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

Brewer, Griffith. The Wright Flying Machine. The Field,
Jan. 9-16, 1909, vol. 113, pp. 78, 114, +illus.
Details on the construction and operation of the
machine.
123 kilometer in 2:18. Wilbur Wright gewinnt den
Michelin-Preis. Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, Jan. 10,
1909, vol. 1, pp. 34—35, +illus.
Voisin oder Wright? Was Sir Hiram Maxim sagt.
Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, Jan. 10, 1909, vol. 1, pp.
36—37.
Quotation from Maxim s introductory note to R. P.
Hearne s book Aerial Warfare.
Elias, Hermann. Der Sieger im Michelinpreis. [Signed
Elias] Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen, Jan. 13,
1909, vol. 13, pp. 1—5.
Description of Wilbur Wright s record-breaking
flights December 18 and 30 with a chronological summary
of his 1908 flights in France.
Foerster, August. Ein verkanntes Br derpaar. Ein Beitrag
zur Geschichteder Flugmaschine. Illustrierte Aero-nautische
Mitteilungen, Jan. 13, 1909, vol. 13, pp. 66—72, +illus.
A Wilbur Wright, la Coupe Michelin, 1908 L A rophile,
Jan. 15, 1909, vol. 17, pp. 38—40, +illus.
Reports that Wilbur had won the Michelin Trophy
on December 31, 1908, with a spectacular world
record flight of 2 hours 20 minutes 23-1/5 seconds in
the air. Includes a facsimile of Wilbur s contest entry
letter of December 28 to the Aero-Club of the Sarthe.
Breyer, Victor. Orville Wright Paris. La Vie au grand
air, Jan. 16, 1909, vol. 15, p. 57, +illus.
The Car in the Air. By Engineer. Motor, London, Jan. 19,
1909, vol. 14, pp. 809—810, +illus.
Description of Wright aeroplane exhibited at the
Paris automobile show.
Claudy to Bell about Enlargements of His Photographs
of the Flights of Orville Wright at Fort Myer. Bulletin of
the Aerial Experiment Association, Jan. 25, 1909, no.
XXIX, pp. 7—8.
His letter of January 4, 1909, stating that enlargements
were made by the Eastman Kodak Company.
They were later presented to the Smithsonian.
De Lafaurie Les fr res Wright Pau. L Aviation illustree,
Jan. 30, 1909, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 4, +illus.
Wheel, F. A. Les fr res Wright Pau. La Vie au grand
air, Jan. 30, 1909, vol. 15, p. 72, +illus.
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Lefort, H. L A roplane Wright et les a roplanes francais.
L A rophile, Feb. 1, 1909, vol. 17, pp. 51—54.
Wilbur Wright d tient les records du monde. La Revue
de l aviation, Feb. 1, 1909, vol. 4, p. 11.
Les Wright Pau. L Aerophile, Feb. 1, 1909, vol. 17, p. 55.
Wright hat in Pau seine Vorbereitungen beendet.
Flugsport, Feb. 5, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 119—120, +illus.
Short account of Wilbur Wright s flights with his
pupil Count Lambert.
Compton, A. H. Comparison of the Wright and Voisin
Aeroplanes. Scientific American, Feb. 13, 1909, vol.
100, p. 135.
Based on Lanchester s article in the Aeronautical
Journal, January 1909.
Wilbur Wrights erste Flug in Pau. Allgemeine
Automobil-Zeitung, Feb. 14, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 29—32,
+illus.
McCurdy, John A. D. Lanchester s Comparison of the
Wright Machine with the Voisin Machine. Bulletin of the
Aerial Experiment Association, Feb. 18, 1909, no.
XXXI, pp. 18—22.
R sum of Lanchester s article above.
Zur Verbesserung des H hensteuers. Fachzeitung f r
Automobilismus, Feb. 21, 1909, vol. 3, pp. 17—18, +illus.
Alphonse XIII et l aviation. L Illustration, Feb. 27,
1909, vol. 69, pp. 139—140, +illus.
King Alfonso and the Wrights. Flight, Feb. 27, 1909,
vol. 1, pp. 116—118, +illus.
Account of Wrights meeting with King Alfonso of
Spain and Wilbur s exhibition flight for him February
20 at Pau.
Rouhier, Maurice. Wright professeur. La Vie au grand
air, Feb. 27, 1909, vol. 15, pp. 134—136, +illus.
German translation, Allgemeine Automobil-
Zeitung, Mar. 7, 1909, vol. 1, p. 36.
Based on interview with Wilbur Wright. Includes
account of visit of King Alfonso of Spain to Pau.
K nig Alfons von Spanien in Pau. Allgemeine Automobil-
Zeitung, Feb. 28, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 39—42, +illus.
Les a roplanes en France et l tranger. Les Wright et
leurs l ves Pau L A rophile, Mar. 1909, vol. 17,
pp. 133—135, +illus.
Reports flights of February 24 and 25.