pp. 11—13, +illus. (Smithsonian 

Publication 3294 and Smithsonian Miscellaneous 

Collections, vol. 93, no. 4). 

Saar, John. Space-Age Wind Tunnels Reshape Old 

Notions of Streamlining. Smithsonian, Jan. 1982, pp. 

76—85. 

Follows the development of the wind tunnel and 

its importance in the advancement of flight, from the 

Wright brothers experiments in preparation for their 

flight in 1903 to the world s largest wind tunnel for 

aerospace research under construction at the Ames 

Research Center at Moffett Field, California. 

Shaw, Herbert. Orville Wright Finds Historic Relic, 

Long Lost. Mechanism Which Made First Flight 

A Bibliography 81

Possible Comes to Light in Laboratory Attic. U.S. Air 

Services, Jan. 1947, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 17—18, +illus. 

Reprinted from Dayton Daily News. 

The balances used in the Wrights 1901 wind tunnel 

and lost December 6, 1916, were found in the attic of 

Orville s laboratory, December 9, 1946. 

Warner, Edward P., and Norton, Fredrick H. Wind 

Tunnel Balances. National Advisory Committee for 

Aeronautics Report No. 72, 1920, 40 pp. 

Preprinted from Fifth Annual Report of the 

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1919, 


pp. 647—648. 

Includes Brief Notes on Balances of Other 

Types, pp. 39—40. This was the balance used by 

Orville Wright in the wind tunnel at his Dayton laboratory, 

1917-1922. 

Wright Brothers Studies. Science News Letter, June 4, 

1949, vol. 55, p. 355, port. 

Brief note on Wright wind tunnel instruments on 

the occasion of presentation of reproductions to 

Oberlin College. 

The Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel. U.S. Air Services, 

July 1939, vol. 24, no. 7, p. 7. 

Editorial comment on Dr. George W. Lewis 1939 

Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture before the Royal 

Aeronautical Society. 

Patents and Patent Suits 

United States 

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio. 

Flying-Machine. No. 821,393. Specification of Letters 

Patent. Application Filed March 23, 1903. Patented 

May 22, 1906. Washington, D.C.: United States Patent 


Abridged in The Official Gazette of the United 

States Patent Office, May 22, 1906, vol. 122, pp. 

1257—1258, and reprinted in Vehicles of the Air, by 

Victor Lougheed, Chicago: The Reilly and Britton 

Co., 1909, pp. 451—457. 

The basic Wright patent, incorporating the constructions 

and combinations of the Wright 1902 glider. 

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, 

Assignors to the Wright Company, a Corporation of 

New York. Flying-Machine. 1,075,533. Specification 



of Letters Patent. Application Filed February 10, 1908. 

Patented Oct. 14, 1913. Washington, D.C.: United 

States Patent Office, 1913, 14 pp., +illus. 


States Patent Office, Oct. 14, 1913, vol. 195, p. 353. 

Device for maintaining automatic stability. 

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio. 

Mechanism for Flexing the Rudder of a Flying 

Machine or the Like. No. 908,929. Specification of 

Letters Patent. Application Filed July 15, 1908. 

Patented Jan. 5, 1909. Washington, D.C.: United States 

Patent Office, 1909, 5 pp., +illus. 


States Patent Office, Jan. 5, 1909, vol. 138, p. 164. 


Assignors to the Wright Company, a Corporation of 

New York. Flying-Machine. No. 987,662. Specification 

of Letters Patent. Application Filed February 17, 1908. 

Patented Mar. 21, 1911. Washington, D.C.: United 

States Patent Office, 1911, 5 pp., +illus. 


States Patent Office, Mar. 2, 1911, vol. 164, p. 711. 


Assignors to the Wright Company, a Corporation of New 

York. Flying-Machine. No. 1,122,348. Specification of 

Letters Patent. Application Filed February 17, 1908. 

Patented Dec. 29, 1914. Washington, D.C.: United States 

Patent Office, 1914, 10 pp., +illus. 


States Patent Office, Dec. 29, 1914, vol. 209, p. 

1357. 

Orville Wright and James M. H. Jacobs, of Dayton, 

Ohio, Assignors to Dayton—Wright Company, of 

Dayton, Ohio, a Corporation of Delaware. Airplane. 

1,504,663. Application Filed May 31, 1921. Patented 

Aug. 12, 1924. Washington, D.C.: United States Patent 



States Patent Office, Aug. 12, 1924, vol. 325, p. 374. 

Invention designed to increase the lift of an airfoil 

through the use of a split flap. 

Orville Wright of Oakwood, Ohio, Assignor to the 

Miami Wood Specialty Company, of Dayton, Ohio, a 

Corporation of Ohio. Toy. 1,523,989. Application Filed 

November 10, 1923. Patented Jan. 20, 1925. 

Washington, D.C.: United States Patent Office, 1925, 4 

pp., +illus. 


States Patent Office, Jan. 20, 1925, vol. 330, pp. 

662—663.

The toy consists of a device by which an object, 

such as a doll, is thrown through the air and caused to 

be engaged and to be supported by a swinging bar. 

Austria 

Wilbur Wright und Orville Wright in Dayton (Ohio, V. 

St. A.) sterreichische Patentschrift Nr, 23174. 

Flugmaschine. Angemeldet am 23 M rz 1904. Beginn 

der Patentdauer: 15. September 1905. Ausgegeben am 

26. Februar 1906. Wien: Kais. K nigl. Patentamt, 1906, 


Wilbur Wright und Orville Wright in Dayton (Ohio, 

V.St. A.) sterreichische Patentschrift Nr. 36566. 

Drachenflieger. Angemeldet am 24. Februar 1908. 

Beginnder Patentdauer: Oktober 15. 1908. Ausgegeben 

am 10. M rz 1909. Wien: Kais. Konigl. Patentamt, 1909, 


Belgium 

Wright (O.) et Wright (W.) 176292. Imp. 

Perfectionnements aux machines a ronautiques. 23 mars 

1904 (brevet am ricain du 23 mars 1903). Recueil des 

brevets d invention, 1904, vol. 52, p. 509. 

Wright (W.) et Wright (O.) 211970. Imp. 

Perfectionnements aux machines a ronautiques. 13 

novembre 1908 (brevet francais du 18 novembre 1907, 

sous le b n fice de la convention internationale du 20 

mars 1883). Recueil des brevets d invention, 1908, vol. 

56, pp. 1919—1920. 

Wright (W.) et Wright (O.) 211971. Imp. 

Perfectionnements aux machines a ronautiques. 13 

novembre 1908 (brevet francais du 18 novembre 1907, 

sous le b n fice de la convention internationale du 20 

mars1883) Recueil des brevets d invention, 1908, vol. 

56, p. 1920. 

Wright (W.) et Wright (O.) 213823. Inv. 

Perfectionnements aux machines volantes, invention 

pour laquelle le brevet d clare avoir d pos aux tats- 

Unis d Am rique, le 10 f vrier 1908, sous le b n fice de 

la convention internationale du 20 mars 1883, une premiere 

demande de brevet non encore accord e a la date 

du 4 f vrier 1909. Recueil des brevets d invention, 1909, 

vol. 57, p. 224. 

Wright (W.) et Wright (O.) 217586. Inv. 


Perfectionnements au m canisme servant pres nter 

ungouvernail de machine a ronautique sous une forme 

concave, faisant l objet d une premi re demande de 

brevet d pos e aux tats-Unis d Am rique, le 15 juillet 

1908, sous le b n fice de la convention internationale du 

20 mars 1883 et non encore accord e la date du 8 juillet 

1909. Recueil des brevets d invention, 1909, vol. 57, 

p. 1230. 

France 

MM. Orville Wright et Wilbur Wright r sidant aux tats- 

Unis d Am rique. Brevet d invention No 342.188. 

Perfectionnements aux machines a ronautiques. 

Demand le 22 mars 1904. D livr le 1er juillet 1904. 

Publi le 1er septembre 1904. [Paris] Office National de 

la Propri t Industrielle, 1904, 4 pp., +illus. 

MM. Wilbur Wright et Orville Wright r sidant aux tats- 



Demand le 18 novembre 1907. D livr le 27 janvier 

1908. Publi le 30 mars 1908. [Paris] Office National de 





Demand le 18 novembre 1907. D livr le 27 janvier 

1908. Publi le 30 mars 1908. [Paris] Office National de 



Unis d Am rique. Brevetd invention No 401,905. 

Perfectionnements aux machines volantes. Demand le 8 

f vrier 1909. D livr le 14 ao t 1909. Publi le 21 septembre 

1909. [Paris] Office National de la Propri t 

Industrielle, 1909, 8 pp., +illus. 


Unis d Am rique. Brevetd invention No 404,866. 

Perfectionnements au m canisme servant pr senter un 

gouvernail de machine a ronautique sous une forme 

concave. Demand le 8 juillet 1909. D livr le 30 octobre 

1909. Publi le 14 decembre 1909. [Paris] Office 

National de la Propri t Industrielle, 1909, 3 pp., +illus. 

Germany 

Orville Wright und Wilbur Wright in Dayton, (V. St. A.) 

Patentschrift. Nr. 173378. Klasse 77h. Gruppe 7. 

A Bibliography 83

Mitwagerechtem Kopfruder und senkrechtem 

Schwanzruder versehener Gleitflieger. Patentiert im 

Deutschen Reichevom 24. M rz 1904 ab. Ausgegeben 

den 16. Juli 1906. Berlin: Kaiserliches Patentamt, 

1906, 4 pp., +illus. 

Orville Wright und Wilbur Wright in Dayton, V. St. A. 

Patentschrift. Nr. 240181. Klasse 77h. Gruppe 5. 

Vorrichtung zur Erhaltung eines bestimmten 

Einfallwinkels der Luftstromung zur Tragfl che vom 

Flugsmachinen. Patentiert im Deutschen Reiche vom 7. 

Februar 1909 ab. Ausgegeben den 28. Oktober 1911. 

Berlin: Kaiserliches Patentamt, 1911, 7 pp., +illus. 

Orville Wright und Wilbur Wright in Dayton, V. St. A. 

Patentschrift Nr. 240702. Klasse 77h.Gruppe 5. Steuer 

f r Flugmaschinen bei welchem Vorderkante und 

Hinterkante gegen den Wind in verschiedenem Winkel 

einstellbar sind. Patentiert im Deutschen Reiche vom 

15. Juli 1909 ab. Ausgegeben den 15. November 1911. 

Berlin: Kaiserliches Patentamt, 1911, 3 pp., +illus. 

Orville Wright in Dayton, V. St. A. Patentschrift Nr. 

259339. Klasse 77h. Gruppe 5. Flugzeugmit verwendbaren 

durch senkrechte St tzen gelenkig verbundenen 

Tragfl chenrahmen. Patentiert im Deutschen Reiche 

vom 13. November 1908 ab. Ausgegeben den 3. Mai 

1913. Berlin: Kaiserliches Patentamt, 1913, 3 pp., 

+illus. 

Orville Wright in Dayton, V. St. A. Patentschrift 

Nr.258732. Klasse 77h. Gruppe 5. Steuerung f r 

Flugzeuge mit verwindbaren Tragfl chen. Patentiert im 

Deutschen Reichevom 23. November ab. Ausgegeben 

den 17. Mai 1913. Berlin: Kaiserliches Patentamt, 

1913, 3 pp., +illus. 

Orville Wright in Dayton, V. St. A. Patentschrift 

Nr.259811. Klasse 77h. Flugzeug mitbeiderseits von 

der Maschinenmitte bez glich ihres Neigungswinkels 

gegen den Wind verschieden einstellbaren Tragfl chen. 

Patentiert im Deutschen Reiche vom 13. November 

1908 ab. Ausgegeben den 14. Mai 1913. Berlin: 

Kaiserliches Patentamt, 1913, 3 pp., +illus. 

Orville Wright in Dayton, V. St. A. Patentschrift Nr. 

260050. Klasse 77. Gruppe 5. Flugzeugmit verwindbaren 

Tragfl chen. Zusatz zum Patent 173378. 

Patentiert im Deutschen Reichevom 13. November 

1908 ab. L ngsten Dauer: 23. M rz 1919. Ausgegeben 

den 17. Mai 1913. Berlin: Kaiserliches Patentamt, 

1913, 3 pp., +illus. 



Hungary 

Wright Wilbur s Wright Orville gy rosok Daytonban. 

Szabadalmi leir s 44407 sz m. R p log p. A bejelent s 

napja 1908 febru r h 22-ike. Megjelent 1909. vi 

febru r h 24- n Budapest: Magy. Kir. Szabadalmi 

Hivatal, 1909, 5 pp., +illus. 



napja 1908 febru r h 22-ike. Megjelent 1909. vi 

febru r h 24- n Budapest: Magy. Kir. Szabadalmi 

Hivatal, 1909, 8 pp., +illus. 



napja 1909 februar ho 9-ike. Megjelent 1910. vi febru r 

h 12-en Budapest: Magy. Kir. Szabadalmi Hivatal, 

1910, 15 pp., +illus. 

Italy 

Wright Orville e Wright Wilbur a Dayton, Ohio (S. U. 

d America). 227/184.81601. Perfezionamenti nelle 

macchine aeronautiche, richiesto il 16 marzo 1906, prolungamento 

peranni 6 della privativa 189/181 de un 

anno dal 31 marzo 1904, gi prolungato per un anno 

conl attestato 204/38. Bollettino della proprieta intellettuale, 

June 30, 1906, vol. 5, p. 635. 

Wright Wilbur e Wright Orville, a Dayton, Ohio (S. U. 

d America). Perfectionnements aux machines a ronautiques. 

(Rivendicazione di priorit dal 18 novembre 

1907). Registro generale 99047. 14.11.1908. Bollettino 

della propriet intellettuale, Dec. 15-31, 1909, vol. 8, p. 

1277. 


d America). Perfectionnements aux machines a ronautiques. 

(Rivendicazione di priorit dal 18 novembre 

1907). Registro generale 99048. 14.11.1908. Bollettino 

della propriet intellettuale, Dec. 15-31, 1909, vol. 8, p. 

1277. 


d America). Perfectionnements aux machines volantes. 

(Rivendicazione di priorit dal 10 febbraio 1908). 

Registro generale 100791. 8.2. 1909. Bollettino della 

propriet intellettuale, Jan. 31, 1910, vol. 9, p. 91. 


d America). Perfectionnements au m canisme servant

pr senter un gouvernail de machine a ronautique 

sousune forme concave (Rivendicazione di priorita dal 

15 luglio 1908). Registro generale 103685. 8.7.1909. 

Bollettino della propriet intellettuale, Mar. 31, 1910, 

vol. 9, p. 368. 

Wright Orville e Wright Wilbur, a Dayton, Ohio (S. U. 

d America). Perfezionamenti nelle macchine aeronautiche. 

Registro generale 124336. 29.3.1912. Bollettino della propriet 

intellettuale, Oct. 31, 1912, vol. 11, p. 1069. 

Russia 

[Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright] Opisanie ostovadvoinogo 

aeroplana. [Description of the framework of a 

biplane.] K privilegii inostrantsev O. Raita (O. Wright) i 

U.Raita (W. Wright), v.g. Deitone, v severoamerikanskom 

shtate, Ogaio, zaiavlennoi 13 marta 1904 goda 

(okhr, svid. Mo. 23488, Gruppa V. No. 15010, 3 1ianvaria, 

1909 g. Svod privilegii vydannykh v Rossii, 1909, 

vyp. 1, pp. 59—61. 

Spain 

Mres. Wilbur Wright et Orville Wright. 44.332. Patente 

de invenci n por veinte a os por perfeccionamientos en 

m quinas para la aerostaci n. Presentada la solicitud en 

el Registro de este Ministerio en 11 de noviembre de 

1908. Recibido el expediente en 12 de idem. Concedida 

lapatente en 27 de idem. Bolet n oficial de la propriedad 

industrial, Dec. 16, 1908, vol. 23, p. 1750. 


de invenci n por veinte a os por Perfeccionamientos 

en m quinas para la aerostaci n. Presentada la solicitud 

en el Registro de este Ministerio en 11 de noviembre de 

1908. Recibido el expediente en 12 de idem. Concedida 

lapatente en 27 de idem. Bolet n oficial de la propriedad 

industrial, Dec. 16, 1908, vol. 23, p. 1750. 

Mres. Orville Wright et Wilbur Wright. 44.860. Patente 

de invenci n por veinte a os por Perfeccionamientos 

en m quinas voladoras. Presentada la solicitud en el 

Registro de este Ministerio en 6 de febrero de 1909. 

Recibido el expediente en 8 de idem. Concedida 

inpatente en 20 de idem. Bolet n oficial de la propriedad 

industrial, Mar. 16, 1909, vol. 24, p. 269. 


de invenci n por veinte a os por Un mecanismo perfeccionado 

qu sirve para dar una flexi n o forma 


arqueada al tim n de una m quina voladora otra por el 

estilo. Presentada la solicitud en el Registro de este 

Ministerio en 13 de julio de 1909. Recibido el expediente 

en 14 de idem. Concedida la patente en 7 deagosto 

de idem. Boletin oficial de la propriedad industrial, 

Sept. 1, 1909, vol. 24, p. 905. 

United Kingdom 

[Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright] Improvements in 

Aeronautical Machines. Complete specification. No. 

6732. Date claimed for Patent under Patent Act, 1901, 

being date of first foreign application (in United States), 

23rd Mar., 1903. Date of application (in the United 

Kingdom), 19th Mar., 1904. Accepted, 12th May, 1904. 

London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1904, 5 pp., 

+illus. 

[Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright] Improvements in or 

Connected with Flying Machines. Complete specification. 

No. 24,076. Date claimed for patent under Patents 

and Designs Act, 1907, being date of first foreign application 

(in France), 18th Nov., 1907. Date of application 

(in the United Kingdom), 10th Nov., 1908. Accepted 1st 

Apr., 1909. London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 

1909, 8 pp., +illus. 

[Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright] Improvements in or 



and Designs Act,1907, being date of first foreign application 

(in France), 18th Nov., 1907. Date of application 

(in the United Kingdom), 10th Nov., 1908. Accepted, 

18th Feb., 1909. London: H. Majesty s Stationery 


[Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright] Improvements in or 


No. 2913. Date claimed for Patent under Patents 


(in the United States). 10th Feb., 1908. Date of 

application (in the United Kingdom), 6th Feb., 1909. 

Accepted, 9th Sept., 1909. London: H. Majesty s 

Stationery Office, 1909, 13 pp., +illus. 

[Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright] Improvements in 

Mechanism for Actuating the Rudders or Controlling 

Planes of Aeronautical Machines. Complete specification. 



(in the United States), 15th July, 1908. Date of 

application (in the United Kingdom), 9th July, 1909. 

London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1909, 4 pp. 

A Bibliography 85

Court Records 

The Wright Company Vs. The Herring— 

Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss 

Brief for Complainant and Abstract of Evidence on 

Motion for Preliminary Injunction. United States Circuit 

Court, Western District of New York. Springfield, Ohio: 

The Young & Bennett Co., [1909], 163 pp. 

Submitted December 1909 in appeal by the Wright 

Company, filed August 18, 1909, to enjoin the 

Herring—Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss from 

manufacturing, selling, or using for exhibition purposes 

the Curtiss aeroplane. 

Opinion by John R. Hazel, District Judge. Circuit Court 

of the United States, Western District of New York. New 

York: C. G. Burgoyne, [1910], 7 pp. 

Published also in Federal Reporter, May-June 

1910, vol. 177, pp. 257—261. 

Opinion of January 4, 1910, granting a preliminary 

injunction to the Wright Company. Published with 

Judge Hand s decision of February 17 in the Wright 

Company Vs. Louis Paulhan suit. 

Transcript of Record, Appeal from the Circuit Court of 

the United States for the Western District of New York. 

United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second 

Circuit. New York: C. G. Burgoyne, [1910], 476 pp., 

+illus. 

Includes affidavits of Wilbur Wright given at 

Dayton, Ohio, September 18, 1909, pp. 13—40, 

December 11, 1909, pp. 252—253, at New York, March 

12, 1910 pp. 431—434, at Buffalo, March 19, 1910, pp. 

462—471; of Orville Wright at Dayton, Ohio, 

December 11, 1909, pp. 251—252; and of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright at New York, November 27, 1909, pp. 

203—250, at Dayton, Ohio, December 11, 1909, pp. 

261—271, and March 7, 1910, pp. 421—431. 

Also includes corroborating Wright testimony, 

defendant s affidavits as well as photographs, 

exhibits, and numerous other documents introduced 

into the record. 

Brief for Defendants-Appellants, United States Circuit 

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. New York: C. 

G. Burgoyne, [1910], 53 pp. 

Mr. Bull s Brief for Defendants-Appellants, United 

States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 

New York: C. G. Burgoyne, [1910], 17 pp. 

Court Records 


Brief for Complainant-Appellee, and Abstract of 

Evidence, on Appeal from an Order Granting a 

Preliminary Injunction. United States Circuit Court of 

Appeals, for the Second Circuit. Springfield, Ohio: The 

Young & Bennett Co., [1910], 189 pp. 

Submitted May 1910. 

Brief [of Mr. Wetmore] for Complainant-Appellee. 


Circuit. [New York: 1910], 7 pp. 

[Opinion of Lacombe, Coxe, and Noyes, Circuit Judges, 

June 14, 1910]. In Federal Reporter, Sept.-Oct., 1910, 

vol. 180, pp. 110—111. 

Reverses earlier order for a preliminary injunction. 

Defendant s Record. United States District Court, for the 

Western District of New York. New York: Appeal 

Printing Company, [1912], 2 vols, [1142 pp.] 

Includes deposition of Wilbur Wright, New York, 

September 13-14, 16, 1911, vol. 1, pp. 78—125, and 

other pertinent Wright articles, correspondence, and 

documents including the file wrapper and contents of 

the original Wright patent issued May 22, 1906. 

Complainants Record. United States District Court, 

Western District of New York. [Dayton, Ohio: 1912], 

820 pp. 

Includes extensive First Rebuttal Deposition of 

Wilbur Wright, Dayton, Ohio, February 15-23, 1912, 

pp. 473—614 (abstracted in Aeroplane, June 21-28, 

1916, vol. 10, pp. 990, 992, 1034 and in Aeronautical 

Journal, July-Sept. 1916, vol. 20, pp. 115—124) and a 

Second Rebuttal Deposition, February 26-March 2, 

1912, pp. 615—690 and also, in part, the testimony of 

Wilbur Wright as originally given in the Charles H. 

Lamson Vs. The Wright Company suit, March 30, and 

April 3, 1912, pp. 780—808. 

Also includes extensive testimony by William J. 

Hammer and James W. See and by other witnesses 

with introduction of Wright correspondence, records, 

and documents into the record. 

Complainant s Record-Appendix. Exhibits Reproduced. 

United States District Court, Western District of New 

York. [Dayton, Ohio: 1912], 151 pp., +illus. 

Includes reproduction of original Wright patent, 

photographs of the Curtiss, Willard, and Wright aeroplanes, 

text of Wright-Burgess and Wright Aeronautic 

Company licenses, St. Louis aviation 1910 and 1911 

meet licenses, and extensive reference to Albert F. 

Zahm s patent application no. 550,606, filed March 

21, 1910, and to that of Glenn H. Curtiss, no. 586,425, 

filed June 23,1910.

Brief and Digest of the Evidence for Complainant on 

Final Hearing. United States District Court, Western 

District of New York. Springfield, Ohio: The Young & 

Bennett Co., [1912], 221 pp. 

Submitted October 1912. 

Closing Arguments of Frederick P. Fish and Edmund 

Wetmore. United States District Court, Western District 

of New York. Boston: L. H. Lane, [1912], 55 pp. 

Arguments for the complainant before Judge Hazel, 


[Opinion of John R. Hazel, District Judge, February 21, 

1913]. In Federal Reporter, June-July 1913, vol. 204, 

pp. 597—614. 

[Transcript of Record on Appeal from the Decree of 

Court, April 8th, 1913.] United States Circuit Court of 

Appeals. [New York: 1913], 3 vols. (2184 pp.) 

Compilation and reprinting of pertinent records in 

the action including Complainant s Record and 

Defendant s Record above. 

Brief for Complainant-Appellee. United States Circuit 

Court of Appeals for the Second District. Springfield, 

Ohio: The Young & Bennett Co., [1913], 147 pp., and 

appendix, IX pp. 

Brief for Appellants. United States Circuit Court of 

Appeals, for the Second District. New York: Appeal 

Printing Company, [1913], 205 pp. 

Supplemental Brief on the Question of Infringement. 


Circuit. New York: C. G. Burgoyne, [1913], 26 pp. 

Complainant s Reply Brief on Question of Infringement. 


Circuit. Boston: L. H. Lane, [1913], 24 pp. 

[Opinion of Lacombe, Coxe, and Ward, Circuit Judges, 

January 13, 1914.] In Federal Reporter, Apr.-May 1914, 

vol. 211, pp. 654—655. 

Affirms earlier interlocutory decree upholding the 

validity of the Wright patent. 

The Wright Company Vs. 

The Curtiss Aeroplane Company 

Bill of Complaint. In the United States District Court, for 

the Western District of New York. [Dayton, Ohio: 

November 16, 1914], 11 pp. [typescript] 

Court Records 

Filed with supporting affidavits of A. F. Barnes and 

Orville Wright in a preliminary injunction motion 

November 17, 1914, against the Curtiss Aeroplane 

Company. Because of the sale of the Wright 

Company, October 15, 1915, subsequent delays, and 

the aircraft manufacturers cross-licensing agreement 

of July 1917, this case was not brought to trial. 

Affidavit of Orville Wright. [Dayton, Ohio: November 

16, 1914], 5 pp., +illus. [typescript] 

States that, despite earlier court decrees and judgments 

in favor of the Wright Company, the Curtiss 

Aeroplane Company is continuing to manufacture, 

use, and sell flying machines which infringe the 

Wright patent and gives a detailed report on the 

infringing features of the Curtiss aeroplane. 

Affidavit of Alpheus F. Barnes. [New York: November 

16, 1914], 8 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Edward C. Huffaker. [Hammondsport, New 

York: December 28, 1914], 7 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Grahame H. Powell. [Washington, D.C.: 

December 28, 1914], 4 pp., +illus. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Robert L. Reed. [Hammondsport, New 

York: December 28, 1914], 23 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Thomas W. Smillie. [Washington, D.C.: 

December 28, 1914], 2 pp., +illus. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Charles Gurtler. [Rochester, New York: 

January 5, 1915], 5 pp., +illus. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Edson Gallaudet. [New York: January 8, 

1915], 11 pp., +illus. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Charles M. Manley. [New York: January 9, 


Manly Second Affidavit. [New York: January 9, 1915], 4 

pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Harry Benner. [Hammondsport, New York: 

January 11, 1915], 3 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Glenn H. Curtiss. [Buffalo, New York: 


Affidavit of Henry C. Genung. [Buffalo, New York: 


Affidavit of G. Ray Hall. [Buffalo, New York: January 


A Bibliography 87

Affidavit of John A. D. McCurdy. [Buffalo, New York: 


Affidavit of Henry T. Wehman. [Hammondsport, New 

York: January 11, 1915], 4 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Dr. Albert F. Zahm. [Hammondsport, New 

York: January 11, 1915], 13 pp. and 11 photos. [typescript] 

Affidavit of William Elwood Doherty. [Hammondsport, 

New York: January 12, 1915], 3 pp. [typescript] 

Additional Affidavit of John A. D. McCurdy. [Buffalo, 

New York: January 12, 1915], 3 pp. [typescript] 

Charles M. Manley s 2nd Additional Affidavit. [New 

York: January 13, 1915], 5 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Charles A. Stiles. [New York: March 18, 

1915], 3 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Roy Knabenshue. [Dayton, Ohio: March 25, 


Affidavit of Harry C. Watts. [Los Angeles: March 27, 

1915], 1 p. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Walter R. Brookins. [Dayton, Ohio: April 


Affidavit of Orville Wright. [Dayton, Ohio: April 24, 


A reply to a number of the affidavits filed above 

with a discussion also of prior art and extensive testimony 

on the Langley Machine and Tests at 

Hammondsport, pp. 31—48. 

Affidavit of Walter R. Brookins. [Newcastle, 

Pennsylvania: April 30, 1915], 7 pp. [typescript] 

Affidavit of Orville Wright. [Dayton, Ohio: May 10, 


States that he has reason to believe but has been 

unable to prove that knocked-down Curtiss aeroplanes 

were being shipped to England and assembled 

there with the incorporation of a double acting 

aileron control. 

E. E. Winkley Vs. Orville & Wilbur Wright 

Brief for Wright & Wright. In the United States Patent 

Office. Consolidated Interference No. 32,042 Flying 

Court Records 


Machines. Springfield, Ohio: The Young & Bennett 

Printers, [1912], 10 pp. 

Submitted, May 1912, in an interference which 

was declared on August 12, 1910, by the 

Commissioner of Patents in an action by Erastus E. 

Winkley, an inventor, who developed an automatic 

control for sewing machines and conceived the idea 

that this control could be applied to the regulation of 

flying machine wings and claimed its disclosure at 

an earlier date than that of the Wrights. 

A decision by the examiner of interference, 

August 7, 1912, awarding priority of invention to the 

Wrights. This was appealed but the original decision 

was affirmed by the examiner in chief, May 26, 

1913. 

Flying Machines, Testimony in Behalf of Wright & 

Wright. United States Patent Office Interference No. 

32,042. [Interferences Nos. 32,042, 32,302, 32,304, 

32,305 and 32,306 Consolidated.] Dayton, Ohio: 

[1912], 37 pp., +illus. 

Includes depositions taken at Dayton, Ohio, 

January 9-10, 1912, of Orville Wright, pp. 7—19, and 

of Wilbur Wright, pp. 19—25, with testimony on the 

conception of their patent no. 415,105, filed 

February 10, 1908, and introducing into the record 

several drawings used for their patent application 

and correspondence with Katharine Wright and H. A. 

Toulmin regarding it. 

The Wright Company Vs. Louis Paulhan 

Brief for Complainant on Motion for Injunction. In the 

United States Circuit Court, Southern District of New 

York. [Springfield, Ohio: 1910], 46 pp. 

Submitted in appeal by the Wright Company for 

an injunction to restrain Louis Paulhan, French aviator, 

from using several flying machines, claimed to 

infringe the Wright patents, which were imported 

into the United States for exhibition purposes. 

Exhibit Book [New York: 1910], 113 pp., +illus. 

Compilation of complainant s and defendant s 

exhibits, comprising patents, drawings, blueprints, 

and photographs relating to points at issue. 

Opinion of Judge Hand Granting Preliminary 

Injunction in Favor of the Wright Company, 

Complainants, against Louis Paulhan, Defendant. 

Circuit Court of the United States, Southern District of 

New York. [New York: 1910], 15 pp. 

Published also in Federal Reporter, May-June 

1910, vol. 177, pp. 261—271 and, together with Judge

Hazel s opinion of January 4, 1910, in the Wright 

Company Vs. Herring—Curtiss Company suit, New 

York: C. C. Burgoyne, 1910, 16 pp. 

Decision rendered February 17, 1910, affirming 

earlier decision of Judge Hazel, January 4, 1910. 

Brief for Defendant-Appellant. United States Circuit 

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [New York: 

The Evening Post Job Printing Office, 1910], 54 pp. 

Appeal from Judge Hand s order of February 24 

granting preliminary injunction to the Wrights 

restraining Paulhan from importing, exhibiting and 

using Farman and Bleriot machines, alleged to 

infringe the original Wright patent. 

Brief for Complainant-Appellee, and Abstract of 

Evidence, on Appeal from an Order Granting a 

Preliminary Injunction. United States Circuit Court of 

Appeals, for the Second Circuit. [Springfield, Ohio: 

1910], 69 pp. 

Submitted May 1910. Quotes from testimony of 

Wilbur Wright, pp. 3, 21—22, 26—29, 32—34, 40—41, 

and that of Orville Wright, pp. 36—37. 

Transcript of Record. Appeal to the Circuit Court of the 

United States for the Southern District of New York. 

[New York: 1910], 427 pp. 

Includes affidavits of Wilbur Wright, January 6, 

1910, pp. 21—24, January 22, pp. 25—27, February 5, 

pp. 256—292, March 15, pp. 360—370, March 16, pp. 

391—395, and March 23, pp. 396—398, and that of 

Orville Wright, January 5, pp. 17—20. 

[Opinion of Lacombe, Ward, and Hayes, Circuit Court 

Judges, June 14, 1910.] In Federal Reporter, Sept.-Oct. 

1910, vol. 180, p. 112. 

Reverses earlier order for a preliminary injunction. 

Defendant s Record. In Equity, No. 6611. The United 

States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, 

Western Division. Springfield, Ohio: The Young & 

Bennett Co., Printers [1913], 153 pp. 

Records, 1910-1912, in a suit filed by Charles H. 

Lamson against the Wright Company for alleged 

infringement of his kite patent no. 666,427, issued 

January 22, 1901. Includes deposition of Wilbur 

Wright, taken at Dayton, Ohio, March 30-April 2, 3, 

4, 1912, pp. 13—76, and deposition of Orville Wright, 

April 5, pp. 77—90, telling of their early experiments, 

particularly their kite experiments in 1899. 

Court Records 


Claude Grahame—White 

Bill of Complaint. In Equity on Letters Patent no. 

821,393. In the United States Circuit Court, Southern 

District of New York. [New York: 1910], 10 pp. [typescript] 

Filed November 29, 1910, in suit for $29,000 for 

infringement and accounting by reason of defendant s 

use of Farman and Bleriot machines in the United 

States. These machines were alleged to infringe the 

Wright patent. A judgment of $1,700 for the complainant 

was decreed January 24, 1912. 

Answer. In Equity on Letters Patent no. 821,393. In the 

United States Circuit Court, Southern District of New 

York. [New York: 1911], 11 pp. [typescript] 

Filed February 6, 1911. 

Testimony on Behalf of Complainant. In Equity on 

Letters Patent no. 821,393. In the United States Circuit 

Court, Southern District of New York. [New York: 


Includes testimony of William J. Hammer, consulting 

engineer, and of James W. See, mechanical engineer, 

taken February 13 and 15 at the office of H. A. 

Toulmin, Dayton, Ohio. 

Brief for Complainant on Final Hearing. In the United 

States Circuit Court, Southern District of New York. 

[New York: 1911], 32 pp. 

Submitted November 1911. The court ordered that 

printing of records in this action be dispensed with 

October 19, 1911. 

Complaint. In the United States Circuit Court, Southern 

District of New York. [New York: 1911], 6 pp. [typescript] 

Filed December 11, 1911. 

Answer. United States District Court, Southern District 

of New York. [New York: 1912], 10 pp. [typescript] 

Filed January 25, 1912. 

Answer to Amended Complaint. United States District 

Court, Southern District of New York. [New York: 


Filed January 25, 1912. 

A Bibliography 89


Aero Corporation Limited 

Wright Co. Vs. Aero Corporation, Limited. New York 

Supplement, April 10-May 22, 1911, vol. 128, pp. 

726—727. 

