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

Peugler, Hanns. Die Br der Wilbur und Orville
Wright Pioniere des Motorfluges. Ausbau, 1952, vol.
5, pp. 467—474.
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
Biographical References
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
Hawk. U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1943, vol. 28, no. 12, pp.
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
fverteld. De Luchtvaart, June 5, July 3, 1909, vol. 1, pp.
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.
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