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

Der neueste Apparat der Wrights. Wiener Luftschiffer-
Zeitung, Dec. 1, 1911, vol. 10, pp. 437—438.
Some details on the recent Wright gliding experiments
based on an interview with them as reported in
the Frankfurter Zeitung.
De zweefproeven der Wright s. Avia, Dec. 1, 1911, vol.
1, p. 213.
Orville Wright s Flights in a Glider at Kitty Hawk.
Scientific American, Dec. 2, 1911, vol. 119, p. 495.
Sandick, R. A. van Vliegen zonder motor. De Ingenieur,
Dec. 30, 1911, vol. 26, pp. 1099—1100.
Includes letter of Orville to J. A. Heringa,
November 18, 1911, giving some details on recent
gliding experiments at Kitty Hawk.
Gaston, Raymond. de L A roplane Wright. In his Les
A roplanes de 1911, Paris: Librairie A ronautique, 1911,
pp. [122—126]. +illus.
Kaempffert, Waldemar. Some Typical Biplanes: The
Wright Biplane. In his The New Art of Flying, New York:
Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911, pp. 209—214.
La Vaulx, Henri de. cole am ricaine et cole francaise.
In his Le triomphe de la navigation a rienne, Paris:
Librairie illustr e Jules Tallandier, 1911, pp. 307—330,
+illus.
Presents summary of Wright flights in France, 1908
and 1909, with discussion and comparison of the
Wright aeroplane with subsequent French aeroplane
types.
Loening, Grover C. Wright Biplanes. In his Monoplanes
and Biplanes, Their Design, Construction and
Operation; the Application of Aero Dynamic Theory
with a Complete Description and Comparison of the
Notable Types, New York: Munn & Company, Inc.,
1911, pp. 230—245, +illus.
Includes descriptions of Wright 1909, Model R, and
1911 Model B aeroplanes.
Veigelin, Konstantin E. Biplany amerikanskago tipa.
[American [Wright] type biplanes.] In his Zavoevanie
vozdushnogo okeana, S. Peterburg: Knigoizdatel stvo P.
P. Soikina [1911], pp. 82—87, +illus.
Zahm, Albert F. [Wright Brothers]. In his Aerial
Navigation, New York and London: D. Appleton and
Company, 1911, pp. 245—251, 270—282, +illus.
Discusses the Wrights early flights, 1900-1905,
and flights conducted in 1908-1909.
Aeroplanes and Flights
1912
De Havilland, Geoffrey. Aeroplane Undercarriages:
Wright Biplane. Aero, London, Mar. 1912, vol. 6, p. 84.
Seshun, Karl. Motorlose Schwebeflieger. Fachzeitung
f r Automobilismus und Flugtechnik, Apr. 21, 1912, vol.
6, pp. 17—19, +illus.
Mitchell, J. W. Army Tests Curtiss and Wright Planes.
Aero, St. Louis, May 25, 1912, vol. 4, p. 195.
Report on the testing at College Park, Maryland, of
a new weight-carrying Wright machine with a new 6cylinder
engine.
The Wright Model C. Aeronautics, New York, May-June
1912, vol. 10, pp. 152—156, +illus.
Loukianoff, G. S. Tragfl chen-Untersuchungen des
Aerodynamischen Laboratoriums der Technischen
Hochschule Moskau. Zeitschrift f r Flugtechnik und
Motorluftschiffahrt, June 29, 1912, vol. 3, pp. 153—159,
+illus.
Includes account of experiments carried out by
Professor Nikolai Zhukovskii in 1910 in the
Aerodynamical Laboratory of the Royal Technical
High School, Moscow, on profiles used by the
Wrights and other contemporary fliers.
Wright Doppeldecker Modell C, Milit rtyp. Flugsport,
July 3, 1912, vol. 4, pp. 534—536, +illus.
Wright Bros. Biplanes. In Jane, Fred T., All the World s
Aircraft, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1912,
pp. 324—325.
Includes data and drawings of the Wright Model B.
1913
Busse, C. Das neue Milit r-Wright-Flugzeug.
Motorwagen, Mar. 10, 1913, vol. 16, pp. 164—166, +illus.
Le Vino, Albert S. The Army and the Aeroplane. Leslies
Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, May 1, 1913, vol. 116, p.
467, +illus.
Short account of negotiations leading to the purchase
of the Wright aeroplane by the U. S. Army.
Squier, George. The Wright Brothers A Bit of History.
Flight, June 14, 1913, vol. 5, pp. 651—652.
Published also in Aeronautical Journal, July 1913,
vol. 17, pp. 186—187.
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