Decision denying motion for an injunction in suit 

brought December 6, 1910, by the Wright Company 

to recover $15,000 from the Aero Corporation, Ltd., 

which managed the Belmont Park Meet in 

September-October, 1910. It was dismissed by 

Justice Cohalan of the New York Supreme Court, 

January 19, 1912, on grounds that the Wrights had 

insufficient cause for action. 

Case on Appeal. Supreme Court, Appellate Division 

First Department. [New York]: Press of Fremont 

Payne, [1912], 163 pp. 

The record and case were filed in the Appellate 

Division, New York State Supreme Court, March 25, 

1912. Includes direct and cross examination of 

Wilbur Wright, January 15, 1912, pp. 30—36, 

102—103, and 111—118, as well as plaintiff s exhibits 

consisting of the agreements entered into and correspondence 

relating thereto. 

Appellant s Points. Supreme Court. Appellate 

Division First Department. [New York]: Press of 

Fremont Payne, [1912], 36 pp. 

Appellant s Points in Reply. Supreme Court, Appellate 

Division First Department. [New York]: Press of 

Fremont Payne, [1912], 10 pp. 

The motion was denied and this judgment later 

was affirmed with costs. 

Regina Cleary Montgomery, et al. Vs. 

The United States 

Evidence for Defendant. Court of Claims of the United 

States, No. 33,852. [Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1923], pp. 607—858. 

Suit for infringement filed against the 

Government of the United States by the heirs of John 

J. Montgomery, original owner of patent no. 

831,173, granted September 18, 1906. The decision 

was against the heirs and the petition ordered dismissed, 

May 28, 1928. 

Includes depositions of Orville Wright, taken at 

Dayton, Ohio, January 13, 1920, pp. 651—691, 857, 

Court Records 


and on February 2, 1921, pp. 694—714. 

Corroborating depositions by Spratt, Fansher, 

Meyer, Taylor, Westcott, and Dough, covering the 

prior development work of the Wright brothers, were 

also submitted and included. 

Exhibit Book. Defendant s Wright Exhibits. [Exhibits 

Nos. 1-40.] Court of Claims, no. 33,852. [Washington, 

D.C.: 1920-21, 140 pp.], +illus. 

Includes photographs of the Wright kite 1899, the 

1901 and 1902 gliders, and the 1903 and 1904 aeroplanes, 

facsimiles of Octave Chanute and G. A. 

Spratt and Spratt-Wright correspondence, 1899- 

1907, and other data relating to their early experiments. 

In the Court of Claims of the United States. No. 33852. 

Defendant s Brief. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1926, pp. xvi, 1067—1621. 

Includes work of Wright brothers in accomplishing 

flight, pp. 1170—1193, Wrights use of curved 

wings, pp. 1284—1324, two-rudder control used by 

Wrights in 1902, pp. 1463—1469, and plaintiffs 

argument in the Wright patent, pp. 1538—1546. 

Regina Cleary Montgomery, et al. Vs. 

Wright—Martin Aircraft Corporation 

[Deposition and Cross Examination of Orville Wright 

on Behalf of Defendant. Dayton, Ohio: January 13, 

1920, 78 pp.] [typescript] 

Deposition submitted in suit filed contemporaneously 

with that above in the Court of Claims. 

Depositions were taken jointly in the two cases and 

these are identical with those cited in the preceding 

case. On plaintiffs motion of June 6, 1921, the suit 

was dismissed by Judge Learned Hand, June 25, 

1921. 

[Deposition and Cross Examination of Orville Wright 

in Behalf of Defendant. Dayton, Ohio: February 2, 

1921, 34 pp.] [typescript] 

Identical testimony to that presented in the case of 

Regina Cleary Montgomery, et al. Vs. The United 

States above. 

[Deposition and Cross Examination of Charles Edward 

Taylor. Dayton, Ohio: February 2, 1921, 11 pp.] [typescript] 

Testimony about Taylor s activities as Wright 

mechanic, 1901-1905.

Wright Aeronautical Corporation Vs. 

Handley Page, Limited, 

Aircraft Disposal Company, Limited, 

and William H. Workman 

Brief for Plaintiff on Motion for Preliminary Injunction. 

In Equity No. 19-16. On Wright Patent No. 821,393. 

United States District Court, Southern District of New 

York. New York: The Evening Post Job Printing Office, 

[1920], 40 pp. 

Submitted December 3, 1920, in suit for infringement 

of the original Wright patent no. 821,393. Has 

extensive references to the Wright Company and 

quotes from affidavit of Orville Wright, pp. 7—8, 

12—14, on its organization and on the British Wright 

Company. 

George Francis Myers Vs. 

The United States 

George Francis Myers Vs. The United States. In the 

Court of Claims of the United States No. C-700 

(Decided December 5, 1938). [Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1938], 35 pp., +illus. 

Decision against the plaintiff in a suit brought June 

2, 1923, against the United States Government by 

George Francis Myers alleging infringement of his 

patent no. 1,226,985 for a flying machine, granted 

May 22, 1917. This was granted on his application of 

September 20, 1905, which the plaintiff asserted was 

a continuation in part of his earlier application of 

January 29, 1897. 

[Deposition of Orville Wright for Defendant. Dayton, 

Ohio: October 28, 1925], 52 pp. [typescript] 

Deposition of Orville Wright. [Dayton, Ohio: February 

28, 1927], 23 pp. [typescript] 

Deposition of Orville Wright. [Dayton, Ohio: October 

14, 1935], 13 pp. [typescript] 

His Majesty, the King, Plaintiff, and Myers Canadian 

Aircraft Company, Ltd., et al, Defendants. Canada Law 

Reports (Exchequer Court), 1931, pp. 146—158. 

Judgment May 18, 1931, for plaintiff in action instituted 

October 1930, to annul Myers patents nos. 

146,917 and 187,882. Quotes from testimony of 

Court Records 

Orville Wright on Myers United States patent no. 

1,226,985, pp. 157—158. 

[Deposition and Cross Examination of Orville Wright. 

Dayton, Ohio: October 9-10, 1930, 51 pp.] [typescript] 

Extensive testimony on the early Wright experiments 

and early Wright aeroplanes. 

Published References to Patents 

and Patent Suits 

Cl ry, A. Derniers perfectionnements connus des 

machines volantes Wright. L A rophile, Jan. 1906, vol. 

14, pp. 23—26, +illus. 

Based largely on specifications of Wright French 

patent no. 342,188, published September 1, 1904. 

The American Flying-Machine Patented in England. 

Illustrated London News, Jan. 25, 1908, pp. 136—137. 

Includes drawing by W. B. Robinson from documents 

in the British Patent Office. 

Lucas-Girardville, [P.-N.] Les Brevets des fr res Wright. 

Revue d artillerie, Mar. 1908, vol. 71, pp. 400—403, 

+illus. 

Discussion and comparison of the French 1904 

Wright patent and the two new French Wright patents, 

nos. 384,124 and 384,125. 

Les plus r cents brevets des Wright. L A rophile, May 1, 

1908, vol. 16, pp. 161—168, +illus. 

Reprinting of French patents no. 384,124 and no. 

384,125; published March 30, 1908. 

Dominik, Hans. Die Patent der Gebruder Wright. Der 

Motorwagen, May 31, 1908, June 10, 1908, vol. 11, pp. 

397—398, 424—427. 

I brevetti Wright. Bollettino della Societ Aeronautica 

Italiana, July 1908, vol. 5, pp. 252—253. 

Italian translation of Captain Ferber s letter to 

Georges Besancon originally published in 

L A rophile, July 1, 1908. 

Ferber, Louis F. Que valent des brevets Wright? 

L A rophile, July 1, 1908, vol. 16, pp. 252—253. 

Letter of June 22, 1908, addressed to the director, 

Georges Besancon, commenting on French patents. 

Les brevets des fr res Wright. L A ro-Mecanique, Oct. 10, 

1908, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 1—2, Nov. 10, no. 4, pp. 2—3, +illus. 

R sum of Wright Belgian patents. 

A Bibliography 91

British Patent Specifications. 24077. Flight, Mar. 20, 

1909, vol. 1, p. 168. 

Abstract of British patent granted March 4, 1909. 

Wright Brothers New British Patent. Aeronautics, New 

York, Apr. 1909, vol. 4, pp. 141—142, +illus. 

Based on specifications of British patent no. 

24076 applied for November 10, 1908, and granted 

March 4, 1909. 

Il nuovo brevetto dei fratelli Wright. Bollettino della 

Societa Aeronautica Italiana, vol. 6, no. 5, 1909, pp. 

182—183, +illus. 

Wrights British Patents. Flight, May 1, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 

249—250, +illus. 

Abstract of Wright British patent no. 24076. 

Ein neues Wright-Patent. Flugsport, May 21, 1909, vol. 

1, pp. 299—300, +illus. 

Brief note on Wright British patent. 

A New Wright Patent. Aero, London, May 25, 1909, vol. 

1, p. 16. 

Abridgement of Wright British patent no. 24076. 

The Validity of the Wright Patents. Mr. S. F. Cody s 

Claim as Prior User Considered. Aero, London, June 15, 

1909, vol. 1, p. 61. 

Cody claimed that a machine employing automatic 

stability was commenced by him in October 1907, a 

month before the Wright patents were filed. 

Latest Wright Patent. Aeronautics, New York, July 1909, 

vol. 5, pp. 7—8, 39—40, +illus. 

Abstract of British Wright patent no. 24076. 

Wrights Patent Automatic Stability. Flight, July 10, 

1909, vol. 1, pp. 406—407, +illus. 

Abstract of British Wright patent no. 2913. 

A Patent Fight in America. Flight, Aug. 28, 1909, vol. 

1, p. 523. 

Announcement of the filing of a bill of complaint 

by the Wrights against Glenn H. Curtiss. 

The Wright Aeroplane Infringement Suit. Scientific 

American, Aug. 28, 1909, vol. 115, p. 138. 

Editorial commenting on infringement claims of 

the Wrights in their suit against the Aeronautic 

Society of New York. 

Orville Wright und Wilbur Wright (V.S.A.). Mit 

wagerechtem Kopfruder und senkrechtem 

Schwanzruder versehener Gleitflieger. Patentiert im 

Court Records 


deutschen Reiche von 24 M rz 1904 ab. Flugsport, Sept. 

5, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 662—665, +illus. 

Wright German patent no. 173378. 

ber die G ltigheit der Wright-Patente. Flugsport, Sept. 

5, 1909, vol. 1, p. 661, +illus. 

Includes claim by the Schroter-Motorenfabrik that 

it has employed wing warping in its machines for 

period of 13 years. 

Hill, Thomas A. Status of the Wrights Suit. Aeronautics, 

New York, Oct. 1909, vol. 5, pp. 122—123, 164. 

Traces actions of the Wrights and Government 

patent examiners which led to the granting of Wright 

patent no. 821,393, dated May 22, 1906, and gives 

Wright claims as set forth in their suit against 

Aeronautic Society. 

Wright Brothers Bring Suit. Aeronautics, New York, 

Oct. 1909, vol. 5, p. 135. 

Announcement of filing of suits against the 

Aeronautic Society, Herring—Curtiss Co., and Glenn 

H. Curtiss. 

The Wrights Legal Action. American Aeronaut, Oct. 

1909, vol. 1, pp. 110—112. 

Reprints photographs and accounts of Herring s 

machine from American Engineer and Railroad 

Journal, January 1895, which editor contended contained 

all principles claimed by the Wrights except 

wing warping. 

Taris, tienne. La question des brevets Wright. La Revue 

aerienne, Oct. 25, 1909, vol. 2, pp. 621—624. 

The Wright-Curtiss Suit. Aeronautics, New York, Nov. 

1909, vol. 5, pp. 169—172, +illus. 

Abstract of Wright patent specifications. 

Armengaud, Jules. A Propos des brevets Wright. 

L A rophile, Nov. 15, 1909, vol. 17, p. 515. 

S nemaud, Ch. Les Brevets Wright sont-ils valables? 

L Aviation illustree, Nov. 15, 1909, vol. 1, no. 35, pp. 

5—6, +illus. 

Originally published in L Automobile. 

Apitz, J. ber die Bedeutung der deutschen Wright- 

Patente. Flugsport, Nov. 19, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 689—692. 

Lecture delivered before the Verein Deutscher 

Flugtechniker giving detailed chronological account 

of the Wright patent actions, 1904-1905. 

Der Prozess um die Wright-Patente. Flugsport, Nov. 19, 

1909, vol. 1, pp. 688—689.

Note on Wright suits brought against the 

Aeronautic Society and against Glenn H. Curtiss. 

The Wright Patents. Aero, London, Dec. 1909, vol. 1, p. 

544. 

Quotes from New York correspondent of the Daily 

Telegram on the Curtiss case. 

Die W rdigung der Wright-Patente durch die 

Flugtechnische Gesellschaft. Die Luftflotte, Dec. 1909, 

vol. 1, pp. 7—8. 

Based on lecture by John Rozendaal, November 25, 

before the Automobil- und Flugtechnische 

Gesellschaft, Berlin. 

ber die G ltigheit des Wright-Patentes. Flugsport, 

Dec. 3, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 716—719. 

Summary of Rozendaal lecture. 

Noalhat, Henri. Stabilit Automatique des a roplanes. 

Analyse du brevet Wright. L A ronaute, Dec. 11, 1909, 

vol. 42, pp. 133—137, +illus. 

Die Wurdigung der Wright-patente durch 

dieFlugtechnische Gesellschaft. Illustrierte 

Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Dec. 15, 1909, vol. 15, pp. 

1125—1129. 

Discussion of Wright patent no. 173,378. 

Rozendaal, John. Das deutsche Reichspatent der 

Gebr der Wright. Der Motorwagen, Dec. 31, 1909, vol. 

12, pp. 918—925, +illus. 

Discussion, pp. 932, 934. 

Address before the Automobil- und Flugtechnische 

Gesellschaft, Berlin, November 25, 1909. Includes 

comments on the Wright patent by Bl riot, Farman 

brothers, Kress, Nimf hr, and Wels. 

The 1904 Wright Patent. Flight, Jan. 22, 1910, vol. 2, p. 

55, +illus. 

From Automotor Journal. 

R sum of British Wright patent no. 6732. 

Court Gives Wrights Injunction. Aeronautics, Feb. 1910, 

vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 63—68, +illus. 

Injunction granted January 3, restraining Herring— 

Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss from manufacturing, 

selling, or using for exhibition purposes the 

Curtiss aeroplanes. Includes extracts from briefs. 

The Wright Injunction. Scientific American Supplement, 

Feb. 19-26, 1910, vol. 69, pp. 122—123, 135. 

Extracts from the court s opinion and briefs. 

Apitz, J. Bewertung des deutschen Wright-Patentes. 

Court Records 

Zeitschrift f r Flugtechnik, Feb. 26, May 10, June 11, 

1910, vol. 1, pp. 39—41, 109—111, 135—136. 

Expansion of a lecture delivered before the Verein 

Deutscher Flugtechniker in Berlin. 

Wright—Paulhan Suit. Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 

1910, vol. 5, pp. 94—95. 

Summarizes points at issue and quotes from affidavits 

in case which was decided February 17, in 

favor of the Wrights, by decision of Judge Hand. 

Wright Brothers and Their Patents. Flight, Mar. 5, 1910, 

vol. 2, p. 164. 

Wright Vs. Paulhan. Extracts from Affidavits and Judge 

Hand s Decision in the Case of the Farman and Bleriot 

Aeroplanes. Scientific American Supplement, Mar. 19- 

26, 1910, vol. 69, pp. 182—183, 198. 

From Judge Hand s decision rendered February 17 

in the United States Circuit Court, Southern District of 

New York. 

Campbell-Wood, George F. The Wright—Paulhan 

Conflict. Aircraft, Apr. 1910, vol. 1, pp. 50—55, +illus. 

Summary of points at issue. 

Ludlow, Israel. Criticism of the Court s Decision of 

February 17th in the Wright—Paulhan Suit. Aircraft, Apr. 

1910, vol. 1, p. 75. 

Counsel for Paulhan cites ten errors which he 

believes justify an appeal from the decision. 

Paulhan, Louis. The Wrights Contentions Groundless. 

Aircraft, Apr. 1910, vol. 1, p. 75. 

Brief statement on the operating principles of the 

Bl riot and Farman aeroplanes used by the author. 

Toulmin, Harry A. Attacks on the Wright Brothers 

Wholly Unjustified. Aircraft, Apr. 1910, vol. 1, pp. 

93—94. 

Statement by counsel of the Wrights. 

Wright—Paulhan Opinion. Aeronautics, New York, Apr. 

1910, vol. 6, pp. 144—146. 

Excerpts from the opinion of Judge Hand handed 

down February 17. 

The Great Wright Lawsuits in America. Flight, Apr. 16, 

1910, vol. 2, pp. 284—285, +illus. 

Statement on principal points at issue. 

A.C.A. Recognizes Wright Patent. Aeronautics, May 

1910, vol. 6, p. 173. 

Report on conference between Wilbur Wright and 

Andrew Freedman, representing the Wright Company, 

A Bibliography 93

and an Aero Club of America committee at which an 

agreement was reached that the Aero Club recognize 

the Wright patent. 

A Letter from Cl ment Ader. Aircraft, May 1910, vol. 1, 

pp. 100—101. 

Letter of Ader, March 21, 1910, to Israel Ludlow 

denying statements made by Wilbur Wright in the 

Wright—Paulhan lawsuit about the Ader machine and 

its purported flights in 1897. 

Ludlow, Israel. The Wright Company Is a Menace to the 

Development of Aviation. Aircraft, May 1910, vol. 1, pp. 

94—95. 

Author contends that the newly incorporated 

Wright Company constitutes a possible monopoly. 

Les brevets Wright et les preuves d aviation en 

Am rique. L A rophile, May 1, 1910, vol. 18, p. 210. 

Gibson, Hugo C. The Wright and Selden Patents a 

Comparison. Aircraft, June 1910, vol. 1, p. 144. 

Advocates a low license fee for all aircraft infringing 

the Wright patent. 

Hanna, John G. The Wright Company Is an Incentive to 

the Development of Aviation. Aircraft, June 1910, vol. 1, 

pp. 151—152. 

Author contends that the Wright patent is valid and 

that the patentees are titled to all its benefits. 

Letters from Sir Hiram Maxim, Bl riot, and Esnault 

Pelterie. Aircraft, June 1910, vol. 1, p. 138. 

Response to editor s request for their views on 

Wright patents. 

Bird-Men Versus Bird-Men. Law Notes, July 1910, vol. 

14, pp. 62—63. 

Editorial. 

Lamson Vs. Wright Suit. Aeronautics, New York, July 

1910, vol. 7, pp. 21—22. 

Abstract: Flight, July 9, 1910, vol. 2, p. 527. 

Announces the filing by Charles H. Lamson of an 

appeal for an injunction against the Wright Company 

and Wilbur and Orville Wright for alleged infringement 

of his kite patent no. 666,427, issued January 22, 

1901. 

Rummler, William R. The Wright Suits; Some 

Conclusions to be Drawn. Aircraft, July 1910, vol. 1, pp. 

188—189. 

Wright Injunction Vacated. Aeronautics, New York, July 

1910, vol. 7, p. 21. 

Court Records 


Reports that the injunction granted by Judge Hazel 

has been set aside by the United States Circuit Court 

of Appeals, June 14, 1910. 

Wright Patents Litigation. Flight, July 9, 1910, vol. 2, p. 

527. 

Statement on current status of patent litigation. 

Wright Suits. Aeronautics, New York, Aug. 1910, vol. 7, 

p. 60. 

Report of denial of the United States Circuit Court 

of Appeals, June 30, of a Wright Company motion 

asking that the Curtiss Company put up a bond to protect 

the Wright Company against loss in the event of 

their winning the patent suit. 

A Simple Explanation of the Principles Involved in the 

Wright Patent Suit. Scientific American, Aug. 13, 1910, 

vol. 117, pp. 128—129, +illus. 

The Patent Bugaboo. Aero, St. Louis, Nov. 19, 1910, vol. 

1, no. 7, p. 12. 

Wright Suits. Aeronautics, New York, Apr. 1911, vol. 8, 

p. 120. 

The Present Status of the Wright Patents. Aero, New 

York, Apr. 15, 1911, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 45. 

Imbrecq, J. Le Proc s des brevets Wright, les jugements. 

L A rophile, May 15, 1911, vol. 19, pp. 227—228. 

Decision rendered April 29, 1911, by the French 

Third Civil Tribunal. Although technically the judgment 

was rendered in favor of the Compagnie 

G n rale de Navigation A rienne, French concessionaire 

of the Wright patents, the final decision was withheld 

pending presentation of evidence by MM. 

L aut , Renard, and Deprez purporting to prove that 

the Wrights were not the first to use the principles 

covered by their patents. The action against Santos- 

Dumont was dismissed on the ground that he constructed 

aeroplanes for his own use and did not 

infringe the patent law. 

Translation by Buel H. Green with title The 

Wright Patent Suit Decisions, Aviation, June 1911, 

vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 28—32. 

The Wright Infringement Suit in France. Scientific 

American, June 17, 1911, vol. 118, p. 601. 

Digest of French court decision of April 29 above. 

French Court Favors Wrights. Aeronautics, New York, 

July 1911, vol. 9, pp. 12—13. 

Summary of French court decision of April 29.

Wright Company to Start Wholesale Suits. Aeronautics, 

New York, Aug. 1911, p. 57. 

Includes statement of Frank H. Russell, manager of 

the Wright Company. 

Wholesale Litigation by the Wright Company in 

America. Aeronautics, London, Sept. 1911, vol. 4, p. 

176. 

Wrights Sue Grahame—White. Aero, St. Louis, Dec. 23, 

1911, vol. 3, p. 234. 

Suits served by Wrights to restrain Grahame—White 

from flying in the United States and to compel him to 

render an account of his profits. 

Brevet d invention. Revue juridique internationale de la 

locomotion a rienne, Dec. 23, 1911, vol. 2, pp. 260—264, 

+illus. 

Text of Wright French patent no. 342,188. 

Lorisson, Jacques. Le brevet Wright, La Revue de l aviation 

et des sports, Jan. 1912, vol. 7, pp. 2—3. 

Based on statements of Andr Henry-Co annier. 

Wright Company Loses a Suit. Aero, St. Louis, Feb. 3, 

1912, vol. 3, p. 361. 

Dismissal by Justice Cohalan of New York 

Supreme Court, of suit brought by the Wright 

Company to recover $15,000 from the Aero 

Corporation, Ltd., which managed the Belmont Park 

Meet in September 1910. 

Wright Suit in Germany. Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 

1912, vol. 10, p. 100. 

Published also in Aero, London, Mar. 23, 1912, vol. 

3, p. 499; Scientific American, Mar. 30, 1912, vol. 

106, p. 287; Fly Magazine, Apr. 1912, vol. 4, no. 6, p. 

10; Flight, Apr. 6, 1912, vol. 4, p. 305. 

Wilbur Wright s letter of March 19 to the editor on 

the recent decision of the German Patent Office, 

February 22, nullifying the main claim of the German 

Wright patent, because of disclosures of the Wright 

system of control made before the filing of the Wright 

patent application in Germany. The disclosures cited 

were those contained in a report of a speech of Octave 

Chanute published in L A ronaute, May 1903, and by 

Wilbur Wright in his 1901 address before the Western 

Society of Engineers, a synopsis of which appeared in 

Automotor, February-March 1902. 

Wrights Refuse to Make Concessions. Aero, St. Louis, 

Mar. 30, 1912, vol. 3, p. 514. 

Note on refusal to permit participants in Gordon- 

Bennett Cup Race to engage in money-making exhibition 

flying. 

Court Records 

Myers, Denys P. The Patent Situation. Aircraft, Apr. 

1912, vol. 3, pp. 40, 48. 

Analyzes Wright patent decisions to date and cites 

need for clear definition of privileges deriving from 

original Wright patent. 

Quirk, James R. Those Wright Patents. Popular 

Mechanics, Apr. 1912, vol. 17, pp. 494—495. 

Ludlow, Israel. The Wright Patent Situation. Aero Club 

of America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 14. 

Author states his belief that court decision will be a 

fair and just one. 

Hayward, Charles B. Wright Patents in American and 

Foreign Courts. In his Practical Aeronautics, Chicago: 

American School of Correspondence, 1912, pp. 505—524. 

Extensive summary of patent developments and 

status as of January 1912. 

Jackman, William J., and Russell, Thomas J. Amateurs 

May Use Wright Patents. In their Flying Machines; 

Construction and Operation, Chicago: Charles C. 

Thompson Co., 1912, pp. 205—212. 

Quotes from Judge Hand s 1910 injunction statement 

and the Wrights statement on the use of their 

control system. 

Les Brevets Wright en Allemagne. Instance en nullit du 

brevet allemand O. et W. Wright no. 173,378 intent e 

devant le Patentamt Imp rial de Berlin par un consortium 

de constructeurs francais. Jugement rendu le 22 

f vrier 1912 par la Section des Annulations. Revue 

juridique internationale de la locomotion aerienne, 

1913, vol. 4, pp. 97—104. 

Translation of German patent decision rendered 


Bruneval Les brevets Wright. La Revue de l aviation, de 

l automobile et des sports, Mar. 1913, vol. 8, p. 6. 

Burridge, Lee S. Some Light on the Patent Situation. 

Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 1913, vol. 12, pp. 91—92. 

Court of Public Opinion. Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 

1913, vol. 12, pp. 90—91. 

Includes chronological history of the Wright suits 

and comments on the court decision of February 27 by 

Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, Thomas W. Benoist, 

Alan R. Hawley, and the Curtiss Aeroplane Company. 

Merrill, Albert Adams. Wright Versus Curtiss. 

Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 1913, vol. 12, pp. 93, 106. 

Author attempts to differentiate Wright and Curtiss 

control systems. 

A Bibliography 95

Wright—Curtiss Litigation. Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 

1913, vol. 12, pp. 85—89. 

Quotes from opinion of court handed down 


Wright vor dem Reichsgerichte in Berlin. Fachzeitung 

f r Automobilismus und Flugtechnik, Mar. 2, 1913, vol. 

7, p. 20. 

German decision of February 26, 1913. 

Another Decision Rendered in Wright Suit. Aero and 

Hydro, Mar. 8, 1913, vol. 5, pp. 417—418. 

Judge John R. Hazel s decision of February 27, 

granting decree sought by Wrights. 

German Court Favors Wright Patents. Aero and Hydro, 

Mar. 8, 1913, vol. 5, p. 419. 

Quotes from telegram sent from Leipzig by Orville 


The Wright Patent Litigation Abroad. Flight, Mar. 15, 

1913, vol. 5, p. 300. 

Quotes from statement by Orville Wright, March 7, 

to a representative of the Paris edition of the New York 

Herald and from an interview with Griffith Brewer. 

The Decision in the Wright Aeroplane Patent Case. 

Scientific American, Mar. 22, 1913, vol. 108, p. 273. 

Judge Hazel s decision on February 27 in the 

District Court of the United States for the Western 

District of New York upholding the Wright patents. 

Curtiss, Greely S. On the Wright Patent Decision. 

Aeronautics, New York, Apr. 1913, vol. 12, p. 133. 

American and foreign reaction to recent decisions. 

Myers, Denys P. The Wright—Curtiss Decision. Aircraft, 

Apr. 1913, vol. 4, pp. 34—35. 

The Wright Patents. Aeronautics, London, Apr. 1913, 

vol. 6, p. 155. 

Brief r sum of court proceedings in France, 

Germany, and the United States. 

The Wrights Patent. Flying, Apr. 1913, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 

19—20. 

The Wright Patent Suit Decided. Flying, Apr. 1913, vol. 

2, no. 3, pp. 28—32. 

Text of opinion rendered February 27 by Judge 

Hazel. 

Wrights Victorious in Courts at Home and Abroad; 

Judge Hazel Sustains Infringement Suit against Curtiss. 

Fly Magazine, Apr. 1913, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 16—18, 22. 

Court Records 


Les Brevets Wright et l industrie francaise. La Conqu te 

de l air, Apr. 15, 1913, vol. 10, p. 134. 

Decisions on the Wright Aeroplane Patents. Popular 

Mechanics, July 1913, vol. 20, pp. 64—65. 

Brief statement by Orville Wright commenting on 

decisions on Wright patents in Germany, France, and 

the United States. 

Wright Automatic Stability System. Aeronautics, New 

York, Oct. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 138—139, 142, +illus. 

Wright patent no. 1,075,533, filed February 10, 

1908, and granted October 14, 1913. 

Les Brevets Wright. L A rophile, Dec. 1, 1913, vol. 21, 

pp. 537—538. 

Brief summary of patent decisions to date. 

The Legal Triumph of the Wrights. Scientific American, 

Jan. 24, 1914, vol. 90, p. 76. 

Editorial comment on the court decision of January 

13 in favor of the Wrights in their infringement suit. 

Wright—Curtiss Litigation Ended. Aeronautics, New 

York, Jan. 31, 1914, vol. 14, p. 21. 

Opinion of Judges Lacombe, Coxe, and Ward handed 

down January 13. 

The Wright—Curtiss Decision. Aircraft, Feb. 1914, vol. 

4, pp. 262—263. 

Decision of January 13. 

The Wright Patents: American Courts Decision. 

Aeronautics, London, Feb. 1914, vol. 7, pp. 48—49. 

Wright Patent Situation. Aeronautics, New York, Feb. 

28, 1914, vol. 14, p. 57. 

Speculation on effects of court decision of Jan. 13. 

The Army and the Wright Patent. Aeronautics, New 

York, Mar. 15, 1914, vol. 14, p. 74. 

The Wright Patents in America. Flight, Apr. 18, 1914, 

vol. 6, p. 403. 

Editorial comment. 

Curtiss, Glenn H. The Wright Patents. Flight, May 22, 

1914, vol. 6, p. 558. 

Letter to the editor. 

. The Wright Patents Decision. Aeronautics, 

London, June 1914, vol. 7, p. 186. 

The Wright Patents and the Aeroplane Industry. 

Aeroplane, Oct. 14, 1914, vol. 7, p. 331.

Editorial comment on the acceptance by the British 

Wright Company of a settlement of £15,000 from 

British War Office in lieu of the original £25,000 

asked for the use of the Wright patent. 

Wright Company Starts New Infringement Suit. 

Aeronautics, Oct. 15, 1914, vol. 15, p. 100. 

Suit filed November 15, 1914, against the Curtiss 

Aeroplane Company. 

The Wright Patent and the British Government. Flight, 

Oct. 16, 1914, vol. 6, p. 1032. 

Announces settlement price of £15,000 by British 

government for the use of Wright patents. 

G[rey], C. G. On the Wright Patents and the Aircraft 

Industry. An Official Pronouncement. Aeroplane Oct. 4, 

1916, vol. 10, pp. 581—583. 

Includes letter from Griffith Brewer setting forth 

official policy of the British Wright Company. 

The Wright Patents. Flight, Oct. 12, 1916, vol. 8, p. 872. 

Martin, James V. Clear Statement of the Bearing of the 

Martin Aerodynamic Stabilizer on the Wright Patent 

Infringement Controversy. Flying, Feb. 1917, vol. 6, p. 19. 

Author claims that his principle of lateral stability 

is unlike that of the Wrights. 

The Wright Patent in Congress. Aerial Age Weekly, Feb. 

26, 1917, vol. 4, pp. 689—691. 

Reprinted from Congressional Record, Feb. 6, 

1917, vol. 54, pp. 2701—2703. 

Discussion of Government purchasing of aircraft 

and possible purchase by the Government of the basic 

Wright patent. 

Validity of Wright Patents Again Attacked. Aircraft, 

Nov. 1917, vol. 7, pp. 152—153. 

Announcement of the filing of a suit September 24 

by the heirs of John J. Montgomery against the 

Wright—Martin Aircraft Corporation. 

Wright Patent Expires This Year. Aerial Age, Mar. 1923, 

vol. 16, pp. 139, 142. 

States Wright patent will expire May 22, 1923. 

Wright Patent Expiration and the Manufacturers 

Association. Aerial Age, Apr. 1923, vol. 16, p. 188. 

Further discussion of implications of the expiration 

of the Wright patent. 

Specifications of the Wright Patents, Filed March 23rd, 

1903. Aero Digest, Dec. 1928, vol. 13, pp. 1111—1112, 

+illus. 

Wright Companies and Schools 

Watter, Michael. Modern Significance of the Wright 

Patent. Aero Digest, Dec. 1928, vol. 13, pp. 1110—1111, 

1284. 

Black, Archibald. The Patent Suits. In his The Story of 

Flying, New York: McGraw—Hill Book Company, Inc., 

1940, pp. 92—98. 

Published also in revised 1943 edition. 

Brief r sum of the Wright patent suits. 

Kelly, Fred C. Patent Suits. In his The Wright Brothers, 

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1943, pp. 

287—299. 

Summary of principal patent suits and issues. 

Worrel, Rodney K. Wright Brothers Pioneer Patent. 

American Bar Association Journal, Oct. 1979, vol. 65, 

pp. 1512—1518. 

The author discusses how much easier it was to 

invent a flying machine than to patent it. After three 

years of numerous attempts and rejections, the Wright 

brothers were finally issued a patent on May 22, 1906. 

It wasn t until 1908 that they finally had public recognition. 

Trial of the Wright Brothers for Procurement Fraud: 

Tuesday, August 8, 1995, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, 

Illinios: American Bar Association, 1995, 1 volume (various 

pagings). 

A mock trial; a Presidential Showcase Program 

presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the 

American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract 

Law, based on the historic incident of the Wright 

brothers agreeing to sell the U.S. government a heavier-than-air 

flying machine for $25,000. 


Wright a fini! La Revue de l aviation, Oct. 1908, vol. 3, 

no. 23, 1 p. supplement following p. 6. 

Reports that Wilbur Wright has completed tests of 

the Wright aeroplane and fulfilled conditions of the 

contract signed with Lazare Weiller for the formation 

of a French Wright company to be known as La 

Compagnie G n rale de Navigation A rienne. 

Wright Aeroplanes in Germany. Aeronautics, London, 

June 1909, vol. 2, p. 67. 

Announces formation of the Flugmaschine Wright 

G. m. b.H. which acquired the Wright German patents 

and the rights for manufacture of the Wright aeroplanes 

in Germany as well as sales rights for Sweden, 

Norway, Denmark, Luxemburg, and Turkey. 

A Bibliography 97

Flugmaschine Wright G. m. b. H. Berlin: [Vereinigte 

Verlagsanstalten G. Braunbeck & Gutenberg-Druckerei 

Aktiengesellschaft, 1909] 12 pp., +illus. 

Descriptive brochure issued by the Flugmaschine 

Wright G. m. b. H. giving details on the formation of 

the company and the Wright aeroplane and its performance. 

Satzungen der Flugmaschine Wright Gesellschaft m. b. 

H. Berlin: Vereinigte Verlagsanstallten Gustav 

Braunbeck & Gutenberg-Druckerei Aktiengesellschaft 

[1909], 16 pp. 

List of the board of directors, including Orville 

Wright, and statutes of the newly organized company. 

Flugmaschine Wright—Gesellschaft. Beteiligung an 

Schau-und Wettfliegen 1910. Berlin: 1910, 12 pp., +illus. 

