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Kennedy, D. Ross. The Aeroplane Portfolio, London:
Percival Marshall & Co., 1910, 14 pp.
Contains scale drawings and descriptions of nine
contemporary aeroplanes including the Wright 1908
aeroplane.
Les principaux types d a roplanes. Appareils sans
queue. L A roplane Wright. In Rapport Officiel sur la
premi re exposition internationale de locomotion a rienne,
Paris: Librairie A ronautique, 1910, pp. 33—35,
+illus.
Visiting the Wright Boys, St. Nicholas, Nov. 1910, vol.
38, pp. 76—78.
Wright Bros. Biplane. In Jane, Fred T. All the World s
Airships, Aeroplanes and Dirigibles, 1910-11, London:
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 1910, pp.
379—380.
Includes full list of owners of Wright aeroplanes,
corrected to October 3, 1910.
1911
McCutcheon, Phillip. Construction of a Wright Model.
Fly Magazine, Jan. 1911, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 10, 20.
Phipps, W. H. The New York Aero Show. Aircraft, Feb.
1911, vol. 1, pp. 436—437, +illus.
Summary of the main features of the exhibits forming
a part of the Automobile Show, December 31,
1910 to January 7, 1911, including the Wright
Roadster and Wright standard Model B.
The Baby Wright. Aero, London, Apr. 1911, vol. 5, p. 17,
+illus.
Illustration and few details on Wright machine
exhibited by Alec Ogilvie at the Olympia Aero exhibition,
London.
When the Wrights Flew the First Aeroplane. The Air-
Scout, Apr. 1911, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 13.
Includes two photographs of the Wrights in flight,
May 1908, at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
The Wright Company. Aircraft, Apr. 1911, vol. 2, p. 51.
Brief mention of Wright model B aeroplane exhibited
at the Boston Aero Show, February 1911.
Orville Wright Flies at Dayton. Aero, St. Louis, Apr. 29,
1911, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 86.
Flights, April 18, at Simms Station.
Aeroplanes and Flights
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Orville Wright Takes a Joy Ride. Aero, St. Louis, July
29, 1911, vol. 2, p. 371.
Report of flights on July 19 in aeroplane built for
the U. S. Navy.
The Wright Biplane, Model B . Aeronautics, New
York, Sept. 1911, vol. 9, pp. 93—100, +illus.
Published also, without chronological series of photographs,
in Scientific American Supplement, Dec. 9,
1911, vol. 72, pp. 380—382.
Besides a detailed description of the model B, there
is also included a series of photographs showing the
chronological development of the Wright aeroplane,
1900-1910.
The New Wright Glider. Town & Country, Oct. 28, 1911,
vol. 66, p. 21, +illus.
Brief mention of gliding experiments conducted by
Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in October.
The Wright Rumours. Aero, London, Nov. 1911, vol. 5,
p. 229.
Relates to the recent Wright glider experiments.
Beatty, George W. How to Make the Wright Rib. Aero,
New York, Nov. 4, 1911, vol. 3, p. 95, +illus.
Loening, Grover C. The Recent Gliding Experiments of
the Wrights. Scientific American, Nov. 4, 1911, vol. 105,
pp. 404—405, +illus.
Statement on the significance of the flights with special
mention of those on October 23 and October 24,
when Orville soared for 9-3/4 minutes for a distance of
a quarter mile at an estimated height of 200 feet to
establish a record which endured for many years.
The Wright Gliding Experiments. Aeroplane, Nov. 9,
1911, vol. 1, p. 544, +illus.
Harwood, Van Ness. Flying Without a Motor. Collier s,
Nov. 11, 1911, vol. 48, no. 8, p. 20, +illus.
Account of Orville Wright s glider experiments at
Kitty Hawk in October.
Mallet, R. F. Les Essais des Wright et le vol voile.
L A rophile, Nov. 15, 1911, vol. 19, pp. 531—533, +illus.
Der motorlose Zweidecker der Gebr der Wright.
Flugsport. Nov. 29, 1911, vol. 3. pp. 860—862.
The Secret Experiments of the Wright Brothers. Popular
Mechanics, Dec. 1911, vol. 16, pp. 797—804, +illus.
Details on the construction and the operation of the
Wright 1911 glider.