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

Aviation Hall of Fame
(Air Force Magazine)
Aviation s Hall of Fame. Air Force, Dec. 1953, vol. 36,
p. 32, +illus.
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
122 Wilbur & Orville Wright
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.