Gives details on the manufacture of the Wright 

machine and conditions for use of machines for exhibition 

purposes. 

Flugmaschine Wright—Gesellschaft, m. b. H. Wright- 

Aeroplan. [Berlin: Hofdruckerei Gebr. Radetzki, 1910], 


English translation of German edition above. 

Wrights Form $1,000,000 Company. Aeronautics, New 

York, Jan. 1910, vol. 6, p. 11. 

Statement of incorporation of the Wright Company, 

November 22, 1909, for the purpose of manufacturing 

and trading in flying machines. 

Flying-Machine Manufacture. Scientific American, Jan. 

1, 1910, vol. 116, p. 8. 

Brief mention of formation of the Flugmaschine 

Wright, G. m. b. H. in Germany. 

Leo. Wright Company. Vozdukhoplavatel , Feb. 1910, 

vol. 5, pp. 179—181. 

Wrights Form Exhibition Co. Aeronautics, New York, 

Apr. 1910, vol. 6, p. 127. 

Brief note on formation of the Aeroplane 

Exhibition Co., exclusive licensee under the Wright 

brothers patents, with Roy Knabenshue as manager. 

The Wrights and the Gordon-Bennett Cup. Flight, Apr. 

30, 1910, vol. 2, p. 329. 

Reproduces Wright letter of April 8, 1910, agreeing 

not to take any legal action against aeroplanes imported 

into the United States solely for this competition. 

Ludlow, Israel. The Wright Company Is a Menace to 

the Development of Aviation, Aircraft, May 1910, vol. 

1, pp. 94—95. 



Counsel for the French aviator, Louis Paulhan, 

challenges right of Wrights to demand licensing of 

pilots for exhibition flights using machines infringing 

on their patent rights. 

Ein Besuch in den Werkstatten der Wr i g h t 

Flugmaschinen Gesellschaft. Umschau, May 31, 1910, 

vol. 14, pp. 413—415, +illus. 

Includes interior views of German Wright factory. 

Aero Club of America Agreement Signed between the 

Club and the Wright Company. Aircraft, June 1910, vol. 

1, p. 153. 

The Wright Brothers and the Aero Club of America. 

Aeronautics, London, June 1910, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 78—79. 

Reprints correspondence relating to the agreement 

of April 8, between the Wright Company and the Aero 

Club of America, by which the latter agrees to sanction 

meets only through proper arrangements with the 

Wrights and includes text of agreement. 

Wright School Closed. Flight, July 9, 1910, vol. 2, p. 

531. 

Announces that the Wright school in Montgomery, 

Ala., was closed in May. 

Mitchell, John. Earnings of Aviators. Saturday Evening 

Post, Oct. 8, 1910, vol. 183, no. 15, pp. 14—15, 32, +illus. 

Includes discussion of Wrights as business men, p. 

14. 

Aero Club of America. Wright-Aero Club Agreement. 

New York: Aero Club of America, 1910, 7 pp. 

Agreement relates to foreign participation in a 

forthcoming contest for the Gordon-Bennett 

International Aviation Trophy scheduled to be held 

October 22, 1910. 

The Wright Exhibition Co. Aviation, Jan. 1911, vol. 1, 

no. 1, p. 20. 

Portraits of Walter Brookins; Roy Knabenshue, 

manager; Thomas Jackson, representative; and Phil 

Parmelee. 

Harrison, George B. Progress of the Wright Brothers. 

Aviation, Apr. 1911, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 12—15, +illus. 

Emphasizes the building up and organization of the 

Wright Company. 

Pupils Learn at Dayton School. Aero, New York, Apr. 

15, 1911, vol. 2, p. 40, +illus. 

Account of flight training at Wright Company flying 

field at Dayton under supervision of J. C. Turpin.

Steady Training Continues at Wright School. Aero, New 

York, Apr. 22, 1911, vol. 2, p. 59, +illus. 

The Wright Flyer. Dayton, Ohio: The Wright Co. [1911], 


Includes details and illustrations of the Model B, 

Model R, and the four-cylinder Wright motor. 

Les Wright et la Coupe Gordon-Bennett d aviation. 

Schweizer Aero-Club Bulletin, Feb. 1912, vol. 6, p. 42. 

Reproduces letter from Wright Company, signed by 

Wilbur Wright, granting representatives of foreign 

countries right to participate in race for Gordon- 

Bennett Cup regardless of questions of patent 

infringement. 

The First Flying Machine Factory in America. Aviation 

News, Mar. 23, 1912, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 15. 

Reprinted from Toledo Daily Blade, June 4, 1910. 

Account of visit to Wright factory in Dayton. 

Wrights Win Damage Suit. Aeronautics, New York, July 

1912, vol. 11, p. 37. 

Decision against complainant, Morris Gorsuch, 

who brought suit for $25,000 damages because he suffered 

a broken arm when a Wright aeroplane crashed 

into the grandstand at Asbury Park, August 10, 1910. 

Wright Company. Wright Flyers, [New York: Premier 

Press, 1912], 16 pp., +illus. 

Brochure with brief descriptive notes on the company; 

Models B, C, and D; the four and six-cylinder 

engines; the Wright School of Aviation; and a list of 

forty-two graduates of the school. 

The Wright Company School of Aviation. Dayton, Ohio: 

[The Wright Co., 1912], 3 pp., +illus. 

Advertising leaflet giving details on courses of 

instruction and rates. 

Loening, Grover C. The Wright Aviation School at 

Simms Station. Flying, Apr. 1914, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 76, 

77, 94, +illus. 

Account of activities for the year 1913. 

Wright Licenses Granted. Aeronautics, New York, May 

30, 1914, vol. 14, p. 147. 

Announces the granting of the first Wright license 

for exhibition flying to Lincoln Beachey on May 23. 

Wright Buying Up Company s Stock. Aero and Hydro, 

June 6, 1914, vol. 8, pp. 118, 124. 

Statement of Orville s reasons for the purchase of 

outstanding stock. 


Wright Licenses Users. Aeronautics, New York, June 15, 

1914, vol. 14, no. 11, p. 172. 

Announcement relative to the granting of licenses 

to users of machines. 

Wright Continues Stock Purchases. Aero and Hydro, 

June 20, 1914, vol. 8, p. 143. 

Confirmation on June 16 by Russell A. Alger of the 

sale by the board of directors of the Wright Company 

to Orville Wright three weeks ago. 

Orville Wright Sells Aeroplane Rights to Syndicate. 

Aerial Age Weekly, Oct. 18, 1915, vol. 2, p. 105. 

Brief note reporting sale. 

The Wright Company Sold to New York Capitalists. 

Flying, Nov. 1915, vol. 4, p. 737. 

Some details of the sale. 

The Wright Organization. Aircraft, Feb. 1916, vol. 6, p. 

539. 

Details of the sale of the Wright Company with a 

statement by C. S. Jennison who arranged the purchase 

of the Wright Company stock. 

The Wright Flying School. New York: Wright Flying 

Field, Inc., 1916, [16 pp.], +illus. 

Informational brochure issued for prospective students 

at the school located at Hempstead Plains Flying 

Field, New York. 

Flint, Charles R. Early Reminiscences of the Wright 

Brothers. Aviation, Dec. 31, 1923, vol. 15, pp. 797—798. 

Reprinted from his Memories of an Active Life; 

Men and Ships, and Sealing Wax, New York & 

London: G. P. Putnam s Sons, 1923, pp. 240—253. 

Recollections by a partner of Flint & Co., the 

Wrights business representative abroad. 

History of the Wright Company. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 

1928, vol. 13, no. 12, pp. 34—35. 

Brief mention of the original Wright Company. 

Ball, Fred S. The Genesis of Maxwell Field at 

Montgomery, Alabama. In Maxwell Field, Army Air 

Corps, Montgomery, Alabama, 1929, pp. 7—13, +illus. 

Account of early Wright activities at their winter 

flying school in 1910 at site of present Maxwell Air 

Force Base. 

Coffyn, Frank T. Flying As It Was Early Days at the 

Wrights School. The Sportsman Pilot, May 15, 1939, 

vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 14—15, 30—34, +illus. 

Author s reminiscences of his association with the 

Wright Flying School, 1910. 

A Bibliography 99

Kelly, Fred C. In Aviation Business. In his The Wright 

Brothers, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1943, 

pp. 268—286. 

Summary of significant events in the history of the 

Wright Company, 1909-1915. 

Brewer, Griffith. The British Wright Company. In his 

Fifty Years of Flying, London: Air League of the British 

Empire, 1946, pp. 104—107. 

Author s account of his participation in formation 

of company in 1913. 

Pin-Points in the Past. Roundel, May 1957, vol. 9, pp. 

28—29, +illus. 

Slightly different version published also in 

American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Spring 

1963, vol. 8, pp. 40—41, with title Canadians at the 

Wright School. 

Deals with Canadians by birth or residence who 

were trained at Wright Brothers Field, Dayton, Ohio, 

1913-1916, with list of the 41 whose names appear on 

a commemorative plaque at the Wilbur and Orville 

Wright Memorial in Dayton. 

Rubenstein, Murray, and Goldman, Richard M. To Join 

with the Eagles: Curtiss—Wright Aircraft, 1903-1965. 

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 

1974, 230 pp. 

A history of the Curtiss—Wright Corporation; it 

includes mention of the formation of the Wright 

Aeronautical Corporation, its merger with other companies, 

describes Wright engines, the Wright’s use of a 

wind tunnel, and lists in an extensive appendix specifications 

for Wright aircraft beginning with the Wright 

Glider No. 1 (1900) to the Wright Model L (1915). 

Tribble, Paul. Wright Connection. Alabama Heritage, 

Summer 1997, no. 45, pp. 6—15, +illus. 

The article describes Orville and Wilbur Wright s 

creation and operation of a civilian flying school in 

Montgomery, Alabama, in 1910 and 1911; briefly 

sketches the history of the school under the direction 

of Wright employees until 1916. 

Leslie, Stuart W. Bug: Boss Kettering s Cruise 

Missile, Timeline, Aug./Sep. 1991, pp. 42—51. 

Recounts the effort of the Dayton Wright Airplane 

Company, owned by Charles Kettering, Orville 

Wright, and group of Dayton businessmen, to produce 

a pilotless aircraft for use as a flying bomb. It was 

called the Liberty Eagle but was known as the Bug. 

This cruise missile was produced in small numbers 

but was never used in combat. 

Wright–Smithsonian Controversy 


Bilstein, Roger E. American Aerospace Industry; From 

Workshop to Global Enterprise. New York: Twayne 

Publisher, 1996, 280 pp. [Twayne s Evolution of Modern 

Business series.] 

Includes the Wright brothers especially in chapter 

1, The Flamboyant Years, 1900-1919 as well as 

the Wright Aeronautical Corporation and the 

Curtiss—Wright Corporation. Also provides bibliographical 

notes, a selected bibliography, and an index. 

Eltscher, Louis R., and Young, Edward M. 

Curtiss—Wright: Greatness and Decline. New York: 

Twayne Publishers, 1998, 213 pp. 

A history of the Curtiss—Wright Corporation and its 

predecessors, within the context of industrial aviation, 

beginning with the pre—World War I era to 1990. 

Bibliographical references, pp. 179—201. 

Wright—Smithsonian 

Controversy 

The Langley Medal. In Annual Report of the 



Brief note on awarding of the Langley Medal to the 

Wrights. Orville Wright has stated (in Why the 1903 

Wright Airplane Is Sent to a British Museum, U.S. 

Air Services, March 1928) that the Smithsonian 

Institution here misrepresented Wilbur s remarks on 

that occasion by attributing to him a statement used in 

a different connection at another time, viz, in his letter, 

November 8, 1906, to Octave Chanute, who quoted 

it in his Langley Memorial Address of December 3, 

1906. 

Original Langley Machine Flies. Aeronautics, New 

York, May 30, 1914, vol. 14, pp. 148—150, +illus. 

Describes original Langley machine shipped from 

the Smithsonian Institution to Hammondsport, New 

York, for testing to determine whether it was capable 

of flight. Report states that it was reassembled, fitted 

with three pontoons, and flown with the original 

engine for a short distance, May 28. 

Curtiss to Test Original Langley Plane. Aero and Hydro, 

May 30, 1914, vol. 8, pp. 105—106. 

Note on preparations for test flights over Lake 

Keuka, Hammondsport, New York 

Proves Langley s First Practical Aeroplane. Aero and 

Hydro, June 6, 1914, vol. 8, pp. 117—118, +illus. 

Includes account of reported flight of May 28 with

statement of Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the 

Smithsonian Institution, to the press regarding it. 

Zahm, Albert F. Testing the Langley Aerodrome, By Our 

Staff Correspondent at Hammondsport [Albert F. Zahm]. 

Scientific American, June 6, 1914, vol. 110, pp. 462—463. 

Published also in Zahm, Albert F., Aeronautical 

Papers, 1885-1945, Notre Dame, Indiana: University 

of Notre Dame, 1950, vol. 1, pp. 345—346. 

Brief note on preparations for launching of the 

machine on Lake Keuka with account of flight of May 

28. 

Testing the Langley Aerodrome. Flight, June 12, 

1914, vol. 6, pp. 630—631, +illus. 

Brief note on flight of May 28 to which is added an 

abbreviated history of Langley s studies and experiments 

supplied by Glenn H. Curtiss. 

Dr. Langley, Discoverer of the Air. Literary Digest, June 

13, 1914, vol. 48, p. 1451. 

Langley s Aerodrome Flies Again. Aero and Hydro, June 

13, 1914, vol. 8, p. 130. 

Note on flights of June 2. 

Langley s Folly Flies. Outlook, June 13, 1914, vol. 

107, p. 326. 

Editorial comment on announcement of successful 

flight of Langley machine. 

Did Langley Fly? Aeronautics, June 15, 1914, vol. 14, p. 

168, +illus. 

Note on Hammondsport trials. 

Justice posthume un grand pr curseur; Curtiss 

voleavec l appareil de Langley. L A rophile, June 15, 

1914, vol. 22, pp. 279—280, +illus. 

Zahm, Albert F. The Langley Aeroplane Construction 

and Control Mechanism, By Our Staff Correspondent at 

Hammondsport [Albert F. Zahm]. Scientific American, 

June 20, 1914, vol. 110, pp. 499—500, +illus. 

Published also in Zahm, Albert F. Aeronautical 



Progress report on Hammondsport trials. 

Du Bois, H. M. The Langley Aerodrome Flown. Flying, 

July 1914, vol. 3, pp. 184—186, +illus. 

The Irony of Langley s Folly. Worlds Work, July 

1914, vol. 28, p. 254. 

Editorial comment on flight of Langley machine 

May 28. 


Mr. Brewer Criticizes Langley. Scientific American, July 

4, 1914, vol. 111, p. 2. 

Editorial based on letter of Griffith Brewer to the 

New York Times, June 21, protesting alterations made 

to the original Langley machine at Hammondsport. 

Brewer, Griffith. The Langley Aerodrome Tests. Flight, 


Brewer s letter of June 21 to the New York Times. 

Dienstbach, Carl. Did Prof. S. P. Langley Invent the First 

Practical Flying Machine? Scientific American, July 25, 

1914, vol. 111, pp. 59, 65—66. 

Discussion of aerodynamic characteristics of the 

Langley machine and its capability for flight. 

The Wisdom of Langley s Folly. Hearsts Magazine, 

Aug. 1914, vol. 26, no. 2, p. 277. 

Editorial comment on Langley machine. 

Zahm, Albert F. Further Flights with Langley s Aeroplane, 

By Our Staff Correspondent at Hammondsport [Albert F. 

Zahm]. Scientific American, Oct. 10, 1914, vol. 111, p. 

307, +illus. 

Published also in Zahm, Albert F., Aeronautical 



Account of flights of Langley machine equipped 

with Curtiss 80-horsepower motor, September 17, 19, 

and October 1. 

Langley s Aerodrome Flies Well in New Tests. Aero and 

Hydro, Oct. 17, 1914, vol. 9, pp. 25—26. 

Huffaker, Edward C. Affidavit of Edward C. Huffaker In 

The Wright Company, Against the Curtiss Aeroplane 

Company. United States District Court, Western District 

of New York. [Hammondsport, New York: Dec. 28, 


Testimony on experiments of Samuel Pierpont 

Langley by his assistant at the Smithsonian 

Institution, 1895-1899. 

Reed, Robert L. Affidavit of Robert L. Reed. In The 

Wright Company, Against the Curtiss Aeroplane 


of New York. [Hammondsport, New York: Dec. 28, 


Extensive testimony on the Langley flying machine 

by the foreman of flying machine work at the 

Smithsonian Institution. 

Benner, Harry. Affidavit of Harry Benner. In The Wright 

Company, Against the Curtiss Aeroplane Company, 

United States District Court, Western District of New 

A Bibliography 101

York. [Hammondsport, New York: Jan. 11, 1915], 3 pp. 

[typescript] 

Testimony of photographer giving details of photographs 

taken by him of the Langley flying machine on 

Lake Keuka, September 17 and 19, 1914. 

Wehman, Henry T. Affidavit of Henry T. Wehman. In 

The Wright Company, Against the Curtiss Aeroplane 


Court of New York. [Hammondsport, New York: Jan. 11, 


Testimony by the official Curtiss Aeroplane 

Company photographer giving details on photographs 

taken by him of the Langley flying machine on Lake 

Keuka, June 2, September 17 and 18, and October 1, 

1914. 

Zahm, Albert F. Affidavit of Dr. Albert F. Zahm. In The 

Wright Company, Against the Curtiss Aeroplane 


of New York. [Hammondsport, New York: Jan. 11, 

1915], 13 pp. and 11 photos. [typescript] 

Extensive testimony on the assembling of the 

Langley flying machine and its testing on Lake 

Keuka, May-October 1914, by the official Recorder of 

the Smithsonian Institution s Langley Aerodynamical 

Laboratory. 

Doherty, William E. Affidavit of William Elwood 

Doherty. In The Wright Company, Against the Curtiss 

Aeroplane Company. United States District Court, 

Western District of New York. [Hammondsport, New 

York: Jan. 12, 1915, 3 pp. [typescript] 

Testimony on the performance of the Langley flying 

machine by the pilot who flew it on Lake Keuka, 

June and September 1914. 

[Statements on Flights of the Langley Aeroplane at 

Hammondsport, May 1914.] In Annual Report of the 


Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 4, 9. 

Accuracy of this and similar statements by the 

Smithsonian Institution was later contested by Orville 


Zahm, Albert F. The First Man-Carrying Aeroplane 

Capable of Sustained Free Flight Langley s Success as 

a Pioneer in Aviation. In Annual Report of the 


Government Printing Office, 1915, pp. 217—222, +illus. 

Also published in Zahm, Albert F., Aeronautical 



Official report on the Hammondsport flights by the 

delegated observer of the Smithsonian Institution, the 



Recorder of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory. 

Accuracy of this report was later challenged by 


Eisenlohr, Roland. Neuere Versuche von Curtiss mit 

dem Langley-Tandemeindecker. Motorwagen, July 31, 

1916, vol. 19, pp. 295—298. 

The Title to an Honor. Collier s, Jan. 6, 1917, vol. 58, p. 

11. 

Reprinted with comment by A. I. Root, Gleanings 

in Bee Culture, Apr. 1917, vol. 44, pp. 300—301. 

Editorial taking exception to an unidentified statement 

reportedly made by Dr. Charles W. Eliot, ascribing 

the invention of the aeroplane to Langley. 

Butman, Carl H. Langley s Flying Machine. Aviation, 

Nov. 15, 1917, vol. 3, pp. 527—531, +illus. 

Includes account of the Hammondsport flights by a 

former Smithsonian staff member. 

[Statements on Installation of Langley Machine of 1903 

as Exhibit in National Museum.] In Annual Report of the 


Government Printing Office, 1920, pp. 3, 28, 114. 

Orville Wright challenged the claim that this was 

the first heavier-than-air man-carrying machine built. 

Brewer, Griffith. Aviation s Greatest Controversy. U.S. 

Air Services, Oct. 1921, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 9—17. 

Also published with general discussion and comments 

by Dr. C. D. Walcott, Dr. A. F. Zahm, C. M. 

Manly, and Glenn H. Curtiss, in The Aeronautical 

Journal, Dec. 1921, vol. 25, pp. 620—664; abstracted 

in Flight, Oct. 27, 1921, vol. 13, pp. 703—704; summarized 

and discussed in Aviation, Nov. 7, 1921, vol. 

11, pp. 532—535; in U.S. Congress. House. Committee 

on Military Affairs. First Heavier-than-Air Flying 

Machine. Hearing April 27, 1928, Washington, 

D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1928, pp. 15—25. 

Paper read by Griffith Brewer before the Royal 

Society of Arts, October 20, submitting evidence to 

prove that the Langley machine was not capable of 

sustained free flight and was not successfully flown at 

Hammondsport, New York, on June 2, 1914. 

Brewer, Griffith. Letter to the Editor. The Journal of the 

Royal Aeronautical Society, Mar. 1927, vol. 31, pp. 

173—174. 

Calls attention to change in label on Langley 

machine in Smithsonian Institution but states that it is 

still misleading and incorrect. 

[Grey], C. G. The Original Wright Biplane. Aeroplane, 

Feb. 8, 1928, vol. 34, p. 162.

Author contends that Wright 1903 machine was the 

first aeroplane to fly, but that Langley s was the first 

practical aeroplane. 

First Wright Airplane Sent to London Museum. Current 

Events, Feb. 13/17, 1928, vol. 27, p. 84. 

Comments on recent shipment of Wright 1903 

plane to Science Museum in London. 

[Grey], C. G. That First Flying Machine. Aeroplane, 

Feb. 22, 1928, vol. 34, p. 228. 

Author disparages Wright machine in a reply to a 

letter from J. H. Spottiswood. 

Wright Plane in the Wrong Place? Literary Digest, Feb. 

25, 1928, vol. 96, p. 14. 

[Grey], C. G. The First Flying Machine Again. 

Aeroplane, Feb. 29, 1928, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 268, 276. 

In rebuttal of letter of F. Handley-Page asserting 

Wrights contributions to aeronautical science, 

author contends that Langley had a working knowledge 

of aerodynamics, which the Wrights evidently 

lacked. 

U.S. Congress. House. Joint Resolution to Ascertain 

Which Was the First Heavier-than-Air Flying Machine. 


2 pp. (70th Congress, 1st Session. H. J. Res. 224) 

Introduced February 29 by John J. McSwain of 

South Carolina; referred to the Committee on Military 

Affairs, passed by the House of Representatives, May 

16, 1928. 

Provides for a commission of five persons to hear 

evidence on this question. 

[Findley, Earl N.] The Wrong Placard Remains in 

America: The Wright Airplane Goes Abroad. U.S. Air 

Services, Mar. 1928, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 15. 

Based on a statement by Orville Wright in New 

York Times, February 4, 1928. 

McCormick, Anne O Hare. America s Banishment of 

the Original Wright Airplane. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 

1928, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 32—35. 

Based on interview with Orville Wright. Cites his 

letter of May 14, 1925, to Chief Justice Taft, 

Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution. 

Wright, Orville. Why the 1903 Wright Airplane Is Sent 

to a British Museum. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1928, vol. 

13, pp. 30—31. 

Published also in U.S. Air Services, Feb. 1948, vol. 

33, no. 2, pp. 14—15. 

Amplifies and emphasizes principal points brought 


out in Orville Wright s letter of May 14, 1925, to 

Chief Justice Taft. 

Smithsonian Institution Secretary Makes an Offer to 

Orville Wright. Aviation, Mar. 19, 1928, vol. 24, p. 715. 

Published also in U.S. Congress. House. 

Committee on Military Affairs. First Heavier-than- 

Air Flying Machine. Hearing April 27, 1928, 


pp. 27—30. 

Smithsonian Institution statement issued to press, 

March 15, 1928. 

Carll, George S., Jr. Congressman McSwain Explains 

His Bill. U.S. Air Services, Apr. 1928, vol. 13, no. 4, p. 

28. 

House Joint Resolution 224 introduced February 29 

above. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Smithsonian Statements Evade All 

Points at Issue. U.S. Air Services, Apr. 1928, vol. 13, no. 

4, p. 17. 

Editorial on Smithsonian Institution statement 

issued to the press, March 15, 1928. 

Marshall, Fred A. Orville Wright Accuses Smithsonian. 

Slipstream, Apr. 1928, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 7—8, +illus. 

Based largely on Orville Wright s article in U.S. Air 

Services, March 1928. 

The Original Wright Biplane. The Journal of the Royal 

Aeronautical Society, Apr. 1928, vol. 32, pp. 241—243. 

Smithsonian Institution statement of March 3, 

1928, with comment by editor and by Griffith Brewer 

in a letter to the editor dated, March 29, 1928. 

Orville Wright Declines Naturally. U.S. Air Services, 

Apr. 1928, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 27—28. 

Smithsonian Institution statement of March 3, 

1928, including its invitation to have the Kitty Hawk 

aeroplane deposited in the United States National 

Museum and Orville Wright s refusal. 

Test, Merlin E. Why the First Wright Plane Goes to an 

English Museum. Air Travel News, Apr. 1928, vol. 2, no. 

4, pp. 5—6, +illus. 

Fitzgerald, Roy G. The Invention of the Aeroplane. 

Congressional Record, Apr. 20, 1928, vol. 69, pp. 

6909—6910. 

Includes short summary of points at issue, Orville 

Wright s letter of May 14, 1925, to Chief Justice Taft 

as Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution asking 

for an investigation of controversy, and Taft s unfavorable 

reply of May 18, 1925. 

A Bibliography 103

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. 

First Heavier-than-Air Flying Machine. Hearing before 

Subcommittee No. 8 April 27, 1928. Statements of 

Hon. Roy G. Fitzgerald, C. G. Abbot, Secretary 

Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1928, 56 pp. 

Extensive discussion of points at issue with pertinent 

statements and documents introduced into the record. 

Dacey, Norman F. The Man Who Successfully Flew the 

Langley Plane Speaks Up. Air Travel News, May 1928, 

vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 11—12, 49. 

Claim is made that Walter Johnson flew the 

Langley machine at Hammondsport without mechanical 

changes. 

Abbot, Charles G. Letter to the Editor. Journal of the 

Royal Aeronautical Society, June 1928, vol. 32, pp. 

422—423. 

Letter of April 27 offering further clarification of 

issues and facts discussed in the Journal for April 

1928. 

Hall, Norman A. Langley or Wright? The Facts about the 

Famous Controversy. Liberty, July 28, 1928, vol. 5, no. 

30, pp. 68—70, +illus. 

Popular presentation of issues in controversy. 

Shepherd, William G. Bring Home the Wright Plane. 

Collier s, Sept. 22, 1928, vol. 82, pp. 8—9, 38, 40, +illus. 

Summary of points at issue in controversy. 

Abbot, Charles G. The Relations between the 

Smithsonian and the Wright Brothers. Washington, D.C.: 

The Smithsonian Institution, September 29, 1928, 27 pp. 

(Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 81, no. 5). 

Also issued as Smithsonian Publication 2977. 

Effort by the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

Institution to clarify the controversy and to correct 

errors and statements previously made. Renews invitation 

of March 4, 1928, to Orville Wright to deposit 

Kitty Hawk aeroplane in the United States National 

Museum. 

Smithsonian Institution and Mr. Orville Wright. Science, 

Oct. 5, 1928, vol. 24, pp. 316—317. 

Summarizes recent statement by Charles G. Abbot. 

Shepherd, William G. The Road to Justice. Collier s, 

Dec. 8, 1928, vol. 82, pp. 28, 46. 

Elaboration of his previous article on the controversy 

in the September 22 issue of this journal. 

The Wright Brothers and Langley s Aeroplanes. Nature, 

Dec. 15, 1928, vol. 122, p. 930. 



Twenty-Five Years of Flight. Nation, Dec. 19, 1928, vol. 

127, p. 674. 

Editorial comment on Secretary Abbot s statement 

of September 29. 

Arnold, Henry H. Who Flew First? Modern Mechanics 

and Inventions Flying Manual, 1929, pp. 6—9, +illus. 

Author contends that the Wrights were first to fly. 

Goldstrom, John. The Wright—Smithsonian Dispute. In 

his A Narrative History of Aviation, New York: The 

Macmillan Company, 1930, pp. 46—54. 

Summary of controversy to date. 

The Government Denies Recognition to Wright and to 

North Carolina for First Flight. Chapel Hill Weekly. Jan. 

27, 1933. vol. 10, no. 45. pp. 1, 2. 

Based on article in U.S. Air Services, March 1928. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Smithsonian ad Nauseam. U.S. Air 

Services, Feb. 1933, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 6—7. 

Editorial criticizing statements about Langley and 

the Wrights appearing in Charles G. Abbot s Great 

Inventions, published 1932 as volume 12 of the 

Smithsonian Scientific Series. 

The Change of the Label. Chapel Hill Weekly, Feb. 10, 

1933, vol. 10, no. 47, p. 21. 

Editorial comment. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Will 1934 See the 1903 Machine Back 

Home? U.S. Air Services, Jan. 1934, vol. 19, no. 1, p. 9. 

Brief note concerning the proposed appointment of 

a committee of unbiased experts to decide the controversy 

on its merits. 

Return the Wright Plane. National Aeronautic Magazine, 

Oct. 1934, vol. 12, no. 10, p. 16. 

Text of resolution adopted by the Thirteenth Annual 

Convention of the National Aeronautic Association, 

October 11-13, 1934. Provides for the appointment of 

a committee to confer with Orville with a view to 

securing the return of the Wright 1903 plane to the 

United States. 

Loening, Grover. Labels and Labels. In his Our Wings 

Grow Faster, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 

Doran & Co., Inc., 1935, pp. 184—185. 

Author s account of his efforts to settle the controversy. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Why Not Fix What Is Wrong? U.S. Air 

Services, Jan. 1937, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 11. 

Note on thirty-third anniversary celebration of first 

flight, including President Roosevelt s goodwill mes-

sage to Orville Wright and author s statement urging 

that the President should take initiative in making 

arrangements for the early return of the Wright 1903 

plane. 

Start Drive to Bring World s First Plane Back to 

America. Contact, Jan. 2/9, 1937, vol. 3, no. 11, p. 15, 

+illus. 

Proposed movement by magazine Contact to bring 

the Wright 1903 plane back to America, to be 

launched January 9 at the Philadelphia Air Show. 

Further accounts: Jan. 28/Feb. 6, p. 3; Feb. 13/20, p. 

3, 18; Mar. 13/20, p. 3; Feb. 12, 1938, pp. 11, 20; Feb. 

26, p. 11. 

Studer, Clara. Summer of 1914. In her Sky Storming 

Yankee; the Life of Glenn Curtiss, New York: Stackpole 

Sons, 1937, pp. 317—336. 

Pages 322—326 refer to Curtiss role in testing of 

Langley machine. 

U.S. Congress. Senate. Joint Resolution to Provide for 

the Safekeeping and Exhibit of the Airplane Used by the 

Wright Brothers in Making the First Successful Airplane 

Flight in History. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1937, 2 pp. (75th Congress, 2d Session. 

Senate. J. Res. 237). 

Introduced by Mr. Robert Reynolds, of North 

Carolina, November 16, 1937, and referred to the 

Committee on Military Affairs. Provides for $50,000 

appropriation to be used to develop suitable site at 

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 

Seek Wright Ship. National Air News, July 20, 1938, 

vol. 2, no. 29, p. 2, col. 5. 

Reference to the formation of the Association of 

Men with Wings, chartered for the purpose of bringing 

the Wright 1903 aeroplane back to the United 

States from London. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Why Not an Association to Get a 

Custodian for Our National Museum? U.S. Air Services, 

Aug. 1938, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 29, 31. 

Cites popular ignorance of reasons why the Wright 

1903 aeroplane was sent abroad. 

Kalb, Karl P. Why the Kitty Hawk Plane May Stay in 

England. Liberty, Aug. 6, 1938, vol. 15, no. 32, p. 52. 

Take It and Welcome. Aeroplane, Aug. 17, 1938, vol. 55, 

p. 94. 

Editorial comment on formation of Association of 

Men with Wings. Minimizes importance of the Wright 

1903 machine in the Science Museum. 


[Findley, Earl N.] Airmen Move to Effect Return of 

Wright Plane from England. U.S. Air Services, Sept. 

1938, vol. 23, no. 9, p. 30. 

Brief account of Association of Men with Wings, 

Inc. organized August 4. Includes text of petition 

addressed to Chief Justice Taft as Chancellor of the 

Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution asking 

that the Museum change certain inaccuracies in 

the records relative to the building and flying of the 

first aeroplane. 

Is Paramount Financing Assoc. of Men with Wings? It s 

Your Guess Now. American Aviation, Sept. 1, 1938, vol. 

2, no 7, p. 11. 

States that Paramount Pictures put up $25,000 for 

the promotion of the organization. 

Goldstrom, John. Bring Back Our Winged Exile. An 

Open Letter to President Roosevelt on the Kitty Hawk 

Plane. Liberty, Sept. 3, 1938, vol. 15, no. 36, p. 56. 

Paramount Wonders Why the Secrecy about Its 

Financing Men with Wings. American Aviation, Oct. 1, 

1938, vol. 2, no. 9, p. 10. 

Shades of Justice! The CAA Snubs the Smithsonian, 

Recognizes Wright Ship. American Aviation, Nov. 1, 

1938, vol. 2, no. 11, p. 3. 

Gray, Jack Stearns. Lest We Forget. In her Up ; a 

True Story of Aviation, Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah 

Publishing House, Inc., 1938, pp. 189—193. 

Plea for the return of the Wright plane. 

U.S. Congress. House. Joint Resolution for the Return of 

the Wright Airplane to the United States of America, to 

be Placed on Permanent Exhibition, under such 

Conditions as may be Jointly Approved by Mr. Wright 

and the Congress. July 10, 1940. Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1940, 2 pp. (76th Congress, 

3d Session. House. J. Res. 584). 

Introduced by Harry R. Sheppard of California; 

referred to the Committee on the Library. 

Sheppard, Harry R. Return of the Wright Airplane to the 

United States. Extension of Remarks July 10, 1940. 

Congressional Record, July 10, 1940, vol. 86, appendix, 

p. 4418. 

Remarks made in connection with the introduction 

of the author s resolution in Congress. See above. 

Hatch, Alden. [Testing of Langley Machine.] In his 

Glenn Curtiss; Pioneer of Naval Aviation, New York: 

Julian Messner, Inc., 1942, pp. 237—241. 

Brief account of Hammondsport trials. 

A Bibliography 105

Abbot, Charles G. The 1914 Test of the Langley 

Aerodrome. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian 

Institution, October 24, 1942, 8 pp., +illus. (Smithsonian 

Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 103, no. 8, and its 

Publication 3699). 

Reprinted in Annual Report of the Smithsonian 


Printing Office, 1943, pp. 111—118; U.S. Air Services, 

Nov. 1942, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 12—15; Kelly, Fred C., 

The Wright Brothers, New York; Harcourt, Brace & 

Company, 1943, pp. 324—333, and reprinted in part in 

American Aviation Daily, Oct. 30, 1942, vol. 23, pp. 

