Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright - NASA's History Office

his niece, Mrs. Harold S. Miller. The carrier was commissioned
February 9, 1947.
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.
Wilbur Wright
(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
114 Wilbur & Orville Wright
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.