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

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,
p. 49, +illus.
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.
Included also in 1936 edition of the Handbook, vol.
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.
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