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

Deux lettres des fr res Wright. Forces a riennes francaises,
Mar. 1948, pp. 880—883.
Letters of December 29, 1903, and November 4,
1905, from Wright brothers to Captain Ferber.
Kitty Hawk in 1908. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, p. 5.
Summary of Wright flights, May 1908.
Orville Flies Army Plane. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, p. 6.
Chronology of Orville Wright s Fort Myer flights,
September 1908.
The Wayward Press with Due Apology to The New
Yorker. U.S. Air Services, Mar. 1948, vol. 33, no. 3, pp.
7—9.
Concerning articles about Wright brothers following
the death of Orville Wright on January 30, 1948.
The Wright Brothers. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical
Society, Mar. 1948, vol. 52 pp. 141—150.
Statement on the work of the Wrights written on the
occasion of Orville s death. Includes impressions of
the Wrights written by Griffith Brewer, Sir Francis
McClean, Lord Brabazon of Tara, Sir Roy Fedden,
and Dr. H. Roxbee Cox and his brief bibliography.
Wright Brothers Records. Chirp, Mar. 1948, no. 37, p. 6.
Tabulation of record performances, December 14,
1903-September 18, 1909.
McSurely, Alexander. [signed A. McS.] New Historical
Booklet Disregards Wright s Aviation Contribution.
Aviation News, Mar. 11, 1946, vol. 5, pp. 10—11.
Review of Albert F. Zahm s Early Powerplane
Fathers with Orville Wright s comments as set forth
in a letter to McSurely, February 5, 1946.
The Wright Negotiations. Chirp, Aug. 1948, no. 38, pp.
1, 7—8.
Chronological summary of negotiations for the sale
of their aeroplane to the United States Government,
1905-1908.
Courtney, W. B. Twelve Seconds that Shrank the Earth.
Collier s, Dec. 25, 1948, vol. 122, p. 94, +illus.
Aviation s Shrine. Newsweek, Dec. 27, 1948, vol. 32, p.
43.
Davy, Maurice J. B. [Wright Brothers] In his Interpretive
History of Flight; a Survey of the History and
Development of Aeronautics with Particular Reference
to Contemporary Influences and Conditions. London: H.
Majesty s Stationery Office, 1948, pp. 103—109,
113—117, 122—123, +illus.
Aeroplanes and Flights
Included also in 1937 edition (London: H.
Majesty s Stationery Office, 1937), pp. 121—127,
131—136, 142—143, 147.
Deals primarily with the development of the Wright
aeroplane through 1905.
The First Controlled Human Flight the Wright
Brothers. In U.S. National Air Museum, National
Aircraft Collection. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Institution, 1949, pp. 14—19, +illus.
Engel, Leonard. Between Wind and Water; in Forty-Five
Years as a Telegrapher on the Only Line Serving the
Carolina Banks, near Cape Hatteras, Alpheus
Drinkwater Has Seen More Shipwrecks than Any Other
Man Alive. True Magazine, Jan. 1949, vol. 24, no. 140,
pp. 54—55, 57.
Includes account of sending of telegram, December
17, 1903, from Wrights to Dayton.
Kelly, Fred C. Traits of the Wright Brothers. Technology
Review, June 1949, vol. 51, pp. 504—507.
Representative anecdotes about the Wrights,
emphasizing their modesty, thoroughness, and practical
common sense.
L Aviazione italiano onora i fratelli Wright. L Aviazione,
July 15, 1949, vol. 31, p. 1, +illus.
Pedace, Giovanni. Gli albori dell aviazione militare italiano
1909. L Aviazione, July 15, 1949, vol. 31, pp. 1—2.
First Wright Glider. Chirp, Nov. 1, 1949, no. 48, pp.
10—12.
Al Williams in Charge of Celebration at Kitty Hawk.
U.S. Air Services, Dec. 1949, vol. 34, no. 12, p. 17.
Lindbergh, Charles A. A Lesson from the Wright
Brothers. Aviation Week, Dec. 26, 1949, vol. 51, no. 26,
p. 42.
Address delivered, December 17, 1948, at
Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the 46th
anniversary of the 1903 flight.
Il primo volo di W. Wright. L Aviazione, Jan. 30, 1950,
vol. 32, p. 1.
Reproduces Ambassador James Clement Dunn s
letter of December 21 to Guido Mattioli acknowledging
tribute to the Wrights in Mattioli s letter of
December 17 to Dunn.
Arnold, Henry H. Dayton and the Wright Brothers 1911;
Learning to Fly. National Air Review, Apr. 1950, vol. [1]
pp. 26—32.
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