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

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
Dec. 1953, vol. 26, pp. 243—244, +illus.
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-
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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.
Hegener, Henri, and Reyneker, F. H. Het werk der
gebroeders Wright. Het Vliegveld, Jan. 1924, vol. 8, pp.
3—9, +illus.
First article in a series titled De Baanbrekers der
Dynamische Luchtvaart.
Hildebrandt, Alfred. Fliegende Menschen. Gartenlaube,
Sept. 2, 1909, vol. 57, pp. 720—722, +illus.
Impressions of American Inventors. The Wright
Brothers and Their Achievements. Scientific American,
June 12, 1909, vol. 114, p. 443.
Inaga, Taruho. In Honour of Wright Brothers [It began
with the Wright Brothers]. Raito kyodai ni hajimaru,
Tokyo: Tokuma shoten, 1970, 273 pp.
Popular history of the development of the airplane,
1903-1912.
In Japanese.
Ingells, Douglas J. Wilbur and Orville Student Pilots.
Flying, Apr. 1954, vol. 54, pp. 32—33, 54—56.
Primarily an account of the early experiments of the
Wright brothers prior to their first successful flight on
December 17, 1903.
Kelly, Fred C. At Home with the Wrights. New York
Times, Oct. 11, 1953, sec. 10, p. 4, +illus.
Kettering, Charles F. [Tribute to the Wright Brothers.]
Aviation and Yachting, Dec. 1943, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 7, 48.
Guest editorial by Orville s friend, vice-president
and general manager of General Motors Corporation.
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