290—291; American Aviation, Nov. 15, 1942, vol. 6, 

no. 12, pp. 17, 19; Journal of the Aeronautical 

Sciences, Jan. 1943, vol. 10, pp. 31—35; Aerosphere 

1943 edited by Glenn D. Angle, New York: 

Aerosphere, Inc. 1944, pp. CXIII—CXV. 

Statement by the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

Institution correcting assertions and actions of former 

Smithsonian officials relative to the 1914 test of the 

Langley aerodrome. Statement was submitted to 

Orville Wright who accepted it as basis for closing the 

prolonged Wright—Smithsonian controversy, provided 

it was given adequate publication. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Smithsonian Swings into Step. U.S. 

Air Services, Nov. 1942, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 7—8. 

Editorial comment on publication of Smithsonian 

Institution s statement of October 24 (its Miscellaneous 

Collections, vol. 103, no. 8). 

Langley Dispute Ends. Science News Letter, Nov. 7, 

1942, vol. 42, p. 292. 

Dr. Abbot Ends Orville Wright—Smithsonian Controversy. 

Museum News, Nov. 15, 1942, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1, 4. 

Good-bye to All That. Flight, Nov. 19, 1942, p. 542. 

Future of the Wright Biplane. Aeroplane, Nov. 20, 1942, 

vol. 63, p. 580. 

G[rey], C. G. The First Aeroplane. Aeroplane, Dec. 4, 

1942, vol. 63, p. 664. 

Author contends that Wrights 1903 flying machine 

was not a practical one. 

Kelly, Fred C. Why the Wright Plane Was Exiled. In his 

The Wright Brothers, New York: Harcourt, Brace & 

Company, 1943, pp. 300—333, +illus. and reprinted New 

York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. 

Extensive account of controversy. 

Famous Aviation Controversies: Wright Vs. Smithsonian. 

In The Airmans Almanac, edited by Francis Walton, New 



York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1945, pp. 421—422. 

Brief summary. 

[Findley, Earl N.] How Long, Oh Lord, How Long? U.S. 

Air Services, June 1946, vol. 31, no. 6, p. 9. 

Editorial pointing out misstatements by Russell 

Owen in an article titled Trail-Blazers of the Blue in 

the New York Times Magazine, May 4. 

Brewer, Griffith. The Langley Machine and the 

Hammondsport Trials. In his Fifty Years of Flying, 

London: Air League of the British Empire, 1946, pp. 

108—112. 

Author s account of his role in controversy. 

Noel, E. Percy. Remarks of President Noel on Mr. Nils 

H. Randers-Pehrson s Paper. Columbia Historical 

Society Records, Apr. 1947, vol. 46/47, pp. 60—79. 

Discussion by the President of the Columbia 

Historical Society, of paper on Aeronautics in the 

District of Columbia, with his observations on the 

Smithsonian Institution report issued October 24, 

1942. Also included in his remarks is a statement by 

Dr. Albert F. Zahm on this report. 

Hellman, Geoffrey T. Profiles [The Smithsonian 

Institution]. New Yorker, Dec. 3, 1966 vol. 42, pp. 

66—150; Dec. 10, pp. 64—139; Dec. 17, pp. 58—112. 

Included also in his The Smithsonian; Octopus on the 

Mall, New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1967, pp. 132—158. 

The Smithsonian—Wright controversy is reviewed 

in the December 10 issue, pp. 100—139. 

Vaeth, J. Gordon. Langley, Man of Science and Flight. 

New York: Ronald Press, 1966, 117 pp., +illus. 

The Wright—Smithsonian Institution controversy is 

discussed in the final chapter titled Epilogue, pp. 

104—111. 

Crouch, Tom D. Capable of flight: The Feud between the 

Wright Brothers and the Smithsonian. American 

Heritage of Invention & Technology, Spring 1987, pp. 

34—46, +illus. 

Detailed journal article account of the Wright— 

Smithsonian controversy, 1914-1948, in which the 

Smithsonian officially recognized Samuel Pierpont 

Langley s 1903 Aerodrome as the first airplane capable 

of flight even though the Wright brothers 1903 

Flyer was. 

McIntyre, Doug. Odyssey of the Flyer, American History 

Illustrated, Jan./Feb. 1994, pp. 44—47, 69—70, +illus. 

Recounts the controversy surrounding Samuel 

Pierpont Langley s attempts to successfully fly his 

Aerodrome, Glenn Curtiss s efforts to prove

Langley the first to fly, and the eventual court cases 

involving patent suits. 

Crouch, Tom D. Capable of Flight: The Saga of the 1903 

Wright Airplane. In Exhibiting Dilemmas: Issues of 

Representation at the Smithsonian. Amy Henderson and 

Adrienne L. Kaeppler, eds. Washington, D.C.: 

Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997, pp. 92—115, +illus. 

Comprises a chapter in a book on issues of authenticity 

and ethics confronting curators at the 

Smithsonian Institution, on what and how to exhibit. 

Concise account of the Wright—Smithsonian controversy 

over whether the Samuel Langley Aerodrome 

was the first airplane capable of controlled powered 

manned flight even though the Wright Flyer was the 

first to actually fly.The author argues that the Wright 

flyer not only flew first but was indeed the first capable 

of flight and well deserves its honored place in the 

National Air and Space Museum. 

Monuments and Museums 

Morlan, Michael. Kitty Hawk to NASA: A Guide to U.S. 

Air & Space Museums and Exhibits. Shawnee, Kansas: 

Bon A Tirer, 1991, 304 pp. 

A book of general information on the many museums 

and military installations dealing with aviation 

history, including the Wright Brothers National 

Memorial in Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

Bibliography p. 299. 

The Proposed Wright Memorial. Aero Club of America 

Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 5. 

Recommendation by the Dayton Wright Memorial 

Commission that a memorial in the form of two Greek 

columns be erected at Huffman Prairie (Simms 

Station), Dayton, Ohio. 

Aviation Heritage National 

Historic Park, Ohio 

(Aviation Trail) 

Johnson, Mary Ann. Field Guide to Flight: On the 

Aviation Trail in Dayton, Ohio. Revised edition. Dayton, 

Ohio: Landfall Press, 1996, 144 pp., +illus. 

Detailed guide to accompany the Aviation Trail, a 

walking tour of sites significant to the lives of the 

Wright brothers and aviation history in Dayton, Ohio. 

Includes many photographs and an index. 

The first edition was published in 1986. 


U.S. National Park Service Dayton Aviation Heritage 

National Historical Park, Ohio: General Management 

Plan, Interpretive Plan, November 1997. Denver, 

Colorado: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park 

Service, Denver Service Center, 1997, 112 pp., +illus. 

Detailed description as of Nov. 1997, of the general 

management plan (which includes staffing, financing, 

and administration) and interpretive plan (which 

includes visitor activities and experiences) for the 

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, 

established by act of Congress in Oct. 1992, to preserve 

the sites significant to the lives of the Wright 

brothers and the development of aviation, in Dayton, 

Ohio. Includes photographs and maps. Bibliography 

pp. 102—109 

Wilbur Wright Monument, 

Auvours, France 

The Wilbur Wright and Hubert Latham Monuments. The 

Aero, London, Dec. 1912, vol. 6, p. 352. 

Brief note announcing the opening of subscriptions 

for the erection of a monument at Camp d Auvours in 

memory of Wilbur Wright. 

Veit, Sidney B. France and the Wright brothers. L gion 

d honneur, Apr. 1933, vol. 1, pp. 206—215, +illus. 

Includes photographs of Wright memorials at 

Auvours, Le Mans, and Pau. 

Wilbur Wright Monument, 

Le Mans, France 

Shaft to Wilbur Wright. Flying, New York, Jan. 1919, 

vol. 7, pp. 1166, 1169. 

Account of the laying of the cornerstone, December 

22, 1918. 

Lafayette and Wilbur Wright Honored. Flying, New 

York, Feb. 1919, vol. 8, pp. 50—51, +illus. 

Another account reprinted from the Paris edition of 

the New York Herald Tribune. 

Wilbur Wright Memorial. Aeronautics, July 22, 1920, 

vol. 19, p. 69. 

Brief note on dedication exercises, July 18. 

B arn, C. de. A la m moire des fr res Wright . Le Monde 

illustr , July 24, 1920, vol. 127, pp. 62—63, +illus. 

A Bibliography 107

L Hermitte, J. Le Monument de l aviation. L Illustration, 


Translation with title, Wilbur Wright in France, 

Literary Digest, Aug. 28, 1920, vol. 66, p. 32. 

French Memorial to Wilbur Wright. Flight, July 29, 

1920, vol. 12, p. 841. 

Le Monument Wilbur Wright et aux pionniers del aviation 

inaugur au Mans le 17 juillet 1920. L A rophile, 

Aug. 1920, vol. 28, pp. 246—248. 

Extensive account of unveiling of the first notable 

memorial to Wilbur Wright. The monument by the 

French sculptor, Paul Landowski, stands in the Place 

des Jacobins, before the Cathedral of St. Julien. 

Wright Memorial Dedicated in France. U.S. Air 


Gives editorial comment on monument from New 

York Sun and New York Herald. 

France s Tribute to Wilbur Wright, Father of Aviation. 

Literary Digest, Aug. 28, 1920, vol. 66, p. 54. 

Reprinted from Boston Herald. 

Unveiling of the Monument to Wilbur Wright. Flying, 

New York, Sept. 1920, vol. 9, pp. 530—531, +illus. 

France s Tribute to the Wright Brothers. U.S. Air 

Services, Nov. 1920, vol. 4, no. 4, p. 21, +illus. 

Brief note on monument with speech given by Rear 

Admiral T. P. Magruder, U. S. representative at 

unveiling ceremony. 

The Wright Memorial. Aircraft Year Book 1921, Boston: 

Small, Maynard & Co., 1921, pp. 126—127. 

Gilbert, Morris. America and Le Mans. New York Times, 

June 26, 1966, p. 30, col. 3—6. 

Account of Wilbur Wright s early flights at Le 

Mans in 1908 and of the monument erected there in 

his honor in 1920. 

Wilbur Wright Memorial, 

New Castle, Indiana 

Wilbur Wright Memorial. [New Castle, Indiana] Circle 

Printing Service, [1923], 4 pp., +illus. 

Includes photograph of memorial tablet at 

Memorial Park, New Castle, Indiana, erected by Phi 

Delta Kappa fraternity, April 15, 1923, and dedicated 

in the presence of Orville and Katharine Wright. 



Wright Brothers Monument, 

Pau, France 

Le Monument de Wilbur Wright. Il a t inaugur le 30 

janvier Pau-Pont-Long. Les Ailes, Feb. 4, 1932 vol. 

112, p. 14. 

Brief note on dedication of Wright brothers monument, 

January 30, 1932, to commemorate the first 

flights of Wilbur at Pau in 1908 and the training of the 

first French aviation officers. 

L Inauguration du monument Wright Pau. 

L Illustration, Feb. 6, 1932, vol. 181, p. 164, +illus. 

The Monument to the Wright Brothers at Pau, France. 

U.S. Air Services, Apr. 1932, vol. 17, pp. 42, 44, +illus. 

Brief account of dedication including addresses 

delivered by Paul Tissandier and U. S. Ambassador 

Walter Edge. 

France Remembers the Wrights. National Aeronautics 

Magazine, May 1932, vol. 10, pp. 16—18, +illus. 

Account of dedication of monument at Pau. 

Wright Memorial, Kill Devil Hill, 

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 

U.S. Congress. House. A Bill Authorizing an 

Appropriation of $50,000 for the Erection of a Memorial 

at Kitty Hawk, Dare County, North Carolina, to 

Commemorate the First Successful Airplane Flight 

Made by Wilbur and Orville Wright. December 17, 1926. 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1926, 2 

pp. (69th Congress, 2d Session. H. R. 15348). 

Submitted by Congressman Lindsay Warren of 

North Carolina; referred to the Committee on the 

Library. 

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs. 

To Commemorate the First Successful Flight by Power- 

Driven Aircraft. Report [To Accompany S. 4876]. 

Submitted by Mr. Robinson of Indiana. January 8, 1927. 


p. (69th Congress, 2d Session. Senate Report 1227). 

Recommends passage of bill. 

Monument on Kill Devil Hill, N.C. Congressional 

Record, Jan. 10, 1927, vol. 68, p. 1343. 

Discussion of Senate bill 4876.

U.S. Congress. Senate. An Act Providing for the Erection 

of a Monument on Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk, North 

Carolina, Commemorative of the First Successful 

Attempt in History at Power-Driven Airplane Flight. 

January 11, 1927. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1927, 2 pp. (69th Congress, 2d Session. 

S. 4876). 

Introduced by Senator Hiram Bingham of 

Connecticut; referred to the Committee on the 

Library. 

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Library. 

Monument Commemorative of 1st Successful Attempt at 

Power-Driven Airplane Flight. Report [To Accompany 

S. 4876]. Submitted by Mr. Luce. February 4, 1927. 


p. (69th Congress, 2d Session. House. Report 1989). 

Recommends new section in bill providing that 

designs and plans of monument be subject to approval 

of the Commission of Fine Arts and the Joint 

Committee on the Library. 

Warren, Lindsay. The Memorial in Commemoration of 

the First Successful Attempt in All History at Power- 

Driven Airplane Flight, Achieved by Orville Wright on 

December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Speech in 

the House of Representatives, Tuesday, February 8, 

1927. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 

1927, 8 pp. 

Reprinted from Congressional Record, Feb. 8, 

1927, vol. 68, pp. 3281—3282. 

S. 4876 an Act Providing for the Erection of a Monument 

on Kill Devil Hill, at Kitty Hawk, N.C., Commemorative 

of the First Successful Human Attempt at Power-Driven 

Airplane Flight. Approved March 2, 1927. Washington, 

D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1927, 1 p. (Public 

Law 668, 69th Congress). 

Also in United States Statutes at Large, 1927-1929, 

vol. 44, pp. 1264—1265. 

The Memorial to the First Airplane Flight. 

Congressional Record, Mar. 3, 1927, vol. 68, p. 5803. 

Joint resolution by the General Assembly of North 

Carolina urging Congress to erect a memorial to the 

Wrights at Kitty Hawk; introduced into the record by 

Mr. Warren. 

Memorial to Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. U.S. Air 

Services, Sept. 1927, vol. 12, p. 40. 

Brief note on the formation of the Kill Devil Hills 

Memorial Association, August 16, 1927, for the purpose 

of erecting a monument commemorating the first 

flights of the Wrights at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 


In Honor of the Wrights. Slipstream, Nov. 1927, vol. 8, 

no. 11, pp. 9—10, +illus. 

Editorial favoring Dayton, Ohio, over Kitty Hawk, 

North Carolina, as a site for Wright memorial. 

Wright Memorial Site Criticized. Slipstream, Jan. 1928, 

vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 7—8, +illus. 

Further editorial favoring erection in Dayton of a 

suitable Wright Memorial for housing the first Wright 

machine and other Wright trophies. 

Monument on Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, N.C. In U.S. 

Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. War 

Department Appropriations Bill 1929. Hearings. 

January 19, 1928. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, 1928, pt. 2, pp. 420—421. 

An Act Making Appropriations for the Military and 

Non-military Activities of the War Department for the 

Fiscal Year June 30, 1929, and for Other Purposes. 

Approved March 23, 1928. In United States Statutes at 

Large, 1927-1929, vol. 44, pp. 326—365. 

Includes an appropriation of $25,000 for the Kitty 

Hawk monument, p. 357. 

Wright Brothers to Be Honored by NAA. Aeronautic 

Review, Nov. 1928, vol. 6, p. 173, +illus. 

Announces planning of a memorial by the National 

Aeronautic Association on the spot from which the 

first flight was made at Kitty Hawk, N. C., on 


Status of Kitty Hawk Monument, N.C. In U.S. Congress. 

House. Committee on Appropriations. War Department 

Appropriations Bill for 1930. Hearings November 15, 

1928. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 

1928, pt. 2, pp. 53—54. 

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First Airplane Flight. 

Proceedings at the Exercises Held at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on 

December 17, 1928, in Commemoration of the Twenty- 

Fifth Anniversary of the First Flight of an Airplane Made 

by Wilbur and Orville Wright. Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1929, 29 pp. (70th Congress, 

2d Session. House. Document no. 520). 

Proceedings included are those relating to the laying 

of the cornerstone of the Wright Memorial and the 

unveiling of the memorial erected by the National 

Aeronautic Association on the spot from which the 

Wrights made their December 1903 flights. 

Neely, Frederick R. N. A. A. Marks Site of the First 

Airplane Flight with Impressive Ceremonies at Kitty 

Hawk. Aeronautics Review, Jan. 1929, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 

4—7, +illus. 

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Account of unveiling of bronze tablet and boulder 

erected by the National Aeronautic Association on the 

site of the first flight, and of laying of cornerstone of 

Wright Memorial, Kill Devil Hill, N.C., December 17, 

1928, in the presence of Orville Wright. 


Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations War 

Department Appropriations Bill for 1931. Hearings 

November 18, 1929. Washington, D.C.: Government 


Reynolds, Carolyn L. Kill Devil Will Do No More 

Wandering Now That It Is Firmly Anchored with 

Grass Shrubs, Grass, and Vegetables Now Growing on 

Sandy Desert. Congressional Record, Jan. 8, 1930, vol. 

72, pp. 1256—1258. 

Reprinted from the Raleigh, N. C., News and 

Observer, August 18, 1929. 

Introduced into the record by Mr. Warren. Account 

of the work of the United States Army Quartermaster 

Corps in anchoring Kill Devil Hill. 

Wright Memorial Competition. Pencil Points, Apr. 1930, 

vol. 11, pp. 304—306, +illus. 

Winning design sketches by architects Robert Pliny 

Rodgers and Alfred Eastin Poor. 

U.S. Bureau of the Budget, Monument on Kill Devil Hill, 

N.C. Communication from the President of the United 

States Transmitting Supplemental Estimates of 

Appropriation for the War Department for the Fiscal 

Year 1930, to Remain Available until June 30, 1932, 

Amounting to $225,000 for Monument on Kill Devil 

Hill, Kitty Hawk, N.C., April 25, 1930. U.S. Bureau of 

the Budget Monument on Kill Devil Hill, N.C. 


pp. (71st Congress, 2d Session. House. Document no. 

369). 

Wright, Hamilton M. Chaining a Mountain of Sand. 

Popular Mechanics, July 1930, vol. 54, pp. 99—100, 

+illus. 

Account of the work of the United States Army 

Quartermaster Corps in their efforts to stabilize sand 

so as to provide a permanent base for the monument. 


Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations War 

Department Appropriations Bill for 1932. Hearings 

November 17, 1930. Washington, D.C.: Government 


The Government s Memorial to the Wright Brothers. 




Government Memorial for Aviation s Birthplace. 

Southern Aviation, Aug. 1931, vol. 2, no. 12, p. 6, +illus. 

Sharp, Edward R. A Nation s Tribute to the Wrights. 

National Aeronautics Magazine, July 1932, vol. 10, no. 

7, pp. 14—17. 

Summarizes progress made to date on monument. 

Wright Memorial to Be Dedicated This Month. U.S. Air 

Services, Nov. 1932, vol. 17, no. 11, p. 25. 

A Fitting Memorial to the Pioneers of Flight. Air Corps 

News Letter, Nov. 30, 1932, vol. 16, pp. 458—459. 

Slightly abridged with title, The Monument at 

Kitty Hawk, Popular Aviation, Feb. 1933, vol. 12, 

no. 2, pp. 99—100, 133, +illus. 

Account of dedication exercises held November 19, 

1932. 

Wright Memorial Dedicated. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 

1932, vol. 17, no. 12, pp. 20—21, +illus. 

Account of dedication exercises attended by Orville 


The Granite Wing at Kitty Hawk. U.S. Naval Institute 

Proceedings, Jan. 1933, vol. 59, pp. 140—141. 

Reprinted from New York Herald Tribune, 


Fitzgerald, Francis V. Shifting Sands. How the Wright 

Memorial Was Built. Quartermaster Review, Jan.-Feb. 

1933, vol. 12, pp. 45—48, +illus. 

Graves, Louis. The Wright Memorial and Its 

Interesting Custodian. U.S. Air Services, June 1933, 

vol. 18, no. 6, p. 31. 

Reprinted from Chapel Hill Weekly. 

Saunders, W. O., ed. A Souvenir Handbook of the Wright 

Memorial. Elizabeth City, N.C.: The Independent, 1935, 


A descriptive brochure including the act of Congress 

creating the monument and special contributions on 

The Granite Man s Job by John P. Frank, Orville 

Wright s Own Story, and the author s America s First 

Airplane Casualty [John T. Daniels], reprinted from 

Collier s, September 17, 1927. 

. Two Historic Shrines. The Wright Memorial 

and Fort Raleigh on Roanoke Island. Elizabeth City, 

N.C.: W. O. Saunders, 1937, 30 pp. 

The Wright Memorial, pp. 5—25. 

World s First Airport Deserves a Landing Field. U.S. Air 

Services, Dec. 1937, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 7—8.

Plea for establishment of an airport near the Kitty 

Hawk monument. 

Doors of Wright Memorial, Kill Devil Hill, N.C. From a 

Photograph by F. S. Lincoln 1922. Technology Review, 

Jan. 1939, vol. 41, cover. 

U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Kill Devil Hill National 

Memorial. [New York]: Polygraphic Company of 

America, Apr. 1942, 6 pp., +illus. 

Reprinted Washington, D.C.: Government Printing 

Office, 1948 and 1949. 

Descriptive leaflet issued by the National Park 

Service which administers the Memorial. 

Saunders, Keith. The Wright Memorial Museum. 

National Aeronautics and Flight Plan, Feb. 1953, vol. 

32, p. 1. 

Announcement of plans for the establishment of a 

memorial museum at Kill Devil Hill. 

Brown, Aycock, and Whitener, Ralph V. Where It All 

Began. Air Force, Nov. 1953, vol. 36, pp. 47, 63. 

Discusses plans for the 1953 fiftieth anniversary 

celebration of the Wright brothers 1903 flights at Kill 

Devil Hill, N.C., including an account of the plans by 

the Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association, the 

National Park Service, the Air Force Association, and 

the North Carolina Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered 

Flight Commission to reconstruct the Wrights original 

site at Kill Devil Hill. 

Fifty Years of Flight. Travel, Nov. 1953, vol. 100, pp. 

17—19, +illus. 

Deals with the Wright Brothers National Memorial 

at Kitty Hawk, N.C., and the annual commemorative 

ceremonies held there. 

Restoring Wright Brothers Camp of 1903. Journal of 

the Society of Architectural Historians, Oct. 1954, vol. 

13, pp. 28—29, +illus. 

Describes the two original Wright buildings at Kill 

Devil Hill, N.C., restored by the National Park 

Service, as a part of the fiftieth anniversary of the first 

powered flights by the Wright brothers. 

And Kitty Hawk It will Remain. U.S. Air Services, Jan. 

1955, vol. 40, p. 6. 

Editorial quoting extensively from a letter by 

Marvin W. McFarland, editor of The Papers of Wilbur 

and Orville Wright, to Aycock Brown regarding the 

proper designation, Kitty Hawk or Kill Devil Hill, for 

the area in North Carolina where the Wrights conducted 

their early experiments and flights. 


U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and 

Insular Affairs. Revising Boundaries of Wright Brothers 

National Memorial, North Carolina. Report [To 

Accompany H. R. 5488]. April 16, 1959. Washington, 

D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1959, 3 pp. (86th 

Congress, 1st Session. House. Report No. 274). 

H. R. 5488 was submitted by Rep. Herbert C. 

Bonner of North Carolina, March 10, 1959. The bill 

was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular 

Affairs, passed the House May 4 and the Senate June 

12. 

Provides for the addition of approximately 11 acres 

of land. One tract of approximately 95 acres contains 

the landing site of the fourth and longest of the Wright 

brothers historic flights on December 17, 1903. 

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and 

Insular Affairs. Revising the Boundaries of Wright 

Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina. Report 

[To Accompany H. R. 5488]. June 9, 1959. Washington, 

D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1959, 3 pp. (86th 

Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Report No. 377). 

Similar to House Report No. 274. 

An Act to Revise the Boundaries of Wright Brothers 

National Memorial, North Carolina, and for Other 

Purposes. United States Statutes at Large, 1959, vol. 73, 

p. 91. 

Approved June 23, 1959 (Public Law 86-59). 

East, Omega G. Wright Brothers National Memorial. 


64 pp. (National Park Service. Historical Handbook 

Series. No. 34) 

A guide book succinctly presenting the achievements 

of the Wright brothers and the significant 

events in their lives. 

Originally authorized by Congress on March 2, 

1927, as the Kill Devil Hill Monument National 

Memorial to commemorate the Wrights first successful 

flights in a man-carrying, power-driven heavierthan-air 

aeroplane, the name was changed to the 

Wright Brothers National Memorial, December 1, 

1953. 

Originally administered by the War Department, 

the area transferred to the National Park Service, 

August 10, 1933, includes the reconstructed Wright 

brothers living quarters and hangar, a granite memorial 

placed by the National Aeronautic Association in 

1928 to mark the take-off point of the 1903 flights, a 

reconstruction of the original single-rail starting track, 

Kill Devil Hill, used by the Wrights during their gliding 

experiments, 1900-1903, and the Wright 

Memorial shaft, dedicated November 19, 1932. 

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Wright Brothers Home and Shop, 

Greenfield Village, 

Dearborn, Michigan 

Ford Purchases Wright Building. The Air Line Pilot, 

July 1936, vol. 5, no. 8, p. 7. 

Announcement of the purchase of the building for 

the purpose of restoring it as a memorial to the 


Living Memorial to Faith, Industry, and Foresight of 

Wright Brothers Assured by Purchase. Chirp, Aug. 

1936, no. 17, pp. 4—5, +illus. 

Bauer, Charles J. Birthplace of the Airplane. Popular 

Aviation, Dec. 1936, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 17—18, 64—65, 

+illus. 

Written on occasion of removal of Wright bicycle 

shop to Dearborn, Michigan, for restoration. 

A Celebration in Honor of Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Dearborn, Michigan: The Edison Institute, 1938, [13 

pp.], +illus. 

A program issued for the dedication exercises held 

April 16, 1938, at the Edison Institute, when the 

restored Wright home and bicycle shop were opened 

to the public. 

Kresin, William. Wright Home and Workshop 

Dedicated. Herald [publication of the Edison Institute], 

Apr. 29, 1938, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 1, 3, 11, +illus. 

Full account of dedication exercises. 

Ford Dedicates Wright Shrine. U.S. Air Services, May 

1938, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 8—9. 

Editorial note on dedication. 

The Wright Dedication. Chirp, Aug. 1, 1938, no. 22, 

pp. 1—4. 

Account of participation of Early Birds organization 

in exercises. 

Atkinson, Elizabeth. The Wright Homestead. Herald 

[publication of the Edison Institute], July 4, 1941, vol. 

8, no. 11, pp. 1, 3, 18, +illus. 

Description of home as restored. 

Pennington, John. The Wright Bicycle Shop. Herald 

[publication of the Edison Institute], July 18, 1941, vol. 

8, no. 12, pp. 1, 3, 12—15, +illus. 

Description of bicycle shop as restored. 



Wilbur and Orville Wright 

Memorial, Dayton, Ohio 

Dedication of Wright Brothers Hill by the Wilbur and 

Orville Wright Memorial Commission. National 

Aviation Day. 2:30 P.M., August 19, 1940, Dayton, 

[1940], 4 pp. 

Dedication program. 

Have You Visited Wright Brothers Hill ? NCR 

[National Cash Register] Factory News, Aug.-Sept. 

1940, pp. 1—6, +illus. 

Special issue giving pictorial account of dedication 

ceremonies. 

Wright Hill Dedicated at Dayton. U.S. Air Services, 

Sept. 1940, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 10—11, +illus. 

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial, a North 

Carolina marble shaft, on Wright Brothers Hill, was 

dedicated August 19, 1940. It stands on a high ridge 

between Wright and Patterson Air Force Bases and 

overlooks the site of Huffman Prairie where the 

Wrights experimented with their planes of 1904 and 

1905 and where many of the early Army flyers were 

trained. 

Dedication of the Wright Brothers Monument. Air 

Corps News Letter, Sept. 1, 1940, vol. 23, no. 17, p. 7. 

Brief note on dedication ceremonies. 

Dedication of Wilbur and Orville Wright Memorial at 

Dayton, Ohio. Extension of Remarks of Hon. Harry N. 

Routzohn of Ohio September 5, 1940. 

Congressional Record, Sept. 5, 1940, vol. 86, appendix 

pp. A5468—A5469. 

Address of Gov. James M. Cox at the dedication, 

August 19, 1940. 

Wright Hall, Carillon Park, 

Dayton, Ohio 

The Wright Brothers Dayton, Ohio: Carillon Park, 

[1950], 26 pp., +illus. 

An illustrated biographical brochure which 

includes an account of Wright Hall, Carillon Park, 

built by Colonel E. A. Deeds, of National Cash 

Register Company, especially to provide a home for 

the restored 1905 Wright aeroplane.

Wilbur Wright Memorial (Indiana) 

Harvey, Ralph. Harvey Names Wright Memorial 

Backers. Congressional Record, May 25, 1953, vol. 99, 

appendix pp. A2888—A2889. 

Lists names of individuals who are engaged in 

establishing a permanent memorial to Wilbur Wright 

at his birthplace in Henry County, Indiana, together 

with the text of a resolution adopted by the Indiana 

General Assembly calling for the establishment of 

such a memorial. 

. Wilbur Wright. Congressional Record, May 25, 

1953, vol. 99, pp. 5526—5527. 

Fiftieth anniversary tribute to Wilbur. Reports formation 

of a Wilbur Wright Memorial Commission for 

the purpose of establishing a memorial to Wilbur in 

Indiana. 

Indiana. General Assembly. House. Joint Resolution 

Designating the Wilbur Wright Birthplace as a State 

Memorial. In Indiana. General Assembly. House 

Journal, 1953 Session, Indianapolis, 1953, pp. 300—301. 

(88th Session. Joint Resolution 15). 

Introduced by Rep. Clem Conway, February 3, 

1953, passed House February 11, and Senate 

February 28, and approved by Gov. George M. Craig 

March 9. 

Memorials 

Wilbur Wright Chair of 

Aerodynamics 

(Proposed) 

Recommends Wilbur Wright Chair. Aero, St. Louis, June 

22, 1912, vol. 4, p. 276. 

Recommendation by the Aero Club of Philadelphia 

to the aero clubs of the country that a Wilbur Wright 

Chair of Aerodynamics be established in some 

American college. 

A Communication to the Aero Club [Signed Committee 

on Memorial to Wilbur Wright]. Fly Magazine, July 

1912, vol. 4, no. 9, p. 19. 

Letter dated June 7, 1912, recommending that the 

Aero Club of Pennsylvania take steps to create a 

Wilbur Wright Chair of Aerodynamics. 

Memorials 

Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture 

(Royal Aeronautical Society, London) 

Wilbur Wright Memorial. Aeronautic Journal, July 

1912, vol. 16, no. 63, p. 146. 

Announcement of the opening of a subscription 

fund for the establishment of a memorial to Wilbur 

Wright in appreciation of his great work and in 

recognition of the support he gave to the Aeronautical 

Society of Great Britain. This was to take the form of 

an annual lecture called the Wilbur Wright Lecture. 

Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture. Flight, May 24, 1913, 

vol. 5, p. 556. 

Editorial comment on establishment of lecture 

series. 

Ruck, R. M. Introductory Statement Made at First 

Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture. Aeronautical Journal, 

July 1913, vol. 17, p. 170. 

Brief statement on purpose of lecture series. 

The Wilbur Wright Memorial Fund. Journal of the Royal 

Aeronautical Society, Aug. 1925, vol. 29, pp. 335—337. 

Published also in U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1925, vol. 

10, no. 12, p. 34. 

Reports progress of the fund and of the lectures up 

to June 30, 1925. 

Pritchard, J. Laurence. In Memory of Wilbur Wright. 

Airways and Airports, June 1934, vol. 11, pp. 92—93. 

Brief note on significance of Wilbur Wright 

Memorial Lecture. 

USS Wright 

(Navy ships) 

U.S.S. Wright Our First Balloon-and-Airplane Carrier. 

Scientific American, Apr. 1922, vol. 126, p. 267, +illus. 

Description of ship named in honor of Wilbur 

Wright and commissioned December 1921. 

(USS Wright aircraft tender] Francis E. McMurtrie, editor. 

Janes Fighting Ships 1939, London: Sampson Low 

Marston, 1939, p. 511. 

Also in previous editions since 1921 and subsequent 

editions to 1940. 

Carrier Wright Launched. New York Times, Sept. 2, 

1945, sec. I, p. 26, col. 2. 

Brief note on launching, September 1, of the carrier 

Wright named for Wilbur Wright and sponsored by 

A Bibliography 113

his niece, Mrs. Harold S. Miller. The carrier was commissioned 


Turnbull, Archibald, and Lord, Clifford L. U.S.S. Wright. 

In their History of United States Naval Aviation, New 

Haven: Yale University Press, 1949, pp. 152, 230, 261. 

Brief references to ship. 

[USS Wright aircraft carrier/command ship] Jane s 

Fighting Ships 1961-62. London: Jane s Fighting Ships 

Publishing Co. Ltd., 1962, p. 310. 

Also in previous editions since 1945 and subsequent 

editions to 1968. 


(flying boat) 

Miss Wright Christens Our Boat. Wright Engine Builder, 

Oct. 1922, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 8, +illus. 

Account of christening September 26 by Katharine 

Wright of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation flying 

boat Wilbur Wright. 

Wright Brothers Medal 

(Society of Automotive Engineers) 

Wright Brothers Medal. Journal of the Royal 

Aeronautical Society, Aug. 1924, vol. 28, p. 503. 

Announces forthcoming inauguration of an annual 

medal award by the Dayton Section, Society of 

Automotive Engineers, to commemorate the pioneer 

aeronautical achievements of the Wright brothers 

(actually delayed until 1928). 

The Wright Brothers Medal. SAE Journal, Mar. 1928, 

vol. 22, pp. 382—383, +illus. 

Announcement of the rules for the award of the 

medal which states that The Wright Brothers Medal, 

originally donated by the Dayton Section of the 

Society of Automotive Engineers, shall be awarded 

annually to the author of the best paper on aerodynamics 

or structural theory or research, or aeroplane 

design or construction, which shall have been presented 

at a meeting of the Society or any of its sections 

during the calendar year. 

Society of Automotive Engineers. The Wright Brothers 

Medal, [New York: 1945], 10 pp. 

Brochure giving history of the medal awards, rules 

for award of medal, and list of recipients, 1928-1944. 

Earlier editions were published in 1930 and 1932. 

Memorials 


Wright Field 

(Dayton, Ohio) 

World s Greatest Air Post Christened Wright Field. 

Slipstream, Sept. 1925, vol. 6, no. 9, p. 8. 

Announces adoption of name by headquarters of 

the U.S. Army Air Service. 

Wright Field Is Dedicated. Aviation, Oct. 24, 1927, vol. 

23, pp. 995—997. 

