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

Babin, Gustave. Comme un oiseau. Une matin e au
Camp d Auvours. L Illustration, Sept. 19, 1908, vol.
132, pp. 188—189, +illus.
Peyrey, Francois. Les records tombent! La Vie au grand
air, Sept. 19, 1908, vol. 14, pp. 196—197, +illus.
Extracts from Letters from Members, Sept. 7, 1908,
Curtiss to Bell. (About Orville Wright s Machine.)
Bulletin of the Aerial Experiment Association, Sept. 21,
1908, no. XI, pp. 9—11, +illus.
Curtiss report on Orville Wright s September Fort
Myer flights.
The Wright Brothers Flying Machine. American
Machinist, Sept. 24, 1908, vol. 31, p. 466.
Editorial comment on story in Engineering
Magazine, August 14.
Construction of the Wright Aeroplane. Scientific
American, Sept. 26, 1908, vol. 99, pp. 208—210, +illus.
Presents detailed photographs and description of
machine in elaboration of previous account in August
29 issue of the magazine.
Fall of the Wright Aeroplane. Literary Digest, Sept. 26,
1908, vol. 37, p. 411, +illus.
Summary of press opinion on the September 17,
1908, Fort Myer accident.
The Fatal Fall of the Wright Aeroplane. Harper s
Weekly, Sept. 26, 1908, vol. 52, no. 2701, p. 7, +illus.
Pictorial account of accident and the principals
involved.
Le record de Wilbur Wright. La vie au grand air, Sept.
26, 1908, vol. 14, pp. 229—230, +illus.
Pictorial account of his record-breaking flight of
September 21.
Skyscraping at Fort Myer. Photographs by James H.
Hare. Collier s, Sept. 26, 1908, vol. 42, p. 11, +illus.
Brief note on September flights.
Wilbur Wright s Great Flight. Automotor Journal, Sept.
26, 1908, vol. 13, p. 1271.
Reports his flight of September 21.
L Aeroplane dei fratelli Wright. L Illustrazione italiana,
Sept. 27, 1908, vol. 2, p. 303, +illus.
Wilbur Wright s Record Flight. Motor, Sept. 29, 1908,
vol. 14, p. 252, +illus.
Naidenov, Vasilii. Aeroplan brat ev Rait. [The Wright
Aeroplanes and Flights
40 Wilbur & Orville Wright
Brothers Aeroplane]. Vozdukhoplavatel , Sept.-Oct.
1908, pp. 349—390.
1-1/2-chasovoi polet na aeroplanie. [1-1/2 hour flight in
an aeroplane]. Vozdukhoplavatel , Sept.-Oct. 1908, vol.
3, pp. 338—339.
Brown, Harold H. Some Construction Details of the
Wright Aeroplane. Aeronautics, New York, Oct. 1908,
vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 14—15, 44, +illus.
The Brothers Wright. Aeronautics, London, Oct. 1908,
vol. 1, pp. 74—75.
Brief summary of their September flights.
First Official Flights of the Wrights. Popular Mechanics,
Oct. 1908, vol. 10, pp. 642—643, +illus.
Reports Wilbur Wright s August flights in France.
Fullerton, J. D. The Wright Bros. Flying Machine. The
Aeronautical Journal, Oct. 1908, vol. 12, pp. 114—119,
+illus.
Orville Wright in Fort Myers. Wiener Luftschiffer-
Zeitung, Oct. 1908, vol. 7, pp. 229—233.
Reports his flights, September 3-17.
Successes of Mr. Wilbur Wright. The Aeronautical
Journal, Oct. 1908, vol. 12, p. 121.
Reprinted from the London Times, September 29,
1908.
Todd, Frederick. The Man in the Air. Personal
Experiences of Messrs. Wright, Farman, Curtiss,
Baldwin, and Others and Explanations of the Different
Kinds of Aircraft Unsolved Problems of the Air.
Worlds Work, Oct. 1908, vol. 16, pp. 10802—10819,
+illus.
Includes section The Work of the Wrights, pp.
10807—10810, based on an interview with Orville
Wright.
W. Wright fliegt 1-1/2 Stunden !! Wiener Luftschiffer-
Zeitung, Oct. 1908, vol. 7, pp. 225—226.
Summary of press reports on his flights to date.
Weltrekord Wilbur Wrights: 1:31:25. Wiener
Luftschiffer-Zeitung, Oct. 1908, vol. 7, pp. 227—228.
Reports his flight of September 21.
The Wright Aeroplane Triumphs. Current Literature,
Oct. 1908, vol. 45, pp. 366—368, +illus.
Report on September Fort Myer flights, with quotations
from an interview with Orville Wright as reported
in the New York Herald.