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

Who Was the First? Aero, London, Jan. 18, 1910, vol. 2,
p. 51.
Cites Century Magazine article as source for data
on Wrights first flight.
Wright Biplane in Australia. Aero, London, Jan. 25,
1910, vol. 2, no. 36, p. 62.
Harrop, F. C. The Measurements of the Wright Machine.
Aero, London, Feb. 8, 1910, vol. 2, p. 109.
Meitner, F. Neuerungen am Wright-Flieger. Der
Motorwagen, Feb. 28, 1910, vol. 13, p. 126.
Das neue Wright-Flugzeug. Flugsport, Mar. 5, 1910,
vol. 2, pp. 140—142, +illus.
Announcement and description of new Germanbuilt
Wright machine equipped with wheels.
The Wright-Biplane. Flight, Mar. 12, 1910, vol. 2, pp.
174—177, +illus.
Short-Wright Comparisons. Flight, Mar. 26, 1910, vol.
2, p. 228.
Humphreys, Frederic E. The Wright Flyer and Its
Possible Uses in War. Professional Memoirs, Mar.-Apr.
1910, vol. 2, pp. 99—107, +illus.
Reprinted in Journal of the United States Artillery,
Mar.-Apr. 1911, vol. 33, pp. 144—147, +illus.
Matvieev, A. Pervaia vozdukhoplavatel naia vystavka v
Rigie. [The Wright Aeronautical Exhibition at Riga.]
Viestnik vozdukhoplavaniia, Apr. 1910, no. 6, pp. 59—60,
+illus.
Account of exhibition held in Riga at which a
German-built Wright aeroplane was the central attraction.
Ochoa, V. L. Are the Wrights Pirates? Aircraft, Apr.
1910, vol. 1, pp. 55—57, +illus.
Author cites early flying machines and inventions
from which the Wrights may have received ideas for
their successful aeroplane.
[The Wright Elevator.] Flight, May 14, 1910, vol. 2, p.
380, +illus.
Ruhl, Arthur. Up in the Air with Orville. Collier s, July
2, 1910, vol. 45, no. 15, pp. 16—17, 19, +illus.
Author s description of his flight with Orville
Wright at Simms pasture, Dayton, in June.
Die Metamorphose des Wright-Flyers. Fachzeitung f r
Flugtechnik, July 17, 1910, vol. 4, pp. 16—19, +illus.
Aeroplanes and Flights
Post, Augustus. How to Learn to Fly. The Different
Machines and What They Cost. Worlds Work, Sept.
1910, vol. 20, pp. 13389—13402, +illus.
Includes description of Wright machine.
Brewer, Griffith. With the Wrights in America. Flight,
Sept. 3, 1910, vol. 2, pp. 706—708.
Account of Wright work shop, flight instruction at
Simms Station, and author s ride with Orville.
The New Wright Biplane. Scientific American, Sept. 3,
1910, vol. 103, p. 180, +illus.
Description of new model in which the double-surface
horizontal front rudder is removed.
The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machine Up to
Date. Gleanings in Bee Culture, Sept. 15, 1910, vol. 38,
pp. 602—604.
Details of the New Wright. Aero, St. Louis, Oct. 8, 1910,
vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 8—10, +illus.
Announces adoption of a rear elevator.
Noel, E. Percy. First Pictures from a Wright Biplane.
[Signed E. P. N.] Aero, St. Louis, Oct. 22, 1910, vol. 1,
no. 3, pp. 11—12, +illus.
Account of flight over Kinloch aviation field, St.
Louis, October 16.
Gill, Howard W. Details of the Wright Roadster. Aero,
St. Louis, Oct. 29, 1910, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 10.
Loening, Grover C. The Leading Aeroplanes: 4. The
Wright Biplane. Scientific American Supplement, Oct.
29, 1910, vol. 70, p. 276, +illus.
General details on the construction of Wright aeroplanes.
Includes references.
Wright Racer. Aero, St. Louis, Nov. 5, 1910, vol. 1, no.
5, p. 8.
The Baby Wright model designed for the
Gordon-Bennett aviation cup competition.
Hall, Edward H. Aeronautical Exhibitions. In his The
Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909, Albany, New York:
1910, vol. 1, pp. 486—497, vol. 2, pp. 1241—1251. +illus.
Has extensive account of the preparations for and
a description of Wilbur Wright s flights which
formed a part of the celebration. These comprised
three flights, September 29, including one in which
he circled the Statue of Liberty, and the flight of
October 4, from Governors Island up the Hudson to
Grant s Tomb and return.
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