Account of dedication ceremonies, October 12, 

1927, when field was dedicated to Wilbur and 

Orville Wright, in the presence of the latter, who 

raised the flag. 

Dedication of Wright Field. U.S. Air Services, Nov. 

1927, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 32—33, +illus. 

Report on dedication ceremonies. 

Jacobs, A. M. The Dedication of Wright Field. Air 

Corps News Letter, Nov. 10, 1927, vol. 11, pp. 

314—316. 

Includes address of Secretary of War F. Trubee 

Davison, delivered at dedication. 

The Story of Wright Field. In The Materiel Center and 

You; a Handbook for Your Guidance. Wright Field, 

Dayton, Ohio: 1943, pp. 18—21, +illus. 

Brief history. 

Wilbur Wright Elementary and 

Junior High School 

(Dayton, Ohio) 

The New Wilbur Wright Elementary and Junior High 

School. School Progress, Dayton, Mar. 1926, vol. 4, 

no. 6, pp. 1, 2, +illus. 

Wright Brothers Lecture 

(Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, now American 

Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) 

Wright Brothers Lecture. Journal of the Aeronautical 

Sciences, May 1937, vol. 4, p. 301. 

Note announcing inauguration of a new annual 

lecture to be known as the Wright Brothers 

Lecture.

Wright Brothers Memorial 

Wind Tunnel 

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 

The Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel. Technology Review, 

June 1938, vol. 40, p. 362, +illus. 

Note on new wind tunnel under construction. 

Lewis, George W. The Value of the Wind Tunnel in 

Aeronautical Research and Design. U.S. Air Services, 

Oct. 1938, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 25—27. 

Published also with illustrations of the wind tunnel 

with title, Why Wind Tunnels, Technology Review, 

Nov. 1938, vol. 41, pp. 24—25, 50—54. 

Address delivered on September 12 at the dedication 

of the Wright Brothers Memorial Wind Tunnel at 

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Wright Brothers High Pressure Wind Tunnel. Aero 

Digest, Oct. 1938, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 63. 

Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel. Aero Equipment Review, 

Nov. 1938, vol. 5, no. 2, p. 4, +illus. 

Pan American Aviation Day 

(December 17) 

U.S. Congress. House. Joint Resolution Authorizing the 

Participation of the United States in the Celebration of a 

Pan American Aviation Day, to be Observed on 

December 17, of Each Year, the Anniversary of the First 

Successful Flight of a Heavier-than-Air Machine. 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, [1940], 

2 pp. (76th Congress, 3d Session. House. J. Res. 595). 

Introduced August 27, 1940, by Robert L. Mouton 

of Louisiana; referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary. An identical bill, H. J. Res. 597, was introduced 

August 29 by Charles A. Plumley of Vermont 

and also referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

U.S. Congress. Senate. Joint Resolution Authorizing the 

Participation of the United States in the Celebration of a 

Pan American Aviation Day, to be Observed on 

December 17 of Each Year, the Anniversary of the First 

Successful Flight of a Heavier-than-Air Machine. 

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, [1940], 

2 pp. (76th Congress, 3d Session. Senate. J. Res. 295). 

Introduced September 6, 1940, by Mr. William H. 

Smathers of New Jersey; reported (no. 2169) with 

amendment, submitted by Bennett Champ Clark, 

September 24, 1940; passed Senate September 30; 

Memorials 

passed House October 2; approved October 10 and 

published in United States Statutes at Large, 1939- 

1941, vol. 54, pt. 1, p. 1093. 


Annual Issue of a Series of Air Mail Stamps on Pan- 

American Aviation Day. Washington, D.C.: Government 

Printing Office, [1939], 2 pp. (76th Congress, 3rd 

Session. House. J. Res. 615). 

Introduced October 14, 1940, by Mr. J. Hardin 

Peterson of Florida; referred to the Committee on Post 

Office and Post Roads. 

Closer Relationships Stressed in Addresses on the 

Occasion of Pan American Aviation Day. Extension of 

Remarks of Hon. Jennings Randolph. Congressional 

Record, Dec. 18, 1940, vol. 86, appendix pp. 

A6905—A6906. 

Includes addresses by Dr. L. S. Rowe and Thomas 

Burke delivered December 17. 

Borges, Ivo. Protesto. Asas, Jan. 1941, vol. 10, p. 1. 

Author protests the naming of December 17 as Pan 

American Aviation Day. 

Celebration of Pan American Aviation Day. Extension of 

Remarks of Hon. J. Sparkman. Congressional Record, 

Jan. 2, 1941, vol. 86, pp. 7039—7040. 

Account of programs held December 17. 

Pan American Aviation Day. In United States Statutes at 

Large, 1937-1941, vol. 54, pt. 2, pp. 2765—2766. 

Proclamation of President Roosevelt, November 

18, 1940, designating December 17, 1940, and 

December 17, of each succeeding year as Pan 

American Aviation Day in accordance with Public 

Resolution No. 105, approved October 10, 1940. 

Suggestions for Pan American Activities in Observance 

of Pan American Aviation Day, December 17 in Chicago 

Public Schools. Chicago: Bureau of Curriculum, Board 

of Education, 1944, 28 pp. 

Aviation Day and 

National Aviation Day 

(August 19) 

Aviation Day. Extension of Remarks of Hon. Robert R. 

Reynolds of North Carolina. Congressional Record, Jan. 

28, 1939, vol. 84, appendix pp. A314—A315. 

Reprints article from St. Petersburg, Florida, 

Independent, January 12, 1939, proposing the desig- 

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nation of an Aviation Day in honor of American air 

heroes, particularly Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Aviation Day in America. Extension of Remarks of Hon. 

Jennings Randolph. Congressional Record, Feb. 28, 

1939, vol. 84, appendix pp. A750—A751. 

Statement of J. E. Myers favoring the designation 

of Orville Wright s birthday as an annual aviation day. 

U.S. Congress. Senate. Joint Resolution Designating 

August 19 of Each Year as National Aviation Day. 

[Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1939], 

1 p. (76th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. J. Res. 111). 

Introduced April 3, 1939, by Mr. Claude Pepper of 

Florida, passed Senate May 4, passed House May 5. 

Numerous similar bills, Senate Joint Resolution 53 

and House Joint Resolutions 134, 147, 229—240, 251, 

and 253, also were introduced at this session. 

National Aviation Day. In United States Statutes at 

Large, 1939, vol. 53, pt. 3, p. 2548. 

Published also in Code of Federal Regulations of 

the United States 1939 Supplement, Washington, 

D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1940, pp. 36—37. 

Text of President Roosevelt s proclamation signed 

July 25, 1939, designating August 19 as National 

Aviation Day, as provided in Public Resolution No. 

14, 76th Congress, approved May 11, 1939. 


Issuance of an Air Mail National Aviation Day Stamp. 

[Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1940], 

1 p. (76th Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. J. Res. 265). 

Introduced May 27, 1940, by Mr. Robert R. 

Reynolds of North Carolina; referred to the 

Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. 

Wright Skyway 

(Washington—Los Angeles) 

Wright Skyway, Four Others to Be Dedicated April 

24-25. National Aeronautics, Apr. 1948, vol. 27, no. 4, 

p. 15. 

Announces plans for the dedication of the Wright 

Skyway between Los Angeles and Washington, 

including the erection of a bronze tablet at Wright 

Field, Dayton, Ohio. 

First Skyways Dedicated across Nation. Wrightway 

Gains Fame. Aviation News Beacon, Apr. 22, 1948, vol. 

3, no. 17, p. 1. 

Announcement of plans for dedication, April 24, 

1948. 

Memorials 


Wright Memorial Trophy 

(National Aeronautics Association) 

New Wright Memorial Trophy Goes to Dr. Durand. 

National Aeronautics, Dec. 1948, vol. 27, no. 12, p. 5. 

Announces presentation for the first time of a 

Wright trophy founded by Dr. Godfrey Lowell Cabot 

to be awarded annually by the National Aeronautics 

Association for significant public service of enduring 

value to aviation in the United States. 

Victory, John F. Wright Brothers Memorial Award. 

Pegasus, Dec. 1949, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 12—13, +illus. 

Wright Memorial Trophy Facts. National Aeronautics, 

Jan. 1963, vol. 42, p. 13. 

Lists recipients, 1948-1962. 

Wright Brothers Airmail 

Commemorative Stamp 

(1949) 

Wright Brothers Air Mail Stamp to Be Placed on First- 

Day Sale at Kitty Hawk, N.C., Dec. 17. Stamps, Nov. 5, 

1949, vol. 69, p. 225, +illus. 

Brief description of stamp. 

Ellis, F. Some Notes on the Wright Brothers and Stamps 

Honoring Their Aeroplane. Stamps, Dec. 10, 1949, vol. 

69, pp. 454—455, +illus. 

Note on the 2-cent International Civil Aeronautics 

Conference stamp issue of 1928, issued on the twenty-fifth 

anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight, 

and the forthcoming 6-cent airmail stamp, authorized 

by the Post Office Dept. August 15, 1949, both of 

which show the Wright 1903 aeroplane in flight. 

Glass, Sol. Wright Brothers Airmail Commemorative 

Stamp, 6¢ Red Issued December 17, 1949. Bureau 

Specialist, Aug. 1950, vol. 2, p. 181, +illus. 

Gives technical details. 

Wilbur and Orville Wright 

Laboratory of Physics 

(Oberlin College) 

Wilbur and Orville Wright Laboratory of Physics Oberlin. 

College Bulletin, July 1950, vol. 48, no. 7, pp. 1—40.

Announcement of naming of New Physics 

Laboratory at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, for 

Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Fiftieth Anniversary of 

First Powered Flight Stamp 

(1953) 

U.S. Congress. House. A Bill to Provide for the Issuance 

of a Special Air-Mail Postage Stamp in Commemoration 

of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Wright Brothers Flight 

at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Washington, D.C.: 

[Government Printing Office, 1953], 2 pp. (83rd 

Congress, 1st Session. H. R. 4217). 

Introduced March 25, by Mr. Peter F. Mack of 

Illinois; referred to the Committee on Post Office and 

Civil Service. 

Official Post Office Department Notice Concerning New 

6¢ Air Mail Stamp. Airpost Journal, Apr. 1953, vol. 24, 

no. 7, p. 220 and cover. 

Details on stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary 

of powered flight. 

Gatchell, L. B. Sidelights on the Campaign for a Wright 

Commemorative Stamp. Airpost Journal, May 1953, 

vol. 24, pp. 266—267, +illus. 

Published also in Stamps, May 16, 1953, vol. 83, 

pp. 236—237. 

Discusses plans and designs, 1943-1953, for a 

stamp honoring the Wrights. 

Glass, Sol. Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight 

Issue. Bureau Specialist, Sept. 1953, vol. 24, pp. 191, 

193, 200, +illus. 

Technical details on commemorative 6-cent air 

mail stamp issued May 9, 1953. Shows Wright 1903 

aeroplane in silhouette. 

Wright Brothers Day 

(December 17) 

U.S. Congress. House. Wright Brothers Day. Report [To 

Accompany H. J. Res. 513]. September 2, 1959. 


p. (86th Congress. House. Report no. 1130). 

Introduced by Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of 

Massachusetts, August 31, 1959. Referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary, passed House September 

3, and Senate September 9. 

Memorials 

Designates December 17, 1959, as Wright 

Brothers Day. 

Wright Brothers Day Proclamation. National 

Aeronautics, Nov. 1959, vol. 38, p. 2. 

President Eisenhower s proclamation issued 

September 21, 1959. 

Joint Resolution Designating the 17th Day of December 

1959 as Wright Brothers Day. United States Statutes at 

Large, vol. 73, 1959, p. 583. 

House Joint Resolution 513, approved and proclaimed 

September 21, 1959 (Public Law 86-304). 

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Judiciary. Wright 

Brothers Day. Report [To Accompany H. J. Res. 109]. 

May 22, 1961. Washington, D.C.: Government Print. 

Office, 1961, 2 pp. (87th Congress, 1st Session. House. 

Report no. 423). 


Massachusetts, January 6, 1961. Referred to 

Committee on Judiciary, passed House June 5 and 

Senate September 11. 

Designates December 17, 1961, as Wright 

Brothers Day. 

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Judiciary. Wright 

Brothers Day. Report [To Accompany H. J. Res. 109]. 

September 7, 1961. Washington, D.C.: Government 


Senate. Report no. 885). 

Similar to House Report No. 423. 

Whitener, Ralph V. Wanted a Day for the Wright 

Brothers. National Aeronautics, Sept. 1961, vol. 40, p. 4. 

A plea for the establishment of December 17, each 

year, as Wright Brothers Day. 

Joint Resolution Designating the 17th Day of December 

1961 as Wright Brothers Day. United States Statutes at 

Large, vol. 75, 1961, p. 611. 


September 22, 1961 (Public Law 87-291). 

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Judiciary. Wright 

Brothers Day Report [To Accompany H. J. Res. 335]. 

September 17, 1963. Washington, D.C.: Government 


House. Report no. 752). 


Massachusetts, March 21, 1963. Referred to 

Committee on Judiciary, passed House October 7 and 

Senate December 6. 

Authorizes the observance of a Wright Brothers 

Day on December 17 of each year. 

A Bibliography 117

Joint Resolution Designating the 17th Day of 

December Each Year as Wright Brothers Day. United 

States Statutes at Large, vol. 77, 1963, p. 402. 


December 17, 1963 (Public Law 88-209). 

Wright Brothers Day, 1966. Proclamation 3757. 

December 1, 1966. Weekly Compilation of Presidential 

Documents, Dec. 5, 1966, vol. 2, pp. 1750—1751. 

President Johnson s proclamation designating 

December 17, 1966, as Wright Brothers Day. 

Medals and Honors 

General 

Deposition of William J. Hammer, January 28, 1911. In 

The Wright Company Vs. Herring Curtiss Co. and 

Glenn H. Curtiss, Complainant s Record, New York: 

1912, pp. 20—208, 833, +illus. 

Summarized also in The Wright Company Vs. 

Claude Grahame—White, Brief for Complainant on 

Final Hearing, New York: 1911, pp. 3—8. 

Includes enumeration of recognitions and honors 

tendered Wrights in 1908 and 1909, pp. 24—34, with 

an accompanying photographic reproduction of 

many of them. 

Acadamie des Sports Medal 

L A ronautique l Acad mie des Sports, L A rophile, 

Nov. 1, 1908, vol. 16, p. 429. 

Includes announcement of the award, October 16, 

of the Acad mie des Sports medal to Wilbur and 


Aero-Club de France Gold Medal 

Ehrungen Wilbur Wrights. Illustrierte Aeronautische 

Mitteilungen, Nov. 4, 1908, vol. 12, p. 695. 

Includes announcement of the award in September 

of the A ro-Club of France s gold medal to Wilbur 

and Orville Wright. 



Aeronautical Society of 

Great Britain Medal 

Letter from Mr. Wilbur Wright. Aeronautical Journal, 

Jan. 1909, vol. 13, p. 3, +illus. (facing p. 2). 

Wilbur Wright s letter from Le Mans, December 3, 

1908, acknowledging that the Wright brothers had 

been voted the gold medal of the Aeronautical Society 

at its November 9 meeting, in recognition of their 

distinguished services to aeronautical science. 

Presentation of the Aeronautical Society s Medal. Flight, 

May 8, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 260—261. 

Account of ceremonies at the Institution of Civil 

Engineers, London, May 3, 1909, when the medal was 

presented to Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Presentation of the Gold Medal of the Aeronautical 

Society of Great Britain to Messrs. Wilbur and Orville 

Wright. The Aeronautical Journal, July 1909, vol. 13, 

pp. 76—79, +illus. 

Includes brief speeches of acceptance by Wilbur 

and Orville Wright. 

Acadamie des Sciences Gold Medal 

Les Medailles de l Academie des Sciences. L A rophile, 

Dec. 1, 1909, vol. 17, p. 545. 

Announcement of the award of an Acad mie des 

Sciences medal to Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Medaille de l A ronautique. Comptes rendus de 

l Acade mie des Sciences. Dec. 20, 1909, vol. 149, p. 

1297. 

Announcement of award of its gold medal to 


Aero Club of America Medal 

Aero Club Medal. Bulletin of the Aerial Experiment 

Association, Jan. 4, 1909, no. XXVI, p. 2. 

Report on visit of Alexander Graham Bell and Aero 

Club of America s Committee on Medals to the White 

House, December 16, 1908, to invite President 

Roosevelt to attend a banquet and present a medal to 

the Wrights on their return to America. 

Taft to Present Wright Medals. Aeronautics, New York, 

Apr. 1909, vol. 4, pp. 153—154.

Announcement of plans for presentation of Aero 

Club of America medals. 

Gold Medals for the Great Aviators. Numismatist, May 

1909, vol. 22, p. 134, +illus. 

Description of medal designed by the sculptor 

Victor D. Brenner for the Aero Club of America which 

had sponsored a public subscription of funds for it. 

Taft Presents Wright Medals. Aeronautics, July 1909, 

vol. 5, pp. 25—26. 

Account of the presentation ceremonies at the 

White House, June 10. 

Wright Memorial Book. Compiled by the Aero Club of 

America to Commemorate the Discovery by Wilbur and 

Orville Wright of the Correct Principles of Maintaining 

Equilibrium in the Air. [New York], 1913, 103 pp., 

+illus. 

Edition limited to three copies, first presented to 

Orville Wright, December 17, 1913, second preserved 

in Aero Club of America archives, third given to 

Smithsonian Institution. Includes resolutions of 

Congress, photographs of medals, President Taft s 

speech of presentation, messages from the Governors 

of ten states, thirteen scientific institutions, and numerous 

editorials and cartoons marking the occasion. 

Congressional Gold Medal 


Secretary of War to Award Gold Medals to Orville 

Wright and Wilbur Wright. [Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1909], 2 pp. (60th 

Congress, 2d Session. S. J. R. 119). 

Introduced January 25 by Joseph B. Foraker of 

Ohio, passed Senate January 25. 


Secretary of War to Award Gold Medals to Orville 

Wright and Wilbur Wright. [Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1909], 2 pp. (60th 

Congress, 2d Session. H. J. Res. 246). 

Introduced January 25 by J. Eugene Harding of 

Ohio; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs; 

reported with amendments (House Report 2042) 

February 4; passed the House March 3; approved 

March 4 and published in United States Statutes at 

Large, 1907-1909, vol. 35, pt. 2, p. 1627. 

Gold Medal By Congress to Wright Brothers. 

Numismatist, Aug. 1909, vol. 22, p. 231, +illus. 

Description of special congressional medal 


designed by Messrs. Barber and Morgan of the United 

States Mint and an account of its presentation by 

General James Allen at Dayton, June 18. 

Ohio Medal 

Ohio. Senate. Providing for the Presentation of a Medal 

to Orville and Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, in 

Recognition of Their Great Genius, Displayed By Their 

Invention of the Aeroplane. In Ohio. Senate. Journal. 

Feb. 23, Mar. 2, 12, 1909, pp. 115, 126, 147, 153, 246, 

248, 272. (Ohio. Senate. S. B. no. 107). 

Introduced by Sen. George K. Cetone, February 23, 

1909. Referred to Committee on Finance, February 

24, passed Senate March 2 and the House, March 12. 

The medal was presented by Gov. Judson Harmon in 

Dayton on June 18, 1909. 

Langley Medal 

(Smithsonian Institution) 

Smithsonian Medal for Wrights. Aeronautics, New York, 

Mar. 1909, vol. 4, p. 118. 

Announcement that the first award of the Langley 

Medal is to go to Wilbur and Orville Wright. 

Langley Medal and Memorial Tablet. In Annual Report 

of the Smithsonian Institution, 1909, Washington, D.C.: 


Resolution adopted by the Board of the Regents of 

the Smithsonian Institution, December 15, 1908, 

establishing the Langley Medal to be awarded for 

specially meritorious investigation in connection with 

the science of aerodromics and its application to aviation. 

Award of Langley Medal. In Annual Report of the 


Government Printing Office, 1910, p. 111. 

Report of committee of award and resolution, 

Octave Chanute, chairman, of February 10, awarding 

first Langley medal to the Wright brothers. 

Langley Medal Presented to W. and O. Wright. 

Aeronautics, London, Mar. 1910, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 

40—41, +illus. 

Brief account of presentation ceremonies. 

Wrights Get First Langley Medal. Aviators Work 

Honored by Smithsonian Institution. Fly, Mar. 1910, vol. 

2, pp. 7—8, +illus. 

A Bibliography 119

Presentation of the Langley Medal to the Wright 

Brothers. Historical Address at the Smithsonian 

Institution, Feb. 10, 1910, by Alexander Graham Bell. 

Science, Mar. 4, 1910, vol. 31, pp. 334—337. 

Account of presentation ceremonies, February 10, 

1910, at the Smithsonian Institution. 

Langley Medal Presented to Wright Bros. Flight, Mar. 5, 

1910, vol. 2, p. 160, +illus. 

Presentation of Langley Medal to Messrs. Wilbur and 

Orville Wright. In Annual Report of the Smithsonian 


Printing Office, 1911, pp. 104—110, +illus. 

Includes addresses by Alexander Graham Bell, 

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and remarks by Wilbur 

Wright at presentation ceremonies. 

Collier Trophy 

(Aero Club of America) 

Stabilizer Qualifies Wright for Trophy. Aero and Hydro, 

Jan. 10, 1914, vol. 7, p. 179. 

The Collier Trophy of the Aero Club of America for 1913 

Awarded to Mr. Orville Wright for the Development and 

Demonstration of the Wright Stabilizer. Flying, Feb. 1914, 

vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 6—7, +illus. 

Account of demonstrations by Orville Wright 

before a special committee of the Aero Club at Simms 

Station, December 31, 1913, which led to the award. 

Elliott Cresson Medal 

(Franklin Institute) 

Award of the Elliott Cresson Medal to Distinguished 

Scientists and Technologists. Journal of the Franklin 

Institute, July 1914, vol. 178, pp. 105—115. 

Includes award to Orville Wright of medal, May 20, 

in recognition of the epoch-making work accomplished 

by him, at first together with his brother 

Wilbur and latterly alone, in establishing on a practical 

basis the science and art of aviation. 

Albert Medal 

(Royal Society of Arts) 

Albert Medal. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, June 

29, 1917, vol. 65, p. 564. 



Announces award of distinguished British medal to 

Orville Wright in recognition of the value of the contributions 

of Wilbur and Orville Wright to the solution 

of mechanical flight. 

Lord Northcliffe Presents Albert Medal to Orville 

Wright. Aerial Age Weekly, Nov. 12, 1917, vol. 6, p. 372. 

Account of presentation ceremonies held in 

Memorial Hall, Dayton, October 27, 1917 

Presentation of the Society s Albert Medal to Mr. Orville 

Wright. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Jan. 25, 

1918, vol. 66, p. 167. 

John Fritz Medal 

(American Society of Electrical Engineers) 

John Fritz Medal Awarded to Orville Wright. Journal of 

the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Apr. 

1920, vol. 39, p. 418. 

Announces award of medal to Orville Wright for 

noteworthy work in the development of the aeroplane. 

Orville Wright Awarded John Fritz Medal. American 

Machinist, May 1920, vol. 52, p. 1118. 

Account of presentation ceremonies in New York, 

May 17. 

Orville Wright Presented with John Fritz Medal. Power, 

May 18, 1920, vol. 51, pp. 823—824. 

John Fritz Medal Presented to Orville Wright. Journal of 

the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, June 

1920, vol. 139, p. 601. 

John Fritz Medal Presented to Orville Wright. 

Mechanical Engineering, June 1920, vol. 42, p. 364. 

Orville Wright Honored. U.S. Air Services, June 1920, 

vol. 3, no. 5, p. 17. 

Orville Wright Receives John Fritz Medal. Mining & 

Metallurgy, June 1920, no. 162, pp. 11—12. 

Presentation of John Fritz Medal to Orville Wright. 

Society of Automotive Engineers Journal, June 1920, 

vol. 6, pp. 394—396.

Washington Award 

(Western Society of Engineers) 

Orville Wright Receives Washington Award. Journal of 

the Western Society of Engineers, June 1927 (news section), 

vol. 32, pp. 75—78. 

Includes presentation address of Mr. Paul Westburg 

and Orville Wright s acceptance speech, June 1, on 

receipt of award, in recognition of devoted, 

unselfish, and pre-eminent service in advancing 

human progress. 

Distinguished-Flying Cross 

U.S. Congress. House. A Bill to Authorize the President 

to Present the Distinguished-Flying Cross to Orville 

Wright. [Washington, D.C.: Government Printing 

Office,1928], 1 p. (70th Congress, 1st Session. H.R. 

13990). 

Introduced May 23, 1928, by W. Frank James of 

Michigan; referred to Committee on Military Affairs; 

reported (House Report 1946) with amendments 

December 11 (adding words and to Wilbur Wright, 

Deceased ); passed House December 13, 1928. 

An Act to Authorize the President to Present the 

Distinguished-Flying Cross to Orville Wright and to 

Wilbur Wright, Deceased. United States Statutes at 

Large, 1927-1929, vol. 45, pt. 2, p. 2036. 

Approved December 18, 1928. 

Wright Gets Flying Cross. New York Times, Feb. 28, 

1929, p. 2. 

Report of the presentation of the Distinguished- 

Flying Cross to Orville Wright by Secretary of War 

Davis at the War Department, Washington, D.C., 

February 27. 

Daniel Guggenheim Medal 

Orville Wright Presented the Daniel Guggenheim 

Medal for 1929. Mechanical Engineering, May 1930, 

vol. 52, p. 521. 

Account of presentation, April 8, of the first Daniel 

Guggenheim Medal for 1929 for design and construction, 

with his brother now deceased, of the first 

successful engine-propelled airplane. 


Franklin Medal 

(Franklin Institute) 

Award of Franklin Medals. Journal of the Franklin 

Institute, Aug. 1933, vol. 216, pp. 239—240. 

Includes account of award of medal, May 17, 1933, 

to Orville Wright in absentia in recognition of the 

valuable investigations carried out by him and his 

brother Wilbur. 

Aircraft Pilot s Certificate No. 1 

U.S. Congress. Senate. A Bill Authorizing the Issuance 

to Orville Wright of Honorary Aircraft Pilot s Certificate 

Number 1. [Washington, D.C.: Government Printing 

Office, 1939], 1 p. (76th Congress, 1st Session. S. 2735). 

Introduced June 30, 1939, by Mr. Claude Pepper of 

Florida; referred to the Committee on Commerce; 

reported (report no. 992), July 27, 1939; passed 

Senate August 1, 1939. 

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and 

Foreign Commerce. Authorizing the Issuance of 

Honorary Aircraft Pilot s Certificate No. 1 to Orville 

Wright. Report [To Accompany S. 2735]. [Washington, 

D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1940], 1 p. (76th 

Congress, 3d Session. House. Report no.1911). 

Submitted by Mr. Clarence F. Lea of California, 

April 2, 1940, passed House June 6, 1940. 

An Act Authorizing the Issuance to Orville Wright of 

Honorary Aircraft Pilot s Certificate Numbered 1. 

United States Statutes at Large, 1939-1941, vol. 54, pt. 

2, p. 1283. 

Approved June 13, 1940. 

Orville Wright Presented with Honorary Pilot s License 

No. 1. Air Line Pilot, July 1940, vol. 9, no. 6, p. 1, port. 

States that Air Line Pilot s Association was cosponsor 

of bill which authorized issuance of license. 

Orville Wright Gets Certificate No. 1. Civil Aeronautics 

Journal, Sept. 15, 1940, vol. 1, p. 429. 

Announcement of presentation of certificate at ceremonies 

dedicating Wright Brothers Hill, Dayton, 

Ohio, August 19. 

A Bibliography 121

Aviation Hall of Fame 

(Air Force Magazine) 

Aviation s Hall of Fame. Air Force, Dec. 1953, vol. 36, 


Announces the establishment by Air Force of an 

Aviation Hall of Fame with Wilbur and Orville Wright 

as the first two nominations. 

Hall of Fame for Great Americans 

(New York University) 

Wright Brothers Accomplishments to Be Commemorated 

in New York University Hall of Fame. Mechanical 

Engineering, Aug. 1958, vol. 80, p. 124. 

Reports that the Senate of New York University 

waived the 25-year eligibility rule to permit the nomination 

of Orville Wright in the 1960 elections of the 

Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Orville was nominated 

in 1960 and elected on October 28, 1965. 

New York University. Hall of Fame for Great 

Americans. Wilbur Wright. In its Hall of Fame for Great 

Americans at New York University; Official Handbook, 

New York: New York University Press, 1962, p. 94. 

Wilbur Wright was elected to the Hall of Fame for 

Great Americans in 1955. 

Memorabilia 

Aeroplanes 

The Wright Brothers. Washington, D.C.: National Air 

Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1959, [11] p., +illus. 

(Its Information Leaflet 8 (rev.)) 

Concise factual informational leaflet about the 

Wrights and exhibits in the National Air Museum 

(now National Air and Space Museum) pertaining to 

the Wright brothers, including the Wright 1903 aeroplane, 

the Military Flyer, Type A, 1909, and 

Transcontinental Flyer, Type EX, Vin Fiz, 1911. 

1903 Machine 

The Original Wright Aeroplane, 1903. In Science 

Museum, Handbook of the Collections Illustrating 

Memorabilia 


Aeronautics, London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 

1929, vol. 1, p. 72. 

Included also in 1935 edition of the Handbook, vol. 

1, p. 76. 

Descriptive note on Wright 1903 aeroplane exhibited 

in the Science Museum, 1929-1948. 

Williams, Al. Bring Home the One and Only Kitty Hawk 

Plane. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1946, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 20. 

Reprinted from his syndicated column in the 

Scripps-Howard newspapers. 

Kitty Hawk Biplane Awaits Suitable Home. Aviation 

News, Nov. 18, 1946, vol. 6, no. 21, pp. 11—12. 

Brief note on Orville s current views. 

[Findley, Earl N.] Orville Wright Ordered Return to 

America of Original Airplane. U.S. Air Services, Feb. 

1948, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 15—16. 

Gives text of letters exchanged, December 8, 1943, 

and January 5, 1944, between Colonel E. E. 

Mackintosh, Director of the Science Museum, 

London, and Orville in which latter asks return of 

Wright 1903 plane. 

McSurely, Alexander. Orville Wright s Death May 

Return Kitty Hawk Plane to U.S. Museum. Aviation 

Week, Feb. 9, 1948, vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 13—14. 

Nephews Will Decide Wright Plane Date. Aviation Week, 

Feb. 16, 1948, vol. 48, no. 7, p. 12. 

Note on Orville Wright s will and expressed wishes 

regarding return of the 1903 Wright aeroplane to 

the United States. 

Picture Story of the Week; Kitty Hawk Will Come 

Home. Scholastic, Feb. 23, 1948, vol. 52, p. 6. 

Wright Biplane May Return to U.S., August 19. Aviation 

Week, Feb. 23, 1948, vol. 48, no. 8, p. 7. 

Departure of the Pioneer. Flight, Oct. 21, 1948, vol. 54, 

p. 476, +illus. 

Account of the ceremony October 18 of the 

removal of the Wright 1903 plane from exhibit at the 

Science Museum and its handing over to Mr. L. 

Satterthwaite, American civil air attach , who 

received it on behalf of the U. S. government. 

The Wright Biplane Goes Home. Aeroplane, Oct. 22, 

1948, vol. 75, p. 523. 

Brief note on removal ceremony at Science 

Museum, October 18.

Back to the Beginning. Flight, Oct. 28, 1948, vol. 54, pp. 

505—507, +illus. 

Further note on ceremonies held at Science 

Museum, October 18. 

Kitty Hawk in Museum. Aviation Week, Nov. 29, 1948, 

vol. 49, no. 22, p. 15. 

Announces the arrival of the Wright 1903 plane at 

the Smithsonian Institution. 

[Findley, Earl N.] The Kitty Hawk Comes Home at Last. 

U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1948, vol. 33, no. 12, pp. 5—6. 

Editorial comment on return of Wright 1903 plane 

to America. 

Kitty Hawk s Last Landing. Air Force, Dec. 1948, vol. 

31, no. 12, pp. 18—19. 

Wright Plane Return Was Featured Event of 45th 

Anniversary. National Aeronautics and Flight Plan, 

Dec. 1948, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 6—7. 

McSurely, Alexander. Wright Plane Back Home at Last. 

Aviation Week, Dec. 13, 1948, vol. 49, no. 24, pp. 16—18, 

+illus. 

Brief history of the 1903 Wright plane. 

U.S. National Museum Is Given Wright Aeroplane. 

Museum News, Jan. 1, 1949, vol. 26, no. 13, pp. 1—2, 

+illus. 

Franks, Oliver. It Is a Little as if We Had Before Us the 

Original Wheel. The Most Remarkable Example of the 

Audacity of Man. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1949, vol. 34, 

no. 3, pp. 11—12, +illus. 

Address delivered by the British Ambassador at 

ceremony marking formal installation of the 1903 

Wright aeroplane in the National Air Museum of the 

Smithsonian Institution, December 17, 1948. 

America Welcomes the Kittyhawk. Some Extracts from 

the American Press on the Return of the Aeronautical 

Beau Geste. Pylon, June 1949, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 21. 

True, Webster P. Operation Homecoming. Sperryscope, 

Winter 1949, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 2—3, +illus. 

Account of shipment of 1903 plane to the United 

States from England. 

Exhibition [of the Wright Brothers 1903 Aeroplane]. In 

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1949, 


pp. 117—118. 

Brief report by the curator of the National Air 

Museum, Paul E. Garber, on the shipment of the 

Memorabilia 

Wright 1903 aeroplane from Nova Scotia to 

Washington and its installation in the Museum for the 

presentation ceremonies, December 17, 1948. 

Presentation of the Wright Brothers Aeroplane of 1903 

to the United States National Museum. In Annual Report 

of the Smithsonian Institution, 1949, Washington, D.C.: 

Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 3—5, 20. 

Brief report on presentation ceremonies, December 

17, 1948. 

Beck, Mabel. The First Airplane After 1903. U.S. Air 

Services, Dec. 1954, vol. 39, pp. 9—10. 

An account by the secretary of the Wright brothers, 

1910-1948, of the history of the original Wright 1903 

aeroplane: its storage, renovation, various exhibitions, 

1916-1924, until the aeroplane was shipped to 

England on January 28, 1928, to be exhibited in the 

Science Museum, South Kensington. 

1903 Reproductions 

Thirty-Eight Years of Flight. [Franklin] Institute News, 

Dec. 1941, vol. 6, no. 8, p. 7, +illus. 

Brief note on the Franklin Institute Hall of Aviation 

and mention of its scale model of the Wright 1903 

aeroplane, built with the aid of suggestions of Orville 


Wright, H. D. The Wright Biplane Replica. Pylon, June 

1949, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 17—20, +illus. 

Account of the building of the replica by the students 

of the De Havilland Aeronautical Technical 

School for installation in the Science Museum. 

Replica of Wright Aeroplane 1903. Constructed by the 

De Havilland Aeronautical Technical School. In Davy, 

M. J. B., Aeronautics: Heavier-than-Air Aircraft; Their 

History and Development As Illustrated By the National 

Collection. Part II, Catalogue of the Exhibits with 

Descriptive Notes, London: H. Majesty s Stationery 

Office, 1949, p. 28. 

