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

Genesis of the First Successful Aeroplane. Editorial on
the Work of the Wright Brothers of Dayton, Ohio.
Scientific American, Dec. 15, 1906, vol. 95, p. 442.
1907
Bell, Alexander G. Aerial Locomotion. National
Geographic Magazine, Jan. 1907, vol. 18, pp. 1—34,
+illus.
Reprinted Washington, D.C.: Press of Judd &
Detweiler, Inc., 1907, 34 pp., and published also in the
Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences,
1907, vol. 8, pp. 407—408; Scientific American
Supplement, May 25, 1907, vol. 63, pp. 26244—26246.
An address read before the Washington Academy of
Sciences, December 13, 1906. Includes an account of
the Wrights titled, The First Practical Flying
Machine, pp. 7—8.
Wieder die Br der Wright! Sensationelle Nachrichten!
Ein Flug von 38 Kilometer Lange?! Die Flugmaschine
von den Vereinigten Staaten Gekauft? Wiener
Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Jan. 1907, vol. 6, pp. 7—9
Report on current rumors about the Wrights.
Includes German translation of their letter to Georges
Besancon of L A rophile.
The Wright Aeroplane. Ballooning and Aeronautics, Jan.
1907, vol. 1, pp. 9—11, +illus.
Attempt to explain working principles of the
Wright aeroplane with two accompanying photographs
of a model of their aeroplane constructed by
the engineering staff of King s College.
Berty. Le secret des fr res Wright. La revue d aviation,
Jan. 15, 1907, vol. 2, pp. 8—10, +illus.
Based on reports about the Wrights originally published
in the Scientific American.
Chanute, Octave. Uspekhi i novyia usovershenstovaniia
v iskusstvennom polete. [Successes and new accomplishments
in artificial flight.] Vozdukhoplavatel , Jan-
Feb. 1907, vol. 2, pp. 40—46, 84—96.
Includes reference to Wright brothers, pp. 84—86.
Article translated by N. Kamen shchikov.
Masfrand, Albert de. The Mysterious Wright Brothers.
What Have They Really Accomplished in Flight? Fry s
Magazine, Mar. 1907, pp. 530—536, +illus.
The Brothers Wright. Ballooning and Aeronautics, Apr.
1907, vol. 1, p. 152.
Extract from a letter to the editor from C. S. Rolls,
Aeroplanes and Flights
36 Wilbur & Orville Wright
who visited the Wrights in America and who states he
is convinced that they have achieved powered flight.
Elias, Hermann. Das R tsel der Gebruder Wright.
[Signed E.] Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, May
1907, vol. 11, pp. 173—174.
Gives a German translation of the account in
Ballooning and Aeronautics, above, but expresses
doubt about the Wright flights.
Wilbur Wright Paris. L A rophile, June 1907, vol. 15,
pp. 167—168.
Capt. Ferber s letter to Georges Besancon, with
added details from an article in L Auto, June 14.
Chanute, Octave. History of the Wright Flying
Experiments. Scientific American Supplement, June 1,
1907, vol. 63, p. 26262.
Reprinted from New York Herald.
Masfrand, Albert [Signed A. de M.]. de Les fr res Wright
Paris. L A rophile, July 1907, vol. 15, p. 175.
Progress in Aeronautics American. Magazine of
Aeronautics, July 1907, vol. 1, pp. 23—24.
Report on Wright flights of 1905, based on their
statement to the Aero Club of America, March 12,
1906.
A propos des fr res Wright. La Conqu te de l air, July
15, 1907, vol. 4, no. 14, p. 3.
Reproduces Chanute s letter to the editor, dated
June 27, 1907, telling of Wrights flights, 1903-1906.
Hildebrandt, [Alfred]. La Machine volante des fr res
Wright. La Conqu te de l air, Dec. 15, 1907, vol. 4, no.
24, p. 3.
French translation of an article published in the
Lokal Anzeiger, Berlin.
Chanute, Octave. The Wright Brothers Motor Flyer. In
Aero Club of America, Navigating the Air, New York:
Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907, pp. 3—5, +illus.
Brief statement on 1903, 1904, and 1905 flights.
1908
Dienstbach, Carl. The Perfect Flying Machine. First
Description of the Marvelous Invention Which Has
Given Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright Mastery of
Man s Flight. How They Fly and How They Learned the
Secret. American Aeronaut, Jan. 1908, vol. 1, no. 3, pp.
3—11, +illus.