Johnston, S. Paul. [Signed S. P. J.] Wright Replica. 

Aeronautical Engineering Review, July 1953, vol. 12, 

no. 7, pp. 22—23, +illus. 

Brief report on full-scale reproduction of the 

Wright 1903 aeroplane built cooperatively by 24 West 

Coast manufacturers and assembled by the Northrop 

Aeronautical Institute for display at the Los Angeles 

headquarters building of the Institute of the 

Aeronautical Sciences (now American Institute of 

Aeronautics and Astronautics). 

A Bibliography 123

Replica of the Kitty Hawk Aeroplane. Western Aviation, 

July 1953, vol. 33 p. 7, +illus. 

The reproduction was built through the cooperation 

of twenty industrial organizations in Southern 

California in observance of the fiftieth anniversary of 

powered flight. 

Full-Scale Replica Original Wright Airplane. U.S. Air 

Services, Aug. 1953, vol. 38, p. 6. 

Reports the unveiling on July 15, 1953, in Los 

Angeles, of the only full-scale reproduction, at that 

time, of the original Wright aeroplane in the United 

States, a project of the Institute of the Aeronautical 

Sciences. 

Dodge, Beverly A. Wright Reproduction. Aeronautical 

Engineering Review, Oct. 1953, vol. 12, pp. 24—27, 

+illus. 

Describes the cooperative effort which resulted in 

the building of a full-scale reproduction of the Wright 

brothers 1903 aeroplane. The model was installed on 

permanent exhibition in the W. F. Durand 

Aeronautical Museum of the Institute of the 

Aeronautical Sciences (now American Institute of 

Aeronautics and Astronautics) in Los Angeles in July 

1952 and was officially dedicated by Lt. Gen. James 

H. Doolittle, USAF (Ret.), on July 15, 1953. 

1903 Wright Flyer. Aerospace, Dec. 1963, vol. 1, pp. 

18—26 (and cover), +illus. 

Presents details and photographs of the reconstruction 

of a Wright Flyer by the National Capitol 

Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and 

Astronautics which was presented to the Wright 

National Memorial Museum at Kill Devil Hill, N. C. 

A Wright Replica in Los Angeles. Esso Air World, 

Mar./Apr. 1954, vol. 6, p. 127, +illus. 

Brief report on the building of a full-scale reproduction 

of the Wright 1903 biplane. 

Maycock, C. B. Prototypes Worth Modeling. No. 37 

The Wright Biplane. Model Aircraft, Dec. 1953, vol. 12, 

pp. 582—583, +illus. 

1905 Machine 

The Wright Brothers. Dayton, Ohio: Carillon Park, 

[1950], 26 pp., +illus. 

The restored 1905 Wright aeroplane is in Wright 

Hall in Carillon Park and is discussed pp. 15—17. 

Memorabilia 


1908 Machine 

(France) 

Wright Aeroplane in the French Museum. Aeronautics, 

New York, June 1909, vol. 4, p. 191. 

States that the 1908 aeroplane used by Wilbur 

Wright in France has been presented by the Weiler 

syndicate to the Arts et M tiers Museum in Paris. 

1909 Machine 

(Germany) 

Hildebrandt, Alfred. Vom Flugahnen zum H henflug, 

Berlin: VDI-Verlag GmbH, 1933, 93 pp., +illus. 

(Deutsches Museum. Abhandlung und Berichte. 5 Jahr., 

Heft 3). 

The Wrights are discussed, pp. 71—72, with a photograph 

of their model A aeroplane flown by Orville at 

Tempelhof, Germany, in August 1909, now in the 

Deutsches Museum, Munich. 

1909 Signal Corps Machine 

Chandler, Charles D., and Lahm, Frank P. Signal Corps 

No. 1 to Smithsonian. In their How Our Army Grew 

Wings, New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1943, p. 

187. 

Note on circumstance leading to the deposit of the 

Wright 1909 aeroplane in the Smithsonian Institution, 

October 1911. 

Wright Military Flyer Type A 1909. Wright-Patterson 

Air Force Base, Ohio, [1960], 4 pp. (Air Force Museum 

folder no. 1). 

Consists of three-view drawings and specifications 

of a reproduction of a Wright-built, modified Model 

A aeroplane on exhibit in the Air Force Museum. 

1903 Motor 

The Original Wright Aero-Engine, 1903. In Science 

Museum, Handbook of the Collections Illustrating 

Aeronautics, London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 

1930, vol. 3, p. 60. 


3, p. 66. 

Brief description of the Wright 1903 engine exhibited 

in the Science Museum, 1929-1948.

Andrews, J. R. A 1903 Engine Re-Born. Working 

Replica of Wright Brothers Power Unit Constructed in 

D. H. Technical School. Flight, July 13, 1961, vol. 60, 


Reprinted from Pylon. 

Brodie, J. L. P. Testing a Wright Engine. Aeroplane, Dec. 

18, 1953, vol. 85, p. 827, +illus. 

Describes test run conducted November 1950 of the 

reproduction of the Wright 1903 aeroplane engine 

which was presented to the Science Museum, South 

Kensington, London, April 25, 1951. 

4-Cylinder Motor 

(1909) 

Wright-Boll e Engine, 1909. In Science Museum, 

Handbook of the Collections Illustrating Aeronautics, 

London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1930, vol. 3, 

p. 60. 


3, p. 67. 

Brief description of the French-built Wright engine 

presented to the Science Museum by Alec Ogilvie. 

4-Cylinder Motor 

(1910) 

Wright Brothers [Engine]. Notes, Museum of Science 

and Industry, Chicago, Apr. 1938, vol. 1, no. 5, p. 39. 

A Wright 4-cylinder engine, 1910. 

6-60 Motor 

60 H. P. Wright Engine 1915. In Science Museum, 

Handbook of the Collections Illustrating Aeronautics, 

London: H. Majesty s Stationery Office, 1930, vol. 3, 

p. 61. 

Included also in the 1936 edition of the Handbook, 

vol. 3, p. 67. 

Brief description of engine loaned for exhibit purposes 

by the Imperial War Museum. 

Wind Tunnel Apparatus 

McClarren, Ralph. The Wright Brothers Aeronautical 

Engineering Collection at the Franklin Institute, 

Memorabilia 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Journal of the Franklin 

Institute, Aug. 1951, vol. 252, pp. 175—196, +illus. 

Detailed account and inventory of the original wind 

tunnel apparatus, model airfoils, test data, and drawings 

of the Wright brothers early aeroplanes deeded 

to the Franklin Institute by Orville Wright. 

Barnaby, Ralph S. Wright Material at the Franklin 

Institute. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1954, vol. 39, p. 11. 

Report on the formal opening on December 17, 

1953, of an exhibition of material deeded to the 

Institute by Orville Wright, comprising all original 

wind tunnel apparatus, model airfoils, test data, and 

drawings of the Wright brothers early aeroplanes and 

engines, some airfoil models and aircraft models tested 

for the Wright Company at McCook Field, during 

1919, 1920, and 1921, as well as some of Orville 

Wright s later experimental aviation devices. 

Eckhardt, George H. Work Sheets of the Wright 

Brothers. Science Digest, Oct. 1961, vol. 50, pp. 7—12. 

Popular account of Wright materials in the collections 

of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, comprising 

drawings, work sheets, data books, the original 

1901 lift and drag balances, and a model of the Wright 

1903 biplane, stated by Orville Wright to be even 

more accurate than the original aeroplane, on which 

later changes were made. 

Medals 

Dayton Art Institute Receives All Medals Awarded to 

Wright Brothers. Museum News, Mar. 15, 1948, vol. 

25, p. 2. 

Announces receipt by bequest from Orville Wright 

of all the bronzes, all the gold, and other medals 

owned by him. 

Dayton Marks a Famous Flight. Art Digest, Feb. 1, 1954, 

vol. 28, p. 25. 

Brief note on exhibition by the Dayton Art Institute, 

Ohio, titled Flight, Fantasy, Faith, Fact, commemorating 

the fiftieth anniversary of the first Wright brothers 

powered flights. Exhibits included the Institute s 

collection of medals, awards, citations, and degrees 

conferred on the Wrights for their achievements. 

Papers 

The Hart O. Berg Collection. Journal of the 

Aeronautical Sciences, Aug. 1939, vol. 6, p. 427. 

A Bibliography 125

Collection of early aeronautical materials of Hart 

O. Berg, business associate of the Wrights, including 

valuable and rare photographs, books, and clippings 

which contain much unique material on the early 

work of the Wright brothers. Presented to the Institute 

of the Aeronautical Sciences. 

Diary of Orville Wright at Library of Congress. Airpost 

Journal, Nov. 1948, vol. 20, p. 70. 

Reports showing of a page, entry of December 17, 

1903, from Orville Wright s diary on the occasion of 

the meeting of the American Association for the 

Advancement of Science, September 13-20. 

Wright Brothers Papers to Library of Congress. U.S. Air 

Services, June 1949, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 6. 

Announcement of acquisition of the Wright Papers 

from the Orville Wright Estate, June 5, 1949. 

Eells, Richard and staff. Wright Brothers Scrapbooks. 

Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current 

Acquisitions. Aug. 1949, vol. 6, pp. 37—39. 

Report by the Aeronautics Division of the Library 

of Congress on the acquisition of a microfilm of the 

eleven-volume scrapbook collection maintained by 

the Wrights, 1902-1948. The original volumes were 

presented to the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 

May 1949, by the Orville Wright Estate and transferred 

to the Library of Congress in 1964. 

New Print of Photograph of Wright Brothers First 

Power Flight Made by Library of Congress. U.S. Air 

Services, Apr. 1953, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 8—9, +illus. 

Reprinting of Library of Congress press release 

announcing the making of an improved print from an 

original glass-plate negative given to the Library of 

Congress in 1949 by the Orville Wright Estate. 

McFarland, Marvin, and Renstrom, Arthur. The Papers 

of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Library of Congress 

Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, Aug. 1950, 

vol. 7, pp. 23—34, +illus. 

Extensive account of the Wright brothers papers 

received by the Library of Congress, May 27, 1949, 

from the Estate of Orville Wright, giving history of 

acquisition and outline of contents and materials in 

the collection. 

Watches 

Wright Brothers Watches Exhibited in Aeronautical 

Archives. Aeronautical Engineering Review, Dec. 1949, 

vol. 8, no. 12, p. 9, +illus. 

Art 


Announcement of the bequest to the Institute of the 

Aeronautical Sciences by the Estate of Orville Wright 

of watches, medals, and other Wright memorabilia. 

The watches were transferred in 1965 to the National 

Air and Space Museum. 

Art 

Bronze Busts of Wright Brothers. Air Corps News 

Letter, July 1, 1937, vol. 20, no. 13, p. 7. 

Note on busts, by the sculptor Seth Velsy, which 

were installed in the rotunda of the Army Aeronautical 

Museum, Dayton, June 15, 1937. Several sets were 

cast from the original bronzes, one of which was presented 

to the University of Maine in October 1938. 

Another set is in Wright Hall, Carillon Park, Dayton. 

Italians Honor Memory of Wilbur Wright. U.S. Air 

Services, Sept. 1947, vol. 32, no. 9, p. 33. 

Note on forthcoming aeronautical festival at 

Centocelle, Italy, to be opened by the unveiling of a 

marble statue of Wilbur Wright. 

Wilbur Wright Honored in Rome, Bust Unveiled. New 

York Times, Nov. 2, 1947, p. 47, col. 6. 

Opening Up in Italy. Aeroplane, Nov. 28, 1947, vol. 73, 

p. 693. 

Includes account of ceremonies on Aviation Day, 

November 1, at Centocelle Airport, near Rome at 

which a marble bust of Wilbur Wright, the work of 

sculptor Pier Gabrielle Vangelli, was unveiled. It was 

presented by Gianni Caproni in the name of Italian 

pilots and aviation pioneers. At Centocelle the first 

Italian military pilot, Lt. Mario Calderara, received 

instruction from Wilbur Wright. 

Portrait By Lewis Eugene Thompson as Displayed at the 

Institute s New York Headquarters. Aeronautical 

Engineering Review, Mar. 1948, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 14, +illus. 

Portrait of Orville with bust of Wilbur, and Kitty 

Hawk aeroplane in background. 

The Kitty Hawk Plane. Painting by Melbourne Brindle. 

Collier s, Dec. 25, 1948, vol. 22, no. 26, pp. 10, 32—33, 

+illus. 

Also reproduced in Sperryscope, Winter 1949, vol. 

11, no. 8, cover. 

Reproduction of water-color painting, original of 

which was presented to the Smithsonian Institution on 

December 17, 1948, on the occasion of the forty-fifth 

anniversary of the first Wright 1903 flights and now 

on exhibit in the National Air and Space Museum.

The Wright Brothers. Collier s, Dec. 25, 1948, vol. 122, 

no. 26, p. 10 and cover. 

Painting of the Wright brothers by Arthur Lidov 

from a composite portrait photograph by Hollinger & 

Company, 1907. Donated by Orville Wright to the 

Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences. 

[Bronze Bust of Wilbur Wright] In Annual Report of the 



Brief descriptive note on bust of Wilbur Wright by 

the sculptor Oskar J. W. Hansen, presented to the 

Smithsonian Institution, January 27, 1950, by Mr. and 

Mrs. Elmer F. Weiboldt. 

[Oil Portrait of Wilbur Wright] In Annual Report of the 



Note on receipt of oil portrait done from life by J. 

A. Herve Mathe. Commissioned by Frank S. Lahm 

and given to Smithsonian Institution by his son and 

daughter, Gen. Frank P. Lahm and Mrs. Frank Parker. 

Wilbur and Orville Wright and Their 

Accomplishments, an Oil Painting By Dwight 

Mutchler. Dedication, December 17, 1959. Columbus: 

The F. J. Heer Printing Company, 1959, 9 pp. 

Descriptive booklet produced by the Public Works 

Department of Ohio and the Ohio Historical Society 

on the occasion of the unveiling of the painting. The 

painting was authorized by the Ohio General 

Assembly, May 1957, to be hung in the Ohio State 

Capitol Building and the commission awarded to 

Dwight Mutchler of Athens, Ohio, October 11, 1958. 

Sweet, Floyd J. SSA to Participate at Kitty Hawk. 

Soaring, Dec. 1963, vol. 27, p. 21. 

Announcement of bronze memorial plaque, the 

work of Capt. Ralph S. Barnaby, gift of the Soaring 

Society of America, honoring the Wright brothers, to 

be unveiled December 17, 1963, at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

SSA Installs Plaque at Kitty Hawk. Soaring, Mar. 1964, 

vol. 28, pp. 8—9, +illus. 

The plaque consists of the likenesses of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright in bas-relief and the caption They 

Taught Us To Fly. Accurately depicted on the background 

of the plaque are the gliders which the Wrights 

flew on the Kitty Hawk dunes in 1901, 1902, and 

1911. 

Haggerty, James J. and Warren Reiland Smith. The U.S. 

Air Force; a Pictorial History in Art, New York and 

Washington, D.C.: Books, Inc., 1966, 261 pp., +illus. 

Poetry 

Comprises reproductions from the U. S. Air Force Art 

Collection. Included, pp. 2—7, are The Wright 

Brothers First Powered Flight, by Harvey Kidder; 

Lieutenant Lahm s First Flight [with Orville 

Wright], by Richard Green; and The Wright 

Brothers at Fort Myer, by John McCoy. 

New York University. The Hall of Fame for Great 

Americans. Unveiling of the Busts and Tablets for 

Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright in the Auditorium of 

the Library of New York University, University Heights, 

New York, May 7, 1967 New York: 1967, 24 pp., 

+illus. 

Program issued for the occasion, setting forth and 

illustrating some of the highlights in the career of the 

Wright brothers. The bust of Wilbur Wright is the 

work of Vincent Glinsky, and that of Orville Wright 

the work of Paul Fjelde. A Wright brothers medal 

designed by Paul Fjelde was also issued in commemoration 

of the event. 

Poetry 

Andrews, John W. The Story of Orville and Wilbur 

Wright at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [Sixtieth 

Anniversary Edition]. Westport, Connecticut: Pavilion 

Press, 1963, 31 pp. 

Originally published as a part of his poem titled 

Prelude to Icarus, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 

1936, pp. 115—134; also published in 1962 in Cape 

Hatteras edition, Westport, Connecticut: Pavilion 

Press, 1962, 29 pp. Brief extract published in Wings: 

An Anthology of Flight, Bryden, H. G. ed., London: 

Faber and Faber, 1942, p. 128. 

Based on early experiments of the Wright brothers 

at Kitty Hawk, N.C. 

Baker, Joseph B. The Aviator. Aeronautics, June 1909, 

vol. 4, p. 174. 

On Wilbur Wright. 

Ben t, Rosemary, and Ben t, Stephen Vincent. Wilbur 

and Orville Wright. In their A Book of Americans, New 

York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1933, pp. 106—107. 

Juvenile book. 

Ben t, William R. Kitty Hawk. In his With Wings as 

Eagles; Poems and Ballads of the Air, New York: Dodd, 

Mead, 1940, pp. 3—5. 

Commander, Kingsmill. The Flagship. A Song of 

Nineteen-Three. In his Vikings of the Stars, New York: 

Harold Vinal, 1928, pp. 14—15. 

A Bibliography 127

Crane, Hart. Cape Hatteras [passage on Wrights beginning 

There, from Kill Devils Hill at Kitty Hawk ]. In his 

The Bridge. New York: Horace Liveright, 1930, p. 48. 

Included also in The Collected Poems of Hart 

Crane, Frank Waldo, ed., New York: Liveright, 1933, 

p. 34; in The Complete Poems and Selected Letters 

and Prose of Hart Crane, New York: Liveright, 1966 

and Garden City, New York: Anchor Books, 1966, p. 

90; and in Verse of Our Day, by M. Gordon and M. B. 

King, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1935, p. 195. 

Dunbar, Paul L. [poem on Orville Wright] In 

McSpadden, J. Walker. How They Blazed The Way; Men 

Who Have Advanced Civilization, New York: Dodd, 

Mead, 1939, p. 269. 

Author quotes four lines of doggerel verse about 

Orville, purportedly written by Dunbar. 

Dunkle, Meryl. The Wright Brothers. Aeronautics, Oct. 

1909, vol. 5, p. 131. 

Frost, Robert. Kitty Hawk. Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1957, 

vol. 200, pp. 52—56. 

Published also in his In the Clearing, New York: 

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962, pp. 41—58. 

Tribute to the Wright brothers by poet friend of 


. The Wrights Biplane. In his A Further Range. 

Book Six, New York: Henry Holt, 1936, p. 69. 

Included also in his Complete Poems, 1939, 1949, 

and 1956; in his Selected Poems, 1963; and reprinted 

in Wings: An Anthology of Flight, Bryden, H.G. ed., 

London: Faber and Faber, 1942, p. 124. 

MacKaye, Percy W. The Air Voyage up the Hudson. In 

his Poems, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909, 

pp. 21—22. 

Published also in later editions of his Poems and in 


Phillips, H. I. Bicycles Repaired. U.S. Air Services, May 

1938, vol. 38, no. 5, p. 31. 

Written on the occasion of the restoration of the old 

Wright bicycle workshop at Greenfield Village, 

Dearborn, Michigan. 

Rodman, Selden. The Boyhood of the Wright Brothers. 

Saturday Review of Literature, Sept. 14, 1940, vol. 22, 

p. 7. 

Excerpt from Part III of his The Airmen; a Poem in 

Four Parts. Included also in The Saturday Review 

Treasury, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957, pp. 

168—170. 

Music 


. The Brothers. In his The Airmen; a Poem in Four 

Parts, New York: Random House, 1941, pp. 69—106. 

Skinner, George W. The Crest of Fame. Fly, July 1909, 

vol. 1, no. 9, p. 18. 

A poetic tribute to the Wright brothers. 

Smart, Douglas A. Wilbur Wright. Flight, June 8, 1912, 

vol. 4, p. 514. 

Published also in Aero Club of America Bulletin, 

July 1912, vol. 1, p. 5 and in Payne, E. George and 

Barrows, H. R., The Story of American Aviation, New 

York: American Viewpoint Society, 1930, p. 222. 

Written on the occasion of Wilbur s death, May 30, 

1912. 

Throm, Edward L. Kitty Hawk. In Throm, Edward L., 

and Grenshaw, James S. Popular Mechanics Aviation 

Album, Chicago: Popular Mechanics Company, 1953, 

pp. 191—192. 

Touchstone. Wilbur Wright. Daily Mail, London, May 

31, 1912, p. 6, col. 6. 

Reprinted with title, The Father of Flight, in Aero 

Club of America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 

9, and in Fly Magazine, July 1912, vol. 4, no. 9, p. 10. 

Written on the occasion of Wilbur s death, May 30, 

1912. 

The Wright Brothers. Aeronautics, Sept. 1909, vol. 5, no. 

3, facing p. 81. 

Music 

Knostman, Mary E. Song of the Wright Boys. Composed 

by Mary E. Knostman. Dayton, Ohio: Reisbach & 

Knostman, 1909, 5 pp. 

Three stanzas and chorus for voice and piano, 4/4 

time. 

Guiterman, Arthur. The Sons of an Eagle-Bird. 

Dedicated to the Wright Brothers. (Air The Son of a 

Gambolier ). Aero Club of America Bulletin, Feb./Mar. 

1912, vol. 1, no. 2, suppl., [p. 4]. 

Sung at the sixth annual banquet of the Aero Club 

of America, January 27, 1912, at which Wilbur Wright 

was present. Text published also in U.S. Air Services, 

Aug. 1951, vol. 36, p. 10. 

T r s, Louis. Wilbur Wright March. Marche am ricaine. 

Paris: A. Costet, 1908, [19 pp.] 

Orchestral parts with piano-conductor score.

T r s, Louis. Wilbur Wright March. Marche am ricaine. 

Pour piano. Paris: A. Costet, 1908, 3 pp. 

Piano solo arrangement of preceding entry. 

Motion Pictures and Film Strips 

Wilbur Wrights Flight before the King of Italy. silent, 

35mm, 1 reel; available from the U.S. National Archives 

at College Park, Control Number: NWDNM(m)-342- 

USAF-16225. 

Wilbur Wright demonstrates the Wright A Flyer 

before the King of Italy, April 29, 1909. This film 

contains the first motion picture scenes taken from 

an airplane. 

[Wright Brothers in France, 1908]. silent, 35mm, 1 reel; 

available from the U.S. National Archives at College 

Park, Control Number: NWDNM(m)-342-USAF-16228. 

First flight in Europe made by Wilbur Wright. 

Subsidized by French government, 1908. 

Dare, Birthplace of Aviation. The People of Dare 

County, N.C. Made and Released by Communication 

Center, University of North Carolina, 1952. 22 min., sd., 

color, 16 mm. 

Includes the first flights by the Wright brothers, 

which were made in Dare County. 

The Day Man Flew. Go Pictures. Released by 

McGraw—Hill Book Co., 1962. 17 min., sd., b&w, 16 mm. 

Deals with the Wright brothers. Explains how they 

solved the problems of lift and balance, describes the 

building of their first engine, and tells about their 

early flights. 

The First Flight of the Wright Brothers. CBS Television. 

Released by Young America Films, 1955. 28 min., sd., 

b&w, 16 mm. (You Are There Series). 

Telecast, January 16, 1955, on the CBS television 

program You Are There. Reconstructs the events of 


Flight History at Kitty Hawk, December 17, 1903. 

Richard B. Morros, Inc., in association with Hearst 

Metrotone News. Released by Official Films, 1960. 5 

min., sd., b&w, 16 mm. (Almanac Newsreel). 

Describes the flights made by the Wrights at Kitty 

Hawk, N.C., December 17, 1903. Lists some of the honors 

given to the Wright brothers, including the annual 

tribute made at the Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk. 

Wings Over Kitty Hawk. Movietonews, 1954. 13 min., 

sd., b&w, 16 mm. (Greatest Drama). 

Motion Pictures and Film Strips 

Discusses events in the lives of the Wright brothers 

and includes an authentic account of their first historic 

flight December 17, 1903. 

The Wright Brothers. Jam Handy Organization, 1957. 42 

fr., color, 35 mm. (Famous Americans, no. 2). 

Describes the childhood and youth of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright and shows how their early experiments 

led them to build an aeroplane and to become 

American aviation pioneers. 

Wright Brothers Fly. Filmrite Associates. Released by 

Official Films, 1960. 3 min., sd., b&w, 16 mm. (Greatest 

Headlines of the Century). 

Portrays events in the lives of the Wright brothers, 

showing them in their bicycle shop as they experiment 

with flying machines and endeavor to understand the 

science of aerodynamics. Shows the first successful 

flight of a heavier-than-air mechanically propelled 

aeroplane by Orville Wright on December 17, 1903. 

Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina. 

Eye Gate House, 1961. 47 fr., color, 35 mm. (National 

Landmarks, Memorials, and Historic Shrines, no. 6). 

Describes the first aeroplane flights made by 

Wilbur and Orville Wright in December 1903 and 

explains how the historic event is commemorated in 

the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North 

Carolina. 

The Wright Brothers, Pioneers of American Aviation. 

David J. Goodman, Inc., 1957. 47 fr., color, 35 mm. 

Adapted from book of the same title by Quentin 

Reynolds (New York: Random House, 1950). Shows 

how the Wright brothers develop an interest in the 

principles of flying through construction of a sled, 

kites, and bicycles; work toward controlled flight; and 

develop their first aeroplane. 

Wynne, Hugh. Historical Aviation Films. American 

Aviation Historical Society Journal, Oct./Dec. 1958, vol. 

3, pp. 226—230. 

Lists three films in the Motion Pictures Branch, 

National Archives which include pictures of Orville 

Wright. One is titled First Army Aeroplane Flight, 

Fort Myer, Virginia. 

Juvenile Publications 

Allen, Carl B., and Lyman, Lauren D. Man Flies. In their 

The Wonder Book of the Air, Chicago, Philadelphia,: 

John C. Winston, 1936, pp. 72—85, +illus. 

Reprinted 1938, 1939, 1941. 

A Bibliography 129

Arnold, Henry H. Bill Bruce and the Pioneer Aviators. 

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1928, 250 pp. (His 

Aviators Series). 

Includes four chapters dealing with Wrights titled 

The Wright Flyer, Wilbur Wright, The 

Unwelcome Visitor, and The Grant s Tomb Flight, 

pp. 24—56. 

Bailey, Carolyn S. Tag-Along Boy; Orville Wright. In 

her A Candle for Your Cake: Twenty-Four Birthday 

Stories of Famous Men and Women, Philadelphia: J. B. 

Lippincott, 1952, pp. 161—168. 

Barksdale, Lena. Wilbur and Orville. In her Daring 

Riders and Other Tales of Young America. Illustrated by 

Frank Nichols, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946, pp. 

79—86. 

Berliner, Don. Aviation: Reaching for the Sky. 

Minneapolis: Oliver Press, Inc., 1997, 144 pp., +illus. 

Short chapters on selected pioneers in the history of 

aviation and their aircraft, for older children. One 

chapter is devoted to the Wright brothers and the airplane 

but other chapters also contain scattered references 

to the Wright brothers. Includes photographs, a 

chronology, a glossary, and an index. 

. Before the Wright Brothers. Minneapolis: 

Lerner Publications Company, 1990, 72 pp., +illus. 

Brief account for older children, of the history of 

flight culminating in the first successful flight of the 

Wright brothers in Dec. 1903. Well-illustrated; 

includes an index and suggestions for further reading. 

Bixby, William. The Wright Brothers: Men with Wings. 

In his Great Experimenters, New York: David McKay, 

1964, pp. 105—131. 

Bolton, Sarah. The Wright Brothers. In her Lives of Poor 

Boys Who Became Famous. Illustrated by Constance 

Joan Naar, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 

1962, pp. 299—320, +illus. 

Included also in earlier 1947 printing. 

Boyne, Walter J. Smithsonian Book of Flight for Young 

People. New York: Atheneum, 1988, 128 pp., +illus. 

History of flight for secondary school students, 

illustrated by numerous photographs and paintings. 

Briefly discusses the Wright brothers contribution 

and argues that the Wright brothers insistence on protecting 

their patent rights, in effect, hampered the 

development of aviation in the United States and gave 

the advantage to European competition prior to the 

First World War. Includes an index. 



Byrd, Richard E. Our First Air Pioneers. Boy s Life, July 

1928, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 8—9, +illus. 

Published also in Mathiews, Franklin K., ed., 

Flying High; a Book of Aviation Stories and Model 

Airplanes for Boys, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 

1930, pp. 16—21. 

Catherall, Arthur. Wilbur and Orville Wright: Conquerors 

of the Air. In Duthie, Eric, ed. Children s Book of Famous 

Lives, London: Odhams, 1958, pp. 407—416. 

Charnley, Mitchell V. The Boys Life of the Wright 

Brothers. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 

[1928], 291 pp., +illus. 

Slightly different version of a series of articles originally 

published in the American Boy, August- 

November, 1928, with title They Gave the World 

Wings; the Story of the Wright Brothers, see below. 

Material for this book has come largely from the 

few published writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright 

and the miscellaneous writings about them (p. v.) 

. They Gave the World Wings; the Story of the 

Wright Brothers. Illustrated by Ernest Fuhr. American 

Boy, Aug. 1928, vol. 29, no. 10 pp. 11—13, 46—47; Sept., 

no. 11, pp. 6—7, 30, 32, 37; Oct., no. 12, pp. 22—24, 63; 

Nov., vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 13—14, 32—34, +illus. 

Clark, Leonard. The Wright Brothers. In his When They 

Were Children, New York: Roy Publishers, 1964, pp. 

113—120. 

Claudy, Carl H. Two American Conquerors of the Air. St. 

Nicholas, July 1909, vol. 36, pp. 785—787, +illus. 

Claxton, William J. The Wright Brothers and Their 

Secret Experiments, the Wright Biplane, and How the 

Wrights Launched Their Biplane. In his The Mastery of 

the Air, London: Blackie and Son Limited, 1916, pp. 

102—106, 123—133. 

Clifford, Harold B. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

American Leaders, New York: American Book 

Company, 1953, pp. 258—267. 

Cohen, Rose N. The Wrights Show How! In her The 

Men Who Gave Us Wings, New York: The Macmillan 


Cottler, Joseph, and Jaffe, Haym. Wright Brothers, Child 

Life, Sept. 1931, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 444—445, 471, +illus. 

Craig, Barbara. The Wright Brothers and Their 

Development of the Airplane, Raleigh: State Dept. of 

Archives and History, 1960, 23 pp.

Crowther, James G. The Wright Brothers. In his Six 

Great Inventors; Watt, Stephenson, Edison, Marconi, 

Wright Brothers, [and] Whittle, London: Hamish 

Hamilton, 1954, pp. 163—201. (The Six Great Series). 

Curtin, Andrew. Wright Brothers. In his Gallery of Great 

Americans, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1965, p. 

101. 

Darrow, Floyd L. Masters of the Air [Wright Brothers]. 

In his Builders of the Empire, New York: Longmans, 

Green, 1930, pp. 85—90. 

. [ Wright Brothers]. In his Masters of Science 

and Invention, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 

1923, pp. 315—325. 

Delacombe, Harry. The Wrights, The First Flights on 

Record, and The Wright Aeroplane. In his The Boys 

Book of Airships, New York: Frederick A. Stokes 

Company, 1909, pp. 176—177, 199—201, 213. 

DeWitt, William A. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

Illustrated Minute Biographies New York: Grosset & 

Dunlap, 1949, p. 160, +illus. 

Also included in revised ed., 1953. 

Dolin, Arnold. The Wright Brothers; Pioneers of Flight. 

In his Great Men of Science, New York: Hart Publishing 

Company, 1962, pp. 175—181. 

Eberle, Irmengarde. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In her 

Famous Inventors for Boys and Girls, New York: A. S. 

Barnes, 1941, pp. 111—118, +illus. 

Egermeier, Elsie E. The Wright Brothers. In her Stories 

of Great Men and Women, Anderson, Indiana: Warner 

Press, 1961, pp. 138—144. (Stories for Boys and Girls). 

Evans, Idrisyn O. The Airplane; Wilbur and Orville 

Wright. In his Inventors of the World, London, New 

York: Frederick Warne & Company, 1962, pp. 119—133. 

Everett, Carroll, and Reed, C. F. Wilbur and Orville 

Wright. In their When They Were Boys, Dansville, New 

York: F. A. Owen Publishing Co., 1922, pp. 38—44. 

Also included in revised ed., 1932. 

Fanning, Leonard M. The Wright Brothers; Fathers of 

the Airplane Industry. In his Fathers of Industries, 

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1962, pp. 194—203. 

Federau, Wolfgang. Die Gebr der Wright, Pioniere der 

Luftfahrt. N rnberg: Olympia-Verlag, 1952, 149 pp., 

+illus. (Biographische Jugendreihe). 


Fellowes-Gordon, Ian. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In 

Canning, John, ed., 100 Great Modern Lives; Makers of 

the World Today from Faraday to Kennedy, New York: 

Hawthorn Books, 1966, pp. 317—322. 

Freedman, Russell. Wright Brothers: How They Invented 

the Airplane. New York: Holiday House, 1991, 129 pp., 

+illus. 

Brief biography and relatively comprehensive 

description of the principles of flight and of the technical 

problems the Wright brothers solved, in nontechnical 

language for older children. 

Includes numerous original photographs by the 

Wright brothers, suggestions on places to visit, and an 

index. 

Gardner, Jeanne L. Sky Pioneers, the Story of Wilbur and 

Orville Wright. Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. New 

York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963, 62 pp. 

Includes bibliography, pp. 61—62. 

Gates, Arthur I., and Ayer, Jean. The Flying Brothers. In 

their Let s Go Ahead, New York: The Macmillan 


Gilmartin, John G., and Skehan, Anna M. Wilbur and 

Orville Wright, Pioneers in Aviation. In their Great 

Names in American History, Chicago: Laidlaw Bros., 

1946, pp. 335—342, +illus. 

Goebel, Edmund J. and others. Wilbur and Orville 

Wright; Pioneers in Aviation, In their Builders of Our 

Country, Chicago: Laidlaw Bros., 1951, pp. 345—352. 

(Catholic School History Series). 

Grahame—White, Claude, and Harper, Harry. Wilbur and 

Orville Wright. In their Heroes of the Air, a Book for Boys. 

Illustrated in colour by Cyrus Cuneo and with numerous 

portraits, London: Henry Froude, 1912, pp. 55—93. 

Graves, Charles P. Illustrated by Fermin Rocker. See and 

Read: Beginning to Read Biography Wright Brothers. 

New York: G. P. Putnam s Sons, 1973, 62 pp., +illus. 

For young readers; a biography of the mechanically-inclined 

Wright brothers, tracing their determined 

efforts to build the first self-propelled flying machine. 

Includes a list of twenty-two key words. 

Guggenheim, Harry. Giving Wings to the World. St. 

Nicholas, Dec. 1928, vol. 56, p. 88. 

Hagedorn, Hermann. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

The Book of Courage, Chicago: John C. Winston Co., 

1942, pp. 293—305. 

Included also in earlier editions. 

A Bibliography 131

Hall, Charles G. The Bishop and the Boys and The 

Wonderful Year of Nineteen Three. In his Skyways, New 

York: The Macmillan Company, 1938, pp. 44—58, 59—64. 

Harney, Laura B. The Wright Brothers. In her The 

Skycraft Book, New York: D. C. Heath and Company, 

1932, pp. 20—26, +illus. 

Harper, Harry. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his Riders 

of the Sky; the Saga of the Flying Men, London: Hodder 

and Stoughton [1936], pp. 21—25. 

Hartman, Gertrude. Man Learns to Fly. In her Machines 

and the Men Who Made the World of Industry, New 

York: The Macmillan Company, 1939, pp. 237—242. 

Heard, Sarah Dow, and King, M. W. The First Airplane. 

The Wright Brothers In their Stories of American 

Leaders, Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1934, 

pp. 307—318, +illus. 

Heath, Monroe. Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright. In 

his Great Americans at a Glance, vol. 2, Inventors, 

Scientists, Redwood City, California: Pacific Coast 

Publishers, 1956, pp. 16—17. 

Holland, Rupert S. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

Historic Airships. Illustrated by Manning de V. Lee. 

Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith Company, 1928, pp. 75—89. 

Holland, Sharon. To Build a Bird: The Quest for Human 

Flight. Windermere, Florida: Rourke Corporation, Inc., 

1982, 32 pp., +illus. 

Brief history, elementary school level, of the first 

attempts to fly, culminating in the first flight of the 

Wright brothers in 1903. 

Hook, Jason. Illustrated by Graham Coton. Twenty 

Names in Aviation. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 

1990, 48 pp., +illus. 

Two-page chapters on twenty selected pioneers of 

aviation with a biographical sketch and brief account 

of their historic flights for each, for older children. 

One chapter is devoted to the Wright brothers. 

. Illustrated by Peter Lowe. Wright Brothers. 

New York: Bookwright Press, 1989, 32 pp., +illus. 

Brief biography of the Wright brothers and history 

of early flight for older elementary school children. 

Includes a list of important dates and an index. 

Horsfall, Jessie E. The First Aeroplane Flight. In French, 

Joseph L., ed., The Big Aviation Book for Boys, 

Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 

1929, pp. 58—69. 



Hough, Richard A. Wright Brothers by Bruce Carter 

[pseud.]. London: Newnes Educational Publishing Co., 

Ltd., 1955, 45 pp. (Men of Speed Series). 

Humphrey, Grace. The Secret of the Bird; Wilbur 

Wright, Orville Wright. In her Children of Necessity, 

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1925, pp. 263—295. 

Iseman, John W., and Taylor, Sloan. The First Flight and 

Gliding Experiments. In their The Book of Airplanes, 

New York: Oxford University Press, 1929, pp. 48—50, 

54—58. 

Jerome, Lucy B. The First Man to Fly. Boys World, 

Sept. 14, 1912, vol. 11, no. 37, p. 3, +illus. 

Kaufman, Mervyn D. The Wright Brothers; Kings of 

the Air. Illustrated by Gray Morrow Champaign 

Illinois: Garrard Publishing Company, 1964, 80 pp. (A 

Discovery Book). 

Large, Laura A. The Bird Men. In her Little Stories of 

Well-Known Americans, New York: Platt & Munk Co., 

Inc., 1935, pp. 113—122, +illus. 

. The Wright Brothers. In her Air Travelers from 

Early Beginnings to Recent Achievements. Illustrated by 

Harold Cue, Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1932, 

pp. 65—70. 

Law, Frederick H. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his 

Great Lives; Life Stories of Great Men and Women, New 

York: Globe Book Company, 1952, pp. 45—57. 

. Wilbur and Orville Wright, Inventors of the 

Airplane. St. Nicholas, June 1926, vol. 53, pp. 793—796. 

Lehrburger, Egon. Wilbur and Orville Wright; the Men 

Who Gave Us Wings. In his Men Who Changed the 

World; Stories of Invention and Discovery by Egon 

Larsen [pseud. 2d ed.], New York: Roy Publishers, 1952, 

pp. 121—143. 

Macmillan, Norman. Wilbur and Orville Wright; First 

to Fly. In his Great Airmen, London: G. Bell, 1955, pp. 

14—34. 

Maden, Mary. Illustrated by Sara Hodder Daniels. 

Flying High with the Wright Brothers: The Story of Their 

First Flight A Dogs Tale. Kill Devil Hill, North 

Carolina: Dog and Pony Enterprises, 1995. [Outer Banks 

animal series, No. 1]. 

Illustrations for gliders and other drawings were 

based on photographs taken by the Wright brothers.

Maizlish, I. Leon. Wings for Men. In his Wonderful 

Wings, the Story of Aviation. Illustrated by Barry Bart. 

Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, 1941, 

pp. 25—33, +illus. 

Marquardt, Max. Illustrated by Mike Eagle. Wilbur and 

Orville and the Flying Machine. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 

Raintree Publishers, 1989, 32 pp., +illus. 

A biography of the Wrights for beginning readers. 

Martin, Rudolph, and Schalk, Gustav. Die Gebr der 

Wright. In their Von Ikarus bis Zeppelin; ein 

Luftschifferbuch f r die Jugend, Berlin, Leipzig: 

Brandus sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1908, pp. 54—68. 

Mason, Miriam E., and Cartwright, William H. The 

Wright Brothers. In their Trail Blazers of American 

History, Boston: Ginn and Company, 1961, pp. 

315—324. 

McGuire, Edna. Wilbur and Orville Wright; Masters of 

the Air. In her They Made America Great; a First Book 

in American History, New York: Macmillan, 1957, pp. 

238—244. (Macmillan Elementary History Series). 

Mills, Lois. Three Together; the Story of the Wright 

Brothers and Their Sister. Illustrated by William 

Moyers, New York: Follett Publishing Company, 1955, 

160 pp. 

Montgomery, David H. The Wright Brothers, Wilbur and 

Orville. In his Beginner s American History, 2d rev. ed. 

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1945, pp. 335—342, +illus. 

Montgomery, Elizabeth R. The Third Rudder [1903 

Airplane of Wilbur and Orville Wright]. In her The Story 

Behind Great Inventions. Rev. ed., New York: Dodd, 

1953, pp. 241—244. 

Mooney, James E. It Happened at Last. In his Wings 

Away. Illustrated by Paul Laune. New York: Thomas 

Nelson and Sons, 1937, pp. 21—25. 

Moore, Patrick. Conquest of the Air: The Story of the 

Wright Brothers. London: Lutterworth Press, 1961, 94 

pp. (Courage and Conquest Series no. 6.). 

Morrill, Madge H., and Morrill, Leslie. The Wright 

Brothers, First to Fly. Illustrated by Lee J. Ames, 

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1955, 128 pp. 

Mowbray, Jay H. Early Experiments of Wright Brothers. 

In his Conquest of the Air By Airships and Other Flying 

Machines, Philadelphia: National Publishing Co., 1910, 

pp. 156—175, +illus. 


Nida, William L., and Nida, Stella H. The Wright 

Brothers and the Aeroplane. In their Pilots and 

Pathfinders, New York: Macmillan, 1934, pp. 395—399. 

Norris, Geoffrey. Wright Brothers. Illustrated by John 

Norbury. New York: Roy Publishers, 1963, 159 pp. 

(Peoples, Places, and Things). 

Old, Wendie C. Wright Brothers: Inventors of the 

Airplane. Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow 

Publishers, Inc., 2000, 128 pp., +illus. 

Short but relatively comprehensive biography of 

the Wright brothers, for older children starting their 

own research on the Wright brothers. 

Includes an index, 64 chapter notes, 10 citations of 

books for further reading, and 5 internet addresses. 

Paris, Leonard. Birth of the Air Age. Senior Scholastic, 

Feb. 1, 1957, vol. 70, p. 17. 

An account of the Wright brothers December 17, 

1903, flights in the magazine s Words That Shaped 

America series, erroneously quoting them in a 

telegram to their sister Katharine as saying We Have 

Done It. 

. They Gave Us Tomorrow; Wilbur and Orville 

Wright. Senior Scholastic, Apr. 11, 1958, vol. 72, p. 11. 

Thumbnail sketch, no. 22 in the magazine s 

Creative Americans series. 

Pearl, Lizzy. Illustrated by Mark Bergin. Story of Flight. 

Mahwah, New Jersey: Troll Associates, 1994, 32 pp., 

+illus. 

For intermediate readers, a survey of the history of 

aviation, from the first attempts to the Wright brothers 

to modern planes. Includes a fact file on how a plane 

flies and how a jet engine works (thrust and drag), and 

an index. 

Pratt, Fletcher. [Wright Brothers]. In his Famous 

Inventors and Their Inventions, New York: Random 

House, 1955, pp. 40—44. 

Pringle, Patrick. The First to Fly. In his They Were the 

First, New York: Roy Publishers, 1965, pp. 57—65. 

. Wilbur and Orville Wright. In his When They 

Were Boys; Sixteen Boyhood Stories of Famous Men, 

New York: Roy Publishers, 1954, pp. 197—209. 

Quackenbush, Robert. Take Me Out to the Airfield: How 

the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane. New York: 

Parents Magazine Press, 1976, [approx. 32 pp.], +illus. 

Biography of the Wright brothers from their childhood 

to their first flight, illustrated by numerous 

A Bibliography 133

drawings, for elementary school children. Includes 

instructions and an actual size pattern for building a 

model Wright Flyer out of styrofoam. 

Reynolds, James J., and others. The Wright Brothers. In 

their Short Stories of Famous Men, New York: Noble 

and Noble, 1946, pp. 279—285. 

Included also in revised editions, 1948 and 1953, 

pp. 251—257. 

Reynolds, Quentin. Wright Brothers. In Evans, Pauline 

R., ed., Best Book of Heroes and Heroines, Garden City, 

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1964, pp. 192—205. 

. The Wright Brothers, Pioneers of American 

Aviation. Illustrated by Jacob Landau. New York: 

Random House [1950], 183 pp., +illus. (Landmark 

Books. [10]). 

Dramatized and produced as phonodisc in 1953 by 

Howard Tooley, Enrichment Records, LLP 104 

(3104B), 1s, 10 in., 33-1/3 rpm. 

Rhodes, James A. The Wright Brothers. In his Teenage 

Hall of Fame, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960, pp. 

57—59. 

Romer, A. Ralph, and Romer, Margaret. The Wright 

Brothers. In their Sky Travel, New York: Rand McNally 

& Company, 1929, pp. 146—154. 

Rosenblum, Richard. Illustrated by the author. Wings: 

The Early Years of Aviation. New York: Four Winds 

Press, 1980, 64 pp., +illus. 

Brief account for older children of the history of 

aviation from the first flight of the Wright brothers in 

1903 to Charles Lindbergh s first solo flight across the 

Atlantic in 1927. Includes an index. 

Ross, Frank, Jr. The First Heavier-than-Air Flying 

Machine 1903. In his Trail Blazers of the Sky, Santa 

Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, 1945, pp. 3—10, +illus. 

Sanford, Chester M., and Owen, Grace A. Wilbur and 

Orville Wright. In their Modern Americans, New York: 

Laurel Book Co., 1921, pp. 99—107. 

Schirmer, Mathilda, ed. Conquerors of the Air, Orville 

and Wilbur Wright. In Builders for Progress, Chicago: 

Beckley-Cardy, 1950, pp. 145—162, +illus. 

Schulz, Walter A. Illustrations by Janet Schulz. Will and 

Orv. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1991, 48 pp., +illus. 

Account of the Dec. 17, 1903, flight of the Wright 

brothers as witnessed by a young boy, Johnny Moore, 

an actual person but with fictional conversation. 



Shea, George. Pictures by Don Bolognese. First Flight: 

The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers. New 

York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 1997. [An I can 

read chapter book], 48 pp., +illus. 

Children s story of the friendship of the Wright 

brothers and Tom Tate of Kitty Hawk, an actual person 

who first met the Wright brothers in 1900 when he 

was 12 years old and later witnessed the first flight. 

Sobol, Donald J. The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. 

Illustrated by Stewart Mackenzie, New York: T. Nelson, 

1961, 143 pp., +illus. 

Reprinted: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: 

Scholastic Book Services, 1965. 

Southworth, Gertrude V. D., and Southworth, James V. 

D. The Wright Brothers. In their Heroes of Our America, 

Syracuse, New York: Iroquois Publishing Co., 1952, pp. 

329—333. 

Stein, R. Conrad. Illustrated by Len W. Meents. Story of 

Flight at Kitty Hawk. Chicago: Childrens Press, 1981, 31 

pp., +illus. 

For intermediate readers, a brief biography of the 

two famous bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio, focusing 

on their efforts to build and fly an airplane, starting 

with kites and gliders, to the concept of wing warping 

and their first successful powered flight, to the Wright 

Flyer s place in the National Air and Space Museum. 

Includes an index and suggestions for further reading. 

Stevenson, Augusta. Wilbur and Orville Wright, Boys 

with Wings. Illustrated by Paul Laune. Indianapolis: 

Bobbs-Merrill, [1951], 192 pp., +illus. (The Childhood 

of Famous Americans Series). 

Slightly revised edition, illustrated by Robert 

Doremus, published in 1959. 

Sun, Shi. [Wright Brothers] Laite Xiongdi. Beijing, 

China: Mainland Xinhua chubanshe, 1988, 180 pp. 

Brief biography of the Wright brothers, secondary 

school level. Includes a table of important dates in 

their lives. 

In Chinese. 

Sutton, Felix. We Were There at the First Airplane 

Flight. Historical consultant: Grover Loening. Illustrated 

by Laszlo Matulay New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960, 

179 pp. (We Were There Books, 28). 

Tharp, Edgar. Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright; Man 

Learns to Fly. In his Giants of Invention, New York: 

Grosset & Dunlap, 1963, pp. 101—103. (Illustrated True 

Books).

Thomas, Eleanor, and Kelty, Mary G. The Wright 

Brothers. In their Heroes, Heroines, and Holidays, 

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1947, pp. 55—63, +illus. 

Included also in 1952 edition. 

Thomas, Henry. The Wright Brothers. Illustrated by 

Charles Beck. New York: Putnam, 1960, 126 pp. (Lives 

to Remember). 

Verrill, Dorothy. Man Finds His Wings; How the 

Wright Brothers Made the First Flight. In her Aircraft 

Book for Boys. New York and London: Harper & 

Brothers, 1930, pp. 1—16, +illus. (Harper s Practical 

Book Series). 

Vogt, Gregory. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Album of 

NASA. New York: Franklin Watts, 1983, 90 pp., +illus. 

Brief history for secondary school students, of the 

first 25 years of NASA, 1958-1983, and conjectures 

about the future of space research by NASA. Refers 

to the Wright brothers, especially in the introduction 

honoring them as the first to achieve powered flight. 

Includes numerous photographs and an index. 

Welch, Becky. Great Lives. Famous Explore r s Wright 

Brothers: Conquering the Sky. New York: Ballantine 

Books, 1992, 121 pp., +illus. 

A biography about the Wright brothers, especially 

for middle-school readers. Includes bibliographical 

references p. 121. 


Wilkey, Michael. Illustrations by the author. They Never 

Gave Up: Adventures in Early Aviation. Victoria, British 

Columbia, Canada: Orca Book Publishers, 1997, 115 

pp., +illus.. 

Brief history of aviation for middle school level, 

beginning with the Wright brothers, then continuing 

with emphasis on aviation in Canada. Includes numerous 

drawings by the author. Also includes a chapter 

explaining aerodynamics and principles of controlled 

flight, descriptions of experiments that can be done at 

home, and a chapter with illustrations and instructions 

on how to make paper gliders as well as instructions 

for a simple game. Includes index. 

Woods, Andrew Young. Illustrated by Ellen Beier. 

Orville and Wilbur Wright: First to Fly. Mahwah, New 

Jersey: Troll Associates, 1992, 32 pp., +illus. [Troll 

First-Start Biography] 

Brief biography for children, grades 1-4, mainly of 

the Wright brothers childhood. 

Wright, Elsie. The Wright Brothers. In her Boys Book 

of Famous Fliers [by Captain J. J. Grayson, pseud.]. 

Cleveland: World Publishing Co., 1951, pp. 32—45. 

Included also in 1932 edition with title, Famous 

Flyers and Their Famous Flights. 

A Wright aeroplane at Fort Myer on 3 September 1908. (NASA History Office) 

A Bibliography 135

Abbot, Charles G., 19, 104, 106 

Abramowski, Waclaw, 9 

Acad mie des Sciences, 118 

Acad mie des Sports, 118 

Accidents, 73 

Adams, Heinrich, 7, 9 

Ader, Cl ment, 3, 10, 63, 66, 94 

Aerial Experiment Association, 77 

Aero Club of America, 6, 10, 24, 25, 

27, 35, 36, 45, 46, 52, 55, 74, 

77, 79, 93, 94, 98, 118—120, 

128 

Aero Club of Philadelphia, 113 

Aero Club of Washington, 60 

Aero Corporation Limited, 90, 95 

Aerobatics, 71 

A ro-Club of France Prize, 41 

A ro-Club of France, 27, 31, 118 

A ro-Club of the Sarthe, 44 

Aeronautical Chamber of 

Commerce of America, 5, 30, 

56 

Aeronautical Society [of Great 

Britain], 8, 33, 34, 43, 52, 113, 

118 

Aeronautical Society of New York, 

92, 93 

Aeronautical Systems Center, 76 

Aeroplane Exhibition Company, 98 

Aeroplanes, 31—77 

Air Force Association, 65 

Air Line Pilot s Association, 121 

Air mail routes, 71 

Aircraft Disposal Company, 

Limited, 91 

Albert Medal, 30 

Albert, James, 15 

Alberto, Giovanni, 68 

Albertson, Catherine, 10 

Alex, Roland, 71 

Alexander, Patrick Y., 34, 35 

Alfonso III, King of Spain, 44, 45 

Alford, Leon P., 41 

Alger, Russell A., 99 

Allder, Walter, 56 

Allen, Carl B., 62, 129 

Allen, John, 11 

Allward, M. F. 20 

American Association for the 

Advancement of Science, 126 

American Bar Association, 97 

American Institute of Aeronautics 

and Astronautics (AIAA), 76, 

114, 123, 124 

American School of 

Correspondence, 4 

Index 

American Society for the 

Advancement of Science, 33 

American Society of electrical 

Engineers, 120 

American Technical Society, 4 

Ames Research Center, 81 

Ames, Lee J., 133 

Ancelle, Paul, 41 

Anderson, Frederick I., 24 

Anderson, John D., Jr., 20, 75, 76 

Andr , Henri, 32, 77 

Andrews, Allen, 69 

Andrews, J. R., 125 

Andrews, John W., 127 

Andrews, Robert Hardy, 67 

Angle, Glenn D., 78, 106 

ngstr m, Tord, 7, 9 

Apitz, J., 92, 93 

Archdeacon, Ernest, 31, 34, 39, 79 

Arena, Nino, 68 

Armengaud, Jr., 39 

Armengaud, Jules, 92 

Armengaud, Marcel, 79 

Armentrout, Patricia, 75 

Army-Wright contract, 60 

Arnold, Henry H., 59, 61, 104, 130 

Arrudae, Matias, 10 

Art, 126, 127 

Arts et M tiers Museum, 124 

Associated Press, 32, 33 

Association of Men with Wings, 105 

Associazione Italiana di 

Aerotecnica, 21 

Aston, W. G., 78 

Atkinson, Elizabeth, 112 

Aubigny, Eug ne d , 79 

Ault, Phillip H., 69 

Automatic stabilizers, 79, 80, 96, 97 

Automobil- und Flugtechnische 

Gesellschaft, 93 

Aviation Hall of Fame, 122 

Aviation Heritage National Historic 

Park, 107 

Aviation Trail, 107 

Ayer, Jean, 131 

Babin, Gustave, 40 

Bache, Ren , 42 

Bacon, David, 55 

Baden-Powell, B. F. S., 42, 43 

Bailey, 59 

Bailey, Carolyn S., 130 

Bain, George G., 38 

Baker, David, 74 

Baker, Joseph B., 127 


Baker, M. P., 81 

Baldwin, Capt. Thomas S., 95 

Baldwin, F. W., 40, 42 

Ball, Fred S., 99 

Barber, Mr. 119 

Bariquand et Marre, 77 

Barksdale, Lena, 130 

Barnaby, Capt. Ralph S., 63, 125, 

127 

Barnes, Alpheus F., 87 

Barrows, H. R., 128 

Bart, Barry, 133 

Bassett, Preston R., 20 

Baudry de Saunier, Louis, 42, 43, 48 

Bauer, Charles J., 57, 112 

Beachey, 73 

Beard, Luther, 58 

B arn, C. de, 107 

Beatty, George W., 50 

Beck, Charles P., 62, 135 

Beck, J. M., Jr., 24, 26 

Beck, Mabel, 123 

Bedian, Judy Wong, 73 

Behringer, Wolfgang, 73 

Beier, Ellen, 135 

Bejeuhr, Paul, 80 

Bell, Alexander G., 36, 40, 42, 44, 

45, 77, 118, 119 

Bell, Gardiner S., 42 

Ben t, Rosemary, 127 

Ben t, Stephen Vincent, 127 

Ben t, William R., 127 

Benner, Harry, 87, 101 

Benoist, Thomas W., 95 

Berg, Hart O., 47, 126 

Berg, Hart O., Collection, 125 

Berget, Alphonse, 10 

Bergin, Mark, 133 

Beringer, Sarah M., 10 

Berliner, Don, 68, 130 

Bernstein, Mark, 10 

Berty, 36 

Besancon, Georges, 10, 34, 36, 91 

Bia, Georges, 10 

Bibliographic references, 1, 10—15, 

18, 20, 61, 67—76, 100, 107 

Biddle, Wayne, 73 

Bilstein, Roger E., 13, 70, 100 

Bingham, Sen. Hiram, 54, 109 

Biographic references, 9—31, 70 

Biography, authorized, 14, 15 

Bixby, William, 130 

Black, Archibald, 10, 97 

Blackman, Steve, 73 

Blake, Bob, 60 

Bl riot, Louis, 10, 73, 93, 94

Boll e, Elizabeth, 66 

Boll e, L on, 26, 38, 66 

Bolognese, Don, 134 

Bolton, Sarah, 130 

Bonnalie, Allen F., 6, 20, 59 

Bonner, Rep. Herbert C., 9, 60, 111 

Bonney, Walter T., 63 

Books, 9—20 

Bord , Paul, 32 

Borman, Frank, 75 

Boston Aero Show, 50 

Bouche, Henri, 11 

Bournemouth Air Meet, 64 

Bouttieaux, Gen., 39 

Boyne, Walter J., 71—73, 130 

Brabazon, John T. C., baron of Tara, 

35, 58, 61 

Bracke, Albert, 10, 43, 48 

Brennan, Dennis, 67 

Brenner, Victor D., 119 

Brewer, Griffith, 25, 26, 30, 31, 44, 

49, 54, 55, 58, 60, 81, 96, 97, 

100—103, 106 

Brewer, Robert W. A., 48, 77 

Breyer, Victor, 20, 34, 44 

Briand, Paul L., 56 

Brigole, Alexandre, 10 

Brindle, Melbourne, 126 

British Patent Office, 91 

British War Office, 97 

British Wright Company, Limited, 

91, 97, 100 

Broca, A. de, 45 

Brodie, J. L. P., 125 

Brookins, Walter R., 20, 88, 98 

Broomfield, G. A., 63 

Broughton, J. Melville, 59 

Brown, Aycock, 62, 64, 66, 111 

Brown, Cecil L. M., 10 

Brown, Harold H., 40, 46 

Brown, Harold S., 78 

Brown, Leonard, 56 

Bruccoli, Matthew J., 65 

Bruno, Henry Augustine, 58 

Bryan, C. D. B., 72 

Bryden, H. G., 127, 128 

Buist, H. Massac, 20, 24 

Bull, J. Edgar, 86 

Burchard, Peter, 67 

Burgunder, Hans, 64 

Burke, Thomas, 115 

Burridge, Lee S., 95 

Busse, C., 51 

Butman, Carl H., 102 

Byrd, Richard E., 130 

Cabot, Dr. Godfrey Lowell, 116 

Caidin, Martin, 11, 69 

Calderara, Lt. Mario, 39, 53, 126 

Index 

Call, Brendan, 6 

Campbell-Wood, George F., 93 

Canadian aviation, 135 

Canning, John, 131 

Caproni, Gianni, 126 

Carillon Park, 19, 124, 126 

Carll, George S., Jr., 103 

Carmer, Carl L., 10, 56 

Carnegie, Dale, 60 

Carson, Annette, 71 

Cartwright, William H., 133 

Case, Leland D., 9 

Cass, Gilbert, 26 

Casson, Herbert N., 20 

Catherall, Arthur, 130 

CBS (radio station), 58 

CBS (television program), 129 

Cei, Umberto, 45 

Cesare, Oscar, 28, 29 

Cetone, Sen. George K., 119 

Chambers, Capt. W. Irving, 66 

Chandler, Charles D. 11, 124 

Chanute, Elizabeth C., 6, 60 

Chanute, Octave, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, 

23, 31—37, 63, 90, 95, 100, 119 

Chanute, Octavia, 6 

Charles Urban Trading Company, 43 

Charnley, Mitchell V., 11, 130 

Chenoweth, Opie, 81 

Chester, Ralph, 63 

Chillmaid, Martyn, 73 

Christy, Joe, 71 

Clark, Leonard, 130 

Clark, Ronald W., 11 

Clark, Sen. Bennett Champ, 115 

Clarke, T. W. K., 47, 48 

Claudy, Claude H., 44, 47, 54, 56, 

130 

Clauser, Francis H., 81 

Claxton, William J., 130 

Clayton, Henry H., 32 

Cleaves, Freeman, 58 

Cl ry, A., 34, 91 

Clifford, Harold B., 130 

Clime, W. S., 42, 45 

Cobianchi, Mario, 11 

Cody, S. F., 35, 92 

Coffin, Mr., 28 

Coffyn, Frank T., 20, 56, 99 

Cohalan, Justice, 90, 95 

Cohen, Rose N., 130 

Coles, T. R., 20 

College Park Airport, 68 

Collier Trophy, 60, 79, 120 

Columbia Historical Society, 106 

Combs, Harry, 11, 69 

Compangnie G n rale de 

Navigation A rienne, 94, 97 

Compton, A. H., 44 

Computer simulation of flight, 72 

Cone, Greg, 74 

Conover, Charlotte R., 11 

Contact, 105 

Conway, Rep. Clem, 113 

Coppens de Houthulst, Willy, 11, 20 

Coquelle, Robert, 20, 34, 58 

Cosmos Club, 31 

Costelle, Daniel, 69 

Coton, Graham, 132 

Cottler, Joseph, 11, 130 

Court records, 86—91 

Courtney, W. B., 56, 61 

Cox, Dr. H. Roxbee, 61 

Cox, Gov. James M., 10, 11, 112 

Coxe, Judge, 86, 87, 96 

Craig, Barbara, 130 

Craig, Gov. George M., 113 

Crane, Carl J., 9 

Crane, Hart, 128 

Crenshaw, James S., 65 

Crocco, Arturo, 33 

Crouch, Tom D., 11, 68—72, 75, 76, 

106, 107 

Crowder, B. M., 11 

Crowther, James G., 131 

Cue, Harold, 132 

Culick, F. E. C., 81 

Culver, Edith Dodd, 71 

Culver, H. Paul, 71 

Cuneo, Cyrus, 131 

Cuneo, John R., 29 

Curtin, Andrew, 131 

Curtiss Aeroplane Company, 87, 88, 

94, 95, 97, 101, 102 

Curtiss, Glenn H., 1, 40, 42, 48, 71, 

86, 87, 92, 93, 96, 100—102, 

105, 106 

Curtiss, Greely S., 96 

Curtiss—Wright Corporation, 100 

Dacey, Norman F., 104 

Daily Mail prize, 2 

Dallwitz-Wegner, Richard von, 78 

Daniels, John T., 23, 68, 110 

Daniels, Sara Hodder, 133 

Darrow, Floyd L., 131 

Davidson, Jesse, 68 

Davis, Chester, 63 

Davison, Sec. of War F. Trubee, 114, 

121 

Davy, Maurice J. B., 30, 61, 123 

Dayton Art Institute, 125 

Dayton Sunday News, 15 

Dayton Wright Memorial 

Commission, 107 

Dayton, Ohio, 10, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 

46, 61, 71 

Dayton—Wright Airplane Co., 4, 71, 

82, 100 

A Bibliography 137

De Havilland Aeronautical 

Technical School, 64, 123, 125 

De Havilland, Geoffrey, 51 

Deeds, Col. E. A., 16, 28 

Degoul, M., 39, 41—43 

Delacombe, Harry, 131 

Delagrange, L on, 39 

Delear, Frank J., 75 

Delgrove, Henri, 65 

Dempsey, Charles, 74 

Deprez, 94 

Derieux, Mary, 11 

Deutsches Museum, 124 

DeWitt, William A., 131 

Dienstbach, Carl, 32, 33, 36, 37, 47, 

79, 101 

Dierfeld, Benno, 77 

Diffin, Mr., 28 

Dodge, Beverly A., 124 

Doherty, William Elwood, 88, 102 

Dolin, Arnold, 131 

Dollfus, Charles, 11, 12, 53, 63 

Dominik, Hans A., 33, 37, 91 

Donegall, Marquess of, 13 

Donet, Jehan, 42 

Donovan, Frank, 12 

Doolittle, Lt. Gen. James H., 124 

Doremus, Robert, 134 

Dorman, Geoffrey, 30 

Dos Passos, John, 56 

Dough, W. S., 22, 90 

Drinkwater, Alpheus, 61, 65 

Drury, Augustus W., 12, 20 

Drury, Marion, 26 

Dryden, Hugh L., 21 

Dumas, Alexandre, 48 

Dunaway, Philip, 3 

Dunbar, Paul L., 128 

Dunham, Samuel R., 27 

Dunkle, Meryl, 128 

Dunn, Amb. James Clement, 61 

Durand, W. F., Aeronautical 

Museum, 124 

Durand, William F., 30, 57, 116 

Duthie, Eric, 130 

Dwiggins, Don, 67 

Dyke, Andrew L., 77 

Eagle, Mike, 133 

East, Omega G., 111 

Eastman Kodak Company, 44 

Eberhardt, Carl, 78 

Eberhardt, Gen. Walter von, 29 

Eberhardt, J. C., 25 

Eberle, Irmengarde, 131 

Eckhardt, George H., 125 

Edge, Amb. Walter, 108 

Edison Institute, 57, 112 

Edison, Thomas A, 27 

Index 

Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 

45 

Eells, Richard, 126 

Egbert, Howard, 12 

Egermeier, Else E., 131 

Eisenhower, Pres. Dwight D., 117 

Eisenlohr, Roland, 102 

Elias, Hermann, 36, 44 

Eliot, Dr. Charles W., 102 

Ellis, Carlyle, 29 

Ellis, F., 116 

Eltscher, Louis R., 100 

Emme, Eugene M., 22 

Engel, Leonard, 61 

Engineers Club, 27 

Engines, 77, 78 

Englander, Alice, 14 

Escher, Sy, 41 

Esnault-Pelterier, Robert, 33, 34, 94 

Espitallier, Georges, 37, 42 

Ethell, Jeffrey L., 73 

Etheridge, A. D., 22 

Evans, Idrisyn O., 131 

Evans, Pauline, 134 

Everett, Carroll, 131 

Everstag, Robert W. d , 24 

Ewald, Gustav, 21 

Fadiman, Clifton, 56 

Fanning, Leonard M., 131 

Fansher, 90 

Farber, James, 9 

Farman, Henri, 37, 39, 40, 93 

Fedden, Sir Roy, 61 

Federau, Wolfgang, 131 

Fellowes-Gordon, Ian, 131 

Ferber, Capt. Ferdinand, 12, 33—36, 

39, 61, 91 

Ferber, Louis F., 91 

Ferrus, L., 6, 7, 10 

Fess, Simeon D., 12 

Film Strips, 129 

Findley, Earl N., 8, 21, 26, 29, 30, 

62, 103—106, 122, 123 

Fish, Frederick P., 87 

Fisk, Fred C., 12, 69 

Fitzgerald, Francis V., 110 

Fitzgerald, Rep. Roy G., 103, 104 

Fjelde, Paul, 127 

Flights, 31—77 

Flint & Company, 99 

Flint, Charles R., 99 

Flobert, Chez P., 19 

Flugmaschine Wright Gesellschaft 

m. b. H., 77, 97, 98 

Foester, August, 44, 47 

Foltmann, John, 12, 21 

Foraker, Sen. Joseph B., 119 

Forward, Fred S., 6 


Foster, Maximilian, 43 

Foulois, Lt. Benjamin D., 19, 46, 

55, 57, 59 

Franchere, Ruth, 12 

Frank, John P., 110 

Frank, Waldo, 128 

Franklin Institute, 5, 56, 81, 120, 

121, 123, 125 

Franks, British Amb. Oliver, 123 

Fraser, Chelsea, 12 

Fravel, Ira F., 62 

Freedman, Andrew, 93 

Freedman, Russell, 131 

French, Joseph L., 132 

Freudenthal, Elsbeth, 7, 12 

Freund, Alfred, 47 

Fritz, John, Medal Fund, 28 

Frost, Robert, 128 

Fuhr, Ernest, 130 

Fullerton, J. D., 40 

Furnas, Charles, 71 

Gage, Nevin, I., 28 

Galbreath, Charles B., 12 

Gallaudet, Edson, 87 

Ganns, Dr. Claudio, 10 

Garber, Paul E., 12, 27, 66, 123 

Garcia de Souza, Jos , 12 

Gardner, Gilson, 34 

Gardner, Jeanne L., 131 

Gardner, Lester D., 58 

Garinei, R., 48 

Garnier, G., 45, 46 

Gasnier, Ren , 43 

Gastambide, Robert, 13 

Gaston, Raymond de, 51 

Gatchell, L. B., 117 

Gates, Arthur I., 131 

Geibert, Ron, 21, 70 

General Motors Corporation, 5, 21 

Genung, Henry C., 87 

Gerhardt, W. F., 81 

German Patent Office, 7, 95 

Giacomelli, Raffaele, 21 

Gibbs-Smith, Charles H., 13, 21, 33, 

66—68, 80 

Gibson, Hugo C., 94 

Gildemeister, Jerry, 73 

Gill, Howard W., 49 

Gilmartin, John G., 131 

Glass, Sol, 116, 117 

Glines, Carroll V., 74 

Glinsky, Vincent, 127 

Goebel, Edmund J., 131 

Goff, Harper, 60 

Goldman, Richard, 100 

Goldstrom, John, 13, 104, 105 

Gollin, Alfred, 69, 70 

Gordon, M., 128

Gordon-Bennett International 

Aviation Trophy, 8, 49, 95, 98, 

99 

Gorsuch, Morris, 99 

Goulder, Grace, 13 

Grahame—White, Claude, 13, 89, 95, 

118, 131 

Graves, Charles P., 131 

Graves, Louis, 110 

Gray, Jack Stearns, 105 

Grayson, Capt. J. J., 135 

Great Britain, government, 69 

Green Buell H., 94 

Green, Richard, 67, 127 

Greene, Laurence, 56 

Greenfield Village, Dearborn, 

Michigan, 112, 128 

Grenshaw, James S., 128 

Gretten, Jay, 75 

Grey, C. G., 30, 54, 58, 62, 97, 102, 

103, 106 

Griffith, Ward, 13 

Grimes, E. B., 35 

Griscom, Amb. Lloyd C., 58 

Guggenheim, Daniel, 69 

Guggenheim, Harry, 131 

Guggenheim Medal, 29, 31, 69, 121 

Guiterman, Arthur, 128 

Gunston, Bill, 77, 78 

Gurtler, Charles, 87 

Gwynn-Jones, Terry, 72 

Hagedorn, Hermann, 131 

Haggerty, James J., 23, 67, 127 

Hall of Fame for Great Americans, 

27, 122, 127 

Hall, Charles G., 132 

Hall, Edward H., 49 

Hall, G. Ray, 87 

Hall, Norman A., 104 

Hallion, Richard P., 13, 69, 70 

Hammer, William J., 53, 86, 89, 118 

Hand Judge Learned, 88—90, 93, 95 

Handley Page, Limited, 91 

Handley-Page, F., 103 

Hanna, John G., 94 

Hansen, Oskar J. W., 127 

H ntzschel, Walter, 48 

Hanuschke, Wilhelm, 31 

Hardesty, Von, 75 

Harding, Rep. J. Eugene, 119 

Hare, James H., 40, 41, 46, 52 

Harmon, Gov. Judson, 119 

Harney, Laura B., 132 

Harper, Harry, 27, 63, 131, 132 

Harrel, Haywood, 69 

Harris, Patrick, 71 

Harris, Sherwood, 67, 73 

Harrison, George P., 98 

Index 

Harrison, James P., 75 

Harrison, Michael, 13 

Harrop, F. C., 49 

Hartman, Gertrude, 132 

Harvey, Ralph, 113 

Harwood, Van Ness, 50 

Hatch, Alden, 105 

Hathaway, Esse V., 13 

Haveann, Ernest, 6 

Havemann, Ernest, 64 

Haven, Gil, 62 

Hawley, Alan R., 95 

Hayes, Judge, 89 

Hayman, LeRoy, 70 

Hayward, Charles B., 4, 95 

Hazel, Judge John R., 86—89, 94, 96 

Heard, Sarah Dow, 132 

Heath, Monroe, 132 

Hegener, Henri, 13, 21 

Heinmuller, John P. V., 14 

Hellman, Geoffrey T., 106 

Henderson, Amy, 107 

Henderson, Archibald, 28 

Hendrick, Burton J., 8 

Henry-Co annier, Andr , 25, 95 

Heringa, J. A., 51 

Herring—Curtiss Company, 86, 87, 

92, 93, 118 

Hettick, John, 60 

Heumann, S., 45 

Hildebrandt, Alfred, 14, 21, 36, 37, 

41, 46, 124 

Hildreth, Charles H., 67 

Hill, Thomas A., 92 

Hinshaw, Rep. Carl, 62 

Hobbs, Leonard S., 78 

Hodgins, Eric, 14, 28 

Hoernes, Hermann, 42 

Hoff, J., 6 

Holland, Rupert S., 14, 132 

Holland, Sharon, 132 

Hollands, Sidney, 24 

Hollinger & Company, 127 

Holst, Helge, 14 

Honors, 118—122 

Hook, Jason, 132 

Hooven, Frederick J., 72 

Horan, Joseph C., 30 

Horsfall, Jessie E., 54, 132 

Hosey, Gertrude, 2 

Hough, Richard A., 132 

Howard, Fred, 14 

Hoxsey, Arch, 22 

Hudson, Margaret, 14 

Huffaker, Edward C., 87, 101 

Huffman Prairie, 71, 107 

Hughes Aircraft, 9 

Hulbert, George Spencer, 15 

Humphrey, Grace, 132 

Humphreys, Frederic E., 49 

Humphreys, Pauline A., 2 

Hunter, Chadwick, 42 

Hyde, Ken, 74—76 

Hylander, Clarence J., 14 

Iacobescu, Gh., 57 

Icart, Antoine, 68 

Imbrecq, J., 94 

Imperial War Museum, 125 

Inaga, Taruho, 21 

Indiana, General Assembly, 113 

Ingells, Douglas J., 21, 29, 30, 57, 

65 

Ingliss, William, 47 

Institute of the Aeronautical 

Sciences, 57, 60, 81, 114, 123, 

124, 126, 127 

Institution of Civil Engineers, 118 

International Civil Aeronautics 

Conference, 4, 78, 116 

Interviews, 7—9 

Iseman, John W., 132 

Isendahl, W., 48 

Jablonsky, Bruno, 58 

Jackman, William J., 95 

Jackson, Thomas, 98 

Jacobs, Anne Marguerite, 4, 114 

Jaffe, Haym, 11, 131 

Jakab, Peter L., 1, 72, 75 

James, Paul, 79 

James, Sydney V., 78 

James, W. Frank, 121 

Jane, Fred T., 48, 50—52 

Janes Yearbooks, 67, 113, 114 

Jaray, Paul, 48 

Jeanjean, Marcel, 58 

Jefferis, David, 72 

Jeffrey, Harry P., 59 

Jenkins, Thomas A., 57 

Jennison, C. S., 99 

Jensen, Paul, 56 

Jerome, Lucy B., 132 

Jex, Henry R., 81 

Johnson, Jesse S., 62 

Johnson, Mary Ann, 107 

Johnson, Pres. Lyndon B., 118 

Johnson, Spencer, 68 

Johnson, Walter, 104 

Johnston, S. Paul, 14, 58, 123 

Johnstone, Ralph, 7 

Jones, Ernest L., 53, 80 

Jordanoff, Assen, 14 

Joseph, Paul, 14 

Juvenile publications, 127, 129—135 

Kaempffert, Waldemar, 6, 51 

A Bibliography 139

Kaeppler, Adrienne, 107 

Kalb Karl P., 105 

Kamenshchikov, N., 36 

Kapferer, Henry, 39 

Karlson, Paul, 14 

Kartvelli, Alexander, 81 

Kaufman, Mervyn D., 132 

Kay, George de, 3 

Kelly, Ann Marie, 73 

Kelly, Fred C., 3, 4, 6, 9, 21, 26, 30, 

31, 57—61, 63, 97, 100, 106 

Kelton, Nancy, 15 

Kelty, Mary G., 135 

Kennedy, D. Ross, 50 

Kennedy, George, 66 

Kettering, Charles, 10, 21, 100 

Kidder, Harvey, 67, 127 

Kill Devil Hill Memorial 

Association, 62, 65, 109, 111 

King, Andrew, 74 

King, Ernest J., 30 

King, Horace Frederick, 67 

King, M. B., 128 

King, M. W., 132 

King s College, 36 

Kingseed, Wyatt, 76 

Kingsmill, Commdr., 127 

Kinzler, Alice E., 22 

Kirk, Stephen, 15 

Kitty Hawk Day, 59 

Klemin, Alexander, 15, 26 

Knabenshue, Roy, 88, 98 

Knostman, Mary E., 128 

Kresin, William, 112 

Kress, 93 

Kumler, Dan, 58 

L Hermite, J., 108 

La Vaulx, Henri de, 51 

Labuschagne, J. J., 15 

Lacombe, Judge, 86, 87, 89, 96 

Lader, Lawrence, 30 

Lahm, (Col., Gen.) Lt. Frank P., 11, 

19, 28, 56, 57, 59, 62, 67, 124, 

127 

Lahm, Frank S., 34, 35, 46, 53, 55, 

127 

Lambert, Marquise [Count] Charles 

M. de, 10, 26, 44, 45 

Lamson, Charles H., 86, 89, 94 

Lanchester, F. W., 21, 43, 44 

Lancken-Wakenitz, baron von der, 

56 

Landau, Jacob, 134 

Landowski, Paul, 108 

Lane, Louise, 15 

Lane, Peter, 68 

Langewiesche, Wolfgang, 22, 61 

Index 

Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory, 

100—102 

Langley Medal, 8, 119, 120 

Langley Memorial Address, 100 

Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 69, 101, 

103, 104, 106, 107 

Large, Laura A., 132 

Larsen, Egon, 15 

Larson, George C., 71 

Larson, Tim, 73 

Lassalle, Eug ne J., 27 

Latham, Hubert, Memorial, 107 

Laune, Paul, 133 

Law, Frederick Houk, 15, 132 

Lawrance, Charles L., 78 

Le Beschu, F., 31, 32 

Le Vino, Albert S., 51 

Lea, Clarence F., 121 

L aut , 94 

Lee, Manning de V., 132 

Lefort, H., 44—46 

Lehrburger, Egon, 132 

Lelasseux, Louis, 15 

Lengenfelder, Jack W., 72 

Lent, L. B., 28 

Leo, 98 

Leslie, Stuart W., 100 

Lewis, George W., 57, 59, 81, 115 

Liberty Eagle, 100 

Library of Congress, 6, 7, 63, 66, 

69, 70, 126 

Lidov, Arthur, 127 

Lilienthal, Otto, 2, 14, 75 

Lindbergh, Charles A., 61 

Lipp, Frederick J., 63 

Lippencott, Harvey H., 77 

Lodge, Sen. Henry Cabot, 120 

Lodi, Angelo, 63 

Loening, Grover, 8, 15, 29, 48—53, 

67, 78—80, 99, 104, 135 

Long, G. Allison, 69 

Longyard, William H., 15 

Lopez, Donald S., 74 

Lord, Clifford L., 114 

Lorisson, Jacques, 95 

Loukianoff, G. S., 51 

Lucas-Girardville, Capt. P. N., 10, 

45, 91 

Luce, Rep. Robert, 109 

Ludlow, Israel, 93—95, 98 

Ludovico, Domenico, 62 

Lufbery, Raoul, 9 

Lumet, Georges, 77 

Lyman, Lauren D., 129 

MacDonald, James, 4 

Mack, Rep. Peter F., Jr., 63, 117 

MacKaye, Percy W., 128 

Mackenzie, Stuart, 134 


Mackintosh, Col E. E., 122 

Macmillan, Norman, 132 

Madden, Roy, 6 

Maden, Mary, 132 

Magoun, F. Alexander, 14 

Magruder, Rear Adm. T. P., 108 

Maitland, Lester J., 16 

Maizlish, I. Leon, 133 

Makeley, F. C., 5 

Malishenko, Tucker, 70 

Mallet, R. F., 50 

Manly, Charles M., 28, 58, 69, 87, 

102 

Mansfield, Howard, 74 

Manufacturers Aircraft Association, 

4 

Marbury, Elizabeth, 26 

Marchis, Lucien, 16 

Marconi, Guglielmo, 27 

Marcosson, Isaac F., 16 

Margoulis, Wladimir, 78 

Marquardt, Max, 133 

Marque, Ren , 15 

Marquis, Raoul, 16 

Marrand, Michel, 69 

Marsh, Lockwood, 54 

Marshall, Fred A., 103 

Martin, Glenn L., 59 

Martin, Hans, 26 

Martin, James V., 97 

Martin, Rep. Joseph W., Jr., 117 

Martin, Rudolf, 16, 42, 133 

Masfrand, Albert de, 36, 39 

Mason, Miriam E., 133 

Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology, 20, 27, 53, 58, 81, 

115 

Masters, David, 16 

Mathe, J. A. Herve, 127 

Mathiews, Franklin K., 130 

Mattioli, Guido, 60, 61 

Matulay, Laszlo, 135 

Matvieev, A., 49 

Mauni, Baron de, 35 

Maxim, Sir Hiram S., 35, 44, 94 

Maxwell Field, Alabama, 99 

Maycock, C. B., 124 

Mayer, Robert, 22, 57 

McClarren, Ralph H., 81, 125 

McClean, Sir Francis, 61 

McCormick, Anne O Hare, 56, 103 

McCoy, John, 67, 127 

McCurdy, John A. D., 42, 44, 88 

McCutcheon, Phillip, 50 

McFarland, Marvin W., 1, 3, 6, 13, 

22, 31, 70, 111, 126 

McFee, Inez M., 15 

McGuire, Edna, 133 

McIntyre, Doug, 22, 106 

McKnew, Thomas W., 65

McMahon, John R., 15, 20, 22, 55 

McMurtrie, Francis E., 113 

McSpadden, J. Walker, 15, 128 

McSurely, Alexander, 9, 61, 78, 79, 

122, 123 

McSwain, Rep. John J., 103 

Meacock, F. T., 64 

Medals, 118—122 

Mee, Arthur, 26 

Meents, Len W., 134 

Meitner, F., 49 

Memorials, 113—118 

Mensier, General, 3 

Merner, Mary, 59 

Merrill, Albert Adams, 95 

Merroa, Chester E., 30 

Meyer, Jerome S., 67 

Meyer, Willy, 16, 90 

Meynell, Laurence W., 16, 64 

Miami Wood Specialty Company, 

82 

Michelin Cup, 41, 43, 44 

Millbrooke, Anne Marie, 76 

Miller, Ivonette Wright, 16 

Miller, Mrs. Harold S., 114 

Miller, Trevelyan, 16 

Milling, T. De Witt, 59 

Mills, Lois, 133 

Mingos, Howard, 22 

Minnesota Historical Society, 26 

Miozzi, Lt., 28 

Mitchell, John W., 51, 80, 98 

Moedebeck, 7 

Mohler, Stanley R., 75 

Monroney, Sen. A. S. Mike, 66 

Montgomery, Elizabeth R., 133 

Montgomery, Frank A., Jr., 55, 57 

Montgomery, John J., 4, 97 

Montgomery, Regina Cleary, 4, 90 

Monuments, 107—113 

Moolman, Valerie, 69, 72 

Mooney, James E., 133 

Moore, Alvin E., 55, 66 

Moore, John, 22 

Moore, Johnny, 134 

Moore, Patrick, 133 

Moore-Brabazon, John T. C., 35, 58, 

61 

Moreau, August, 52 

Morelli, Ercole, 56 

Morgan, Mr. 119 

Morgan, Arthur, 10 

Morlan, Michael, 107 

Morning Union (New Hampshire), 

30 

Morrill, Leslie, 133 

Morrill, Madge, H., 133 

Morris, Gilbert, 108 

Morris, Lloyd, 16 

Morris, Richard B., 27 

Index 

Morrow, Gray, 132 

Morser, Bruce, 75 

Mortane, Jacques, 16 

Moser, Diane K., 73 

Moszkowski, Walter, 56 

Motion pictures, 129 

Mouillard, Louis-Pierre, 3 

Mousset, mile, 41 

Mouton, Rep. Robert L., 115 

Mowbray, Jay H., 16, 133 

Moyers, William, 133 

Muller, Jane S., 63 

Museum of Science and Industry, 

125 

Museums, 107—113 

Music, 128, 129 

Mutchler, Dwight, 127 

Myers Canadian Aircraft Company, 

Limited, 91 

Myers, Denys P., 95, 96 

Myers, George Francis, 91 

Naidenov, Vasilii F., 16, 22, 40 

Nalty, Bernard C., 68 

Nansontz, Max de, 16 

Napole o, Aluizio, 16 

National Academy of Sciences, 29, 

30 

National Advisory Committee for 

Aeronautics (NACA), 71 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA), 71, 76, 

135 

National Aeronautics Association, 5, 

28, 60, 74, 104, 110, 111, 116 

National Aeronautics Collection, 76 

National Air Mail Week, 57 

National Aviation Day, 56 

National Aviation Hall of Fame, 75 

National Cash Register, 112 

National Committee to Observe the 

50th Anniversary of Powered 

Flight, 64 

National Geographic Society, 8, 65 

Navy Historical Foundation, 66 

Neely, Frederick, 109 

Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft, 77 

Neville, Leslie E., 54 

New York Aero Show, 50 

New York University, 122, 127 

Newman, James R., 6 

Newton, Byron R., 37, 38, 55, 58 

Nicolleau, Auguste, 77 

Nida, Stella H., 133 

Nida, William L., 133 

Nimf hr, Raimund, 31, 93 

Noalhat, Henri, 93 

Nobel Prize, 27 

Noel, E. Percy, 39, 49 

Nolan, Patrick B., 1, 70 

Norbury, John, 133 

Norris, Geoffrey, 133 

North Carolina Fiftieth Anniversary 

of Powered Flight Commission, 

111 

North Carolina, 15 

Northcliffe, Lord, 120 

Northrop Aeronautical Institute, 123 

Norton, Frederick H., 82 

Noyes, Judge, 86 

O Malley, Frank W., 22 

O Toole, 59 

Oberlin College, 81, 82, 116, 117 

Ochoa, V. L., 49 

Ogilvie, Alec (Colonel Alexander), 

6, 23, 48, 50, 53, 125 

Ohio Historical Society, 127 

Ohio, General Assembly, 55, 127 

Ohio, Senate, 119 

Ohio Society of New York, 7, 27 

Old, Wendie C., 133 

Olympia Aero Exhibition, 50 

Orbaan, Albert, 62 

Oregon, 71 

Orlovius, Heinz, 54 

Orlovskii, Petr, 79 

Ott-Koptschalijski, Constance, 73 

Owen, Grace A., 134 

Owen, Russell, 106 

Page, Arthur, 22 

Painlev , Paul, 48 

Palmer, Frederick, 24 

Pan American Aeronautic 

Exposition, 53 

Paramount Pictures, 105 

Paris Prize in Architecture, 56 

Paris, Leonard, 133 

Parish, Wayne W., 60 

Parker, Mrs. Frank, 127 

Parker, Robert Andrew, 70 

Parker, Steve, 74 

Parkman, Mary R., 17 

Parmelee, Phil, 98 

Parramore, Thomas, 73 

Patents, 79 

Pathe-T.F.1 (Television Francais 1), 

69 

Patrick, Michael, 73 

Patterson, John C., 17 

Patterson, John, 10 

Patterson, Lt. Frank Stuart, 74 

Paulhan, Louis, 86, 88, 89, 93, 94, 

98 

Payne, E. George, 128 

Pearl, Lizzy, 133 

A Bibliography 141

Pedace, Giovanni, 61 

Pennington, John, 112 

Pepper, Sen. Claude, 116, 121 

Percy, Noel E., 106 

Perreault, William D., 22 

Perry, Frank L., 39 

Peterson, Rep. J. Hardin, 115 

Peugler, Hanns, 23 

Peyrey, Francois, 7, 17, 37, 38, 40, 

41, 46, 48 

Phi Delta Kappa fraternity, 108 

Philadelphia Air Show, 105 

Phillipps, W. Francis, 18 

Phillips, H. I., 128 

Philos, 37, 38 

Phipps, Walter H., 50, 77 

Plumley, Rep. Charles A., 115 

Poetry, 127, 128 

Poirier, Jacques, 68 

Polillo, Raoul, 17 

Poor, Alfred Eastin, 110 

Popper, Stefan, 25 

Post, Augustus, 6, 49 

Postcards, 72 

Powell, Grahame H., 87 

Powell, William S., 65 

Powerplants, 77, 78 

Prade, Georges W., 25 

Pratt, Fletcher, 134 

Pringle, Patrick, 133 

Pritchard, J. Laurence, 6, 17, 23, 

113 

Propellers, 78, 79 

Published patent and patent suit references, 

91—97 

Pyke, Jeremy, 73 

Quackenbush, Robert, 133 

Quimby, 73 

Quinton, Ren , 79 

Quirk, James R., 95 

Quirk, Leslie W., 4 

R. N. A. A., 109 

Raleigh, Walter, 17 

Randers-Pehrson, Nils H., 81, 106 

Randolph, Rep. Jennings, 115, 116 

Ravigneaux, Pol, 42 

Raymond, douard, 10 

Reed, C. F., 131 

Reed, Robert L., 101 

Reed, Thomas R., 59 

Reichel, Franz, 39, 41 

Relf, Ernest F., 6 

Renard, 94 

Renneisen, Bob, 31 

Renstrom, Arthur G., 1, 6, 17, 23, 

126 

Reynard, Comdr., 38 

Reyneker, F. H., 21 

Reynolds, Carolyn L., 110 

Reynolds, James J., 134 

Reynolds, Quentin, 17, 129, 134 

Reynolds, Sen. Robert, 105, 115, 

116 

Rhodes, James A., 134 

Rigsby, William E., 68 

Roberts, Joseph B., 56 

Robie, William A., Jr., 74 

Robinson, Sen., 108 

Robinson, W. B., 91 

Robischon, E. W., 19 

Rodgers, John, 53 

Rodgers, Robert Pliny, 110 

Rodman, Selden, 128 

Rolfe, Douglas, 62 

Rolls, Charles, Stewart, 36, 41, 64 

Romer, A. Ralph, 134 

Romer, Margaret, 134 

Roosevelt, Pres. Franklin D., 104, 

105, 115, 116 

Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore, 118 

Root, A. I., 33—35, 58, 102 

Rosenbaum, Robert A., 17 

Rosenblum, Richard, 134 

Ross, Frank, Jr., 134 

Rotarians of Dayton, 30 

Rouhier, Maurice, 7, 44, 45 

Routzohn, Rep. Harry N., 112 

Rowe, Dr. H. M., 3 

Rowe, Dr. L. S., 115 

Rowland-Entwistle, Theodore, 18 

Royal Aeronautical Society, 23, 54, 

56, 58, 81, 82, 113 

Royal Air Force, 63, 64 

Royal Institution, 13, 66 

Royal Prussian Aerial Battalion, 78 

Royal Society of Arts, 23, 26, 102, 120 

Royal Technical High School 

[Moscow], 51 

Rozendaal, John de Allereesten, 23, 

43, 45, 93 

Rozentsveig, L., 43 

Ruane, Michael E., 76 

Rubenstein, Murray, 100 

Ruck, R. M., 113 

Ruhl, Arthur, 37, 49 

Rummler, William R., 94 

Russell, Frank H., 95 

Russell, Owen, 59 

Russell, Thomas J., 95 

Rutledge, Paul, 29 

Rutledge, William, 64 

Ruzer, L., 48 

Saar, John, 81 

Sabin, Louis, 18 

Index 


Salley, D. Bruce, 58 

Sanbongi, Bryan, 78 

Sandick, R. A., 51 

Sanford, Chester M., 134 

Santal Sors, Luis, 18 

Santos, Mario dos, 14 

Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 10, 12, 16, 

17, 63, 94 

Satterthwaite, L., 122 

Saunders, Keith, 111 

Saunders, William O., 23, 110 

Savorgnan di Brazz , Francesco, 18 

Schalk, Gustav, 133 

Schirmer, Mathilda, 134 

Schirra, Capt. Walter M., Jr., 67 

Schmidt, Georg, 18, 48 

Schmidt, J. R., 28 

Schools, 97—100 

Schroter-Motorenfabrik, 92 

Schultz, Janet, 134 

Schultz, Walter A., 134 

Science Museum, 5, 54, 55, 64, 68, 

100, 103, 105, 122—125 

Science Service, 5 

S e, Alexandre, 79 

See, James W., 86, 89 

Selden, 94 

Selfridge, Lt. Thomas E., 38, 42, 57, 

66, 73, 77 

S nemaud, Ch., 92 

Seshun, Karl, 51 

Seville, Lieut. Henry P., 4 

Sewell, W. Stuart, 18 

Sharkey, Gerald S., 11 

Sharman, Margaret, 74 

Sharp, Edward R., 110 

Shaw, Herbert, 81 

Shea, George, 134 

Sheetz, Tom, 74 

Shepherd, William G., 23, 104 

Sheppard, Rep. Harry R., 105 

Sherman, Dallas B., 18, 23 

Sidram, Louis, 60 

Silberer, Victor, 35 

Simonds, Frank A., 8 

Sines, Ed, 57 

Skehan, Anna M., 131 

Skinner, George W., 128 

Slater, A. E., 64 

Slosson, Edwin E., 54 

Slutz, Frank D., 30] 

Smart, Douglas A., 128 

Smathers, Sen. William H., 115 

Smillie, Thomas W., 87 

Smith Maurice H., 18 

Smith, Henry Ladd, 6, 18 

Smith, Kendall, 16 

Smith, Richard K., 70 

Smith, Warren Reiland, 127

Smithsonian Institution, 44, 60, 69. 

78, 81, 100, 101, 103—107, 119, 

120, 123, 124, 126, 127 

Snell, 54 

Soaring Society of America, 127 

Sobol, Donald J., 134 

Sobolev, Dmitrii Alekseevich, 74 

Soci t Arch ologique le Vieux 

Papier, 19 

Soci t Belge des Ing nieurs et des 

Industriels, 10 

Soci t Francais de Navigation 

A rienne, 32 

Society of Automotive Engineers, 4, 

28, 81, 114 

Soule, Gardner, 66 

Southworth, Gertrude V. D., 134 

Southworth, James V. D., 134 

Spangenburg, Ray, 73 

Sparkman, Sen. J., 115 

Speeches, 7—9 

Spick, Mike, 74 

Spottiswood, J. H., 103 

Spratt, G. A., 90 

Sproule, Anna, 18 

Squire, George, 51 

Statements, 7—9 

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 53 

Stein, Conrad, 134 

Stein, Gertrude, 27 

Stenzel, Arthur, 2 

Stevenson, Augusta, 134 

Stever, H. Guyford, 23 

Stewart, Oliver, 18, 66 

Stoff, Joshua, 75 

Stout, Rex, 58 

Stratton, Mr., 28 

Strobridge, Truman R., 68 

Sullivan, Harry, 56 

Sullivan, Mark, 18 

Sun, Shi, 134 

Sunderman, James F., 66 

Surcouf, 39 

Sutton, Felix, 134 

Sweet, Floyd J., 127 

Taft, Chief Justice, 103, 105 

Taft, Pres. William Howard, 46, 118, 

119 

Tallandier, Jules, 51 

Taris, tienne, 92 

Tate, Tom, 134 

Tate, William J., 10, 18, 23, 54 

Tatin, Victor, 18 

Taylor Charles E., 23, 75, 76, 90 

Taylor, Bob, 76 

Taylor, John W. R., 67 

Taylor, Richard L., 18 

Taylor, Sloan, 132 

Index 

T r s, Louis, 128, 129 

Test, Merlin E., 103 

Tharp, Edgar, 134 

Thomas, Dana L., 18 

Thomas, Eleanor, 135 

Thomas, H. A., 64 

Thomas, Henry, 18, 135 

Thompson, Bob, 76 

Thompson, Lewis Eugene, 126 

Thomson, Jay E., 57 

Throm, Edward L., 65, 128 

Tillman, Stephen F. 19 

Tinsley, Frank, 64 

Tissandier, Paul, 10, 45, 108 

Todd, Frederick, 40 

Todd, Marlin W., 12 

Tomizuka, Kiyoshi, 19 

Tooley, Howard, 134 

Toulmin, Harry A., 89, 93 

Toys, 82 

Tribble, Paul, 100 

True, Webster P., 81, 123 

Turgan, L., 19 

Turnbull, Archibald, 114 

Turner, Charles C., 19 

Turner, George K., 37 

Turpin, C., 98 

Tweney, George H., 23 

Tyre, Richard, 14 

United States 

Air Force, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 122 

Air Force Materiel Command, 74 

Air Force Museum, 70, 124, 127 

Army, 8, 11, 37, 47, 49, 51—54, 

57, 58, 60, 61, 65, 66, 96 

Army Aeronautical Museum, 67, 

126 

Army Air Corps, 99 

Army Air Service, 114 

Army Quartermaster Corps, 110 

Bureau of the Budget, 110 

Circuit Court, 86—89, 93, 94 

Coast Guard, 68 

Congress, House, 24, 54, 55, 59, 

62, 63, 102—105, 108—111, 115, 

117, 119, 121 

Congress, Senate, 46, 59, 105, 

108, 109, 111, 115—117, 119, 

121 

Court of Claims, 4, 90, 91 

Department of Justice, 9 

Department of the Interior, 111 

District Court, 86, 87, 89, 91, 96, 

101, 102 

Government, 69 

Mint, 119 

National Advisory Committee for 

Aeronautics, 21 

National Air and Space Museum, 

12, 61, 66, 72, 76, 81, 107, 122, 

126 

National Air Museum, 122, 123 

National Archives, 129 

National Park Service, 65, 107, 

111 

Navy, 50, 66, 113 

Patent Office, 88 

Post Office, 116, 117 

President s Aircraft Board, 9 

Public Record Office, 69 

Signal Corps, 10, 47, 65, 66, 71 

War Department, 19, 52, 63, 69, 

110 

Unitt, Pete, 75 

University of Iowa, Annual History 

Conference, 22 

University of Maine, 126 

University of North Carolina, 129 

Untermeyer, Louis, 19 

Ursinus, Oskar, 45 

Vaeth, J. Gordon, 106 

Van der Linden, Robert F., 75 

Van Doren, Carl, 56 

Vangelli, Pier Gabrielle, 126 

Varley, W. Mansergh, 11 

Veigelin, Konstantin E., 7, 51, 55 

Veit, Sidney, 56, 107 

Velsy, Seth, 126 

Verein Deutscher Flugtechniker, 92, 

93 

Verney, L., 37 

Verrill, Dorothy, 135 

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 

129 

Victoria and Albert Museum, 13 

Victorin, Harald, 19 

Victory, John F., 116 

Villard, Henry Serrano, 72 

Villetiou, Jean de, 32 

Vincent, Col., 28 

Vivian, E. Charles, 19, 23 

Vogt, Gregory, 135 

Voisin, Charles, 38 

Voisin, Gabriel, 38, 39 

Volckmann, C. J. E., 78 

Von L ssl, E. W., 35 

Vorreiter, Ansbert, 25, 38, 41, 45, 

46, 77 

Wade, Mary H., 19 

Walcott, Dr. Charles D., 5, 101, 102 

Walker, Lois, E., 71 

Walker, Percy B., 69 

Wallhauser, Henry T., 67 

Walters, David W., 19 

A Bibliography 143

Walton, Francis, 106 

Ward, Judge, 87, 89, 96 

Waring, Ron, 64 

Warner, Edward P., 82 

Warren, Rep. Lindsay, 54, 60, 

108—110 

Washington Academy of Sciences, 

36 

Watson, Thomas, 19 

Watter, Michael, 97 

Watts, Harry C., 88 

Wead, Frank, 19 

Weaver, Henry M., 34, 35, 58 

Webb, Edna Lenore, 27 

Webb, Mary Griffin, 27 

Webbert, Charles, 35 

Wehman, Henry T., 88, 102 

Weiboldt, Mr. And Mrs. Elmer F., 

127 

Weiller syndicate, 38, 124 

Weiller, Lazare, 19, 97 

Weiner Luftschiffer Verein, 35 

Welch, Becky, 135 

Welch, Helena, 19 

Wellman, Walter, 35 

Wellner, Georg, 42 

Wells, Alexander T., 71, 93 

Werther, William, 23 

Wesinger, Mort, 4, 5 

West, Rupert E., 54 

Westburg, Paul, 121 

Westcott, Robert L., 55, 90 

Western Society of Engineers, 18, 

95, 121 

Wetmore, Edmund, 87 

Wheel, F. A., 44 

White, D. Thompson, 19 

Whitehead, Gustave, 4, 5, 75 

Whitehouse, Arch, 19, 56, 62 

Whitener, Ralph V., 62, 111, 117 

Whittaker, W. E. de B., 24 

Wickam, Shelby E., 71 

Wilkey, Michael, 135 

Williams, Al, 26, 61, 122 

Williams, Henry, 52 

Williams, Walter R., Jr., 19 

Wilson, Rev. Maurice E., 24 

Winkley, Erastus E., 88 

Winslow, John, 58 

Wise, Henry A., 25 

WLW (radio station), 4 

Wolko, Howard S., 20, 72, 77, 81 

Woodhouse, Henry, 25, 53 

Woods, Andrew Young, 135 

Woodson, Jack, 67 

Workman, William H., 91 

Worrel, Rodney K., 97 

Wright Aeronautical Company, 67, 

73, 86, 91 

Index 

Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 

100, 114 

Wright Aeroplanes, 6 

Wright Bicycle Shop, 112, 129 

Wright Brothers Aeronautical 

Collection, 70, 81, 125 

Wright Brothers Field, Dayton, 

Ohio, 100 

Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, 

74 

Wright Brothers Memorial Wind 

Tunnel, 6, 70, 81, 82, 100, 115 

Wright Brothers National Memorial, 

65, 107, 129 

Wright Company Machine Shop, 76 

Wright Company, 15, 20, 29, 53, 67, 

73, 76, 79, 82, 86—91, 93—95, 

98—100, 118 

Wright Cycle Shop, 76 

Wright Exhibition Team, 56 

Wright Flying School, 20 

Wright Memorial Observance, 62 

Wright Motors, 6 

Wright National Memorial Museum, 

124 

Wright propellers, 6 

Wright School of Aviation, 71, 98, 

99 

Dayton, Ohio, 98 

Hempstead Plains, New York, 99 

Montgomery, Alabama, 98, 100 

Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio, 99 

Wright State University, Dept. of 

Archives and Special 

Collections, 70 

Wright, Bishop Milton, 1, 11, 14 

Wright, Elsie, 135 

Wright, H. D., 123 

Wright, Hamilton M., 110 

Wright, Katharine, 5, 13, 28, 47, 71, 

88, 108, 114, 133 

Wright, Lorin, 16 

Wright, Orville, 

biographic references, 9—24, 

27—31 

estate, 81, 126 

flights by, 31—77 

interviews, speeches, statements, 

8, 9 

medals and honors, 118—122 

memorials, 113—118 

monuments and museums, 

107—113 

motion pictures and film strips, 

129 

patents, 79 

poetry about, 127, 128 

writings (published), 3—7 


Wright, Wilbur, 

anniversary banquet, 54 

biographic references, 9—27 

field, 71 

flights by, 31—77 

interviews, speeches, statements, 

7, 8 

medals and honors, 118—122 

memorial lectures, 23, 26, 52, 53, 

81, 82, 113 

memorials, 113—118 

monuments and museums, 

107—113 

motion pictures and film strips, 

129 

patents, 79 

poetry about, 127, 128 

writings (published), 1—3, 6, 7 

Wright, Wilbur and Orville 

Memorial Commission, 112, 113 

Memorial, 72, 100 

Wright—Burgess Company, 86 

Wright—Langley controversy, 5 

Wright—Martin Aircraft Corporation, 

67, 73, 90, 97 

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 71 

Wright—Smithsonian controversy, 

21, 100—107 

Wylum, William, 60 

Wymer, Norman, 20 

Wynne, Hugh, 129 

Yeager, Chuck, 74 

Yenne, Bill, 75 

Young, Edward H., 47 

Young, Edward M., 100 

Young, Rick, 1, 74, 75 

Zahm, Albert F., 6, 51, 61, 86, 88, 

101, 102 

Zamonski, John A., 1 

Zenkevich, Michael, 20 

Zeppelin, 16 

Zhukovskii, Nikolai, 51 

Zisfein, Melvin B., 70 

Zubkoff, Harry M., 74

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