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

6—12, +illus.
Includes extensive reference to Findley s associations
and friendship with the Wrights.
Harper, Harry. I Watched Wilbur Fly. Air Trails, May
1953, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 24—25, +illus.
Author s recollections of Wilbur Wright at Le
Mans, France, in the summer of 1908.
Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight. Extension of
Remarks of Hon. Peter F. Mack, Jr. Congressional
Record, May 28, 1953, vol. 99, appendix pp.
A3206—A3207.
Description of commemorative stamp marking the
50th anniversary of the Wright brothers flight provided
for in a bill introduced by Congressman Mack.
The Birth of Flight. Air University Quarterly Review,
Summer 1953, vol. 6, p. 2, +illus.
Photograph of the Wrights first powered flight on
December 17, 1903, made from the original glassplate
negative in the collections of the Library of
Congress.
Chester, Ralph. Astonished Reporters and Skeptical
Editors. The State, July 18, 1953, vol. 21, pp. 6—7.
Davis, Chester. North Carolina s Twelve Great Seconds.
The State, July 18, 1953, vol. 21, pp. 3—5, 50.
Bonney, Walter T. Prelude to Kitty Hawk. Part V.
Pegasus, Sept. 1953, vol. 21, pp. 6—11, +illus.
The last in a series of five articles deals with the
Wright brothers and their successful flights on
December 17, 1903.
Lipp, Frederick J. Let her go, Wilbur! The Wright
Brothers of Ohio Led the Way to the Skies. Inside Ohio
Magazine, Sept. 1953, vol. 2, pp. 70—72.
The Wrights Airplane in Europe. Bee-Hive, Fall 1953,
vol. 28, pp. 28—29, +illus.
Brief report on Wrights European flights, 1908-
1909.
Wright Golden Anniversary to Last 4 Days This Year.
Air Force Times, Sept. 26, 1953, vol. 14, p. 8.
Big Four Day Observance at Kitty Hawk. National
Aeronautics and Flight Plan, Nov. 1953, vol. 32, p. 7.
Announces plans for Wright brothers celebration,
December 14-17, 1953.
Barnaby, Ralph S. Gliding Experiments That Made the
50th Anniversary of Powered Flight Possible. Soaring,
Aeroplanes and Flights
Nov./Dec. 1953, vol. 17, pp. 2—3, 10, 14, 26.
Summarizes available data on the Wright gliders and
Wright gliding experiments, 1900-1902, and 1911.
Broomfield, G. A. The Wright Brothers in Europe. Esso
Air World, Nov./Dec. 1953, vol. 6, pp. 68—71, +illus.
An account of the Wrights flights in and visits to
England, France, Germany, and Italy, 1908-1911.
Lodi, Angelo. Agli inizi di una era nuova. Rivista
Aeronautica, Nov./Dec. 1953, vol. 29, pp. 801—807,
+illus.
Anniversary article dealing with the Wright brothers
and their flights, 1900-1909, ending with their
flights at Centocelle, Italy, in April 1909.
Dollfus, Charles. First Powered Flights; New Historical
Facts Justify International Recognition of the Wright
Brothers. Flight Magazine, Dec. 1953, vol. 40, pp.
38—39, 44, 49—54, +illus.
Analyzes claims of Clement Ader, Alberto Santos-
Dumont, and the Wright brothers to being the first to
fly.
Fifty Years of Flight; 31 Historic Photographs. National
Geographic, Dec. 1953, vol. 104, pp. 740—756.
The first six photographs are of flights by Wilbur
and Orville Wright, 1903-1908.
Harper, Harry. I Watched Wilbur Fly. Royal Air Force
Flying Review, Dec. 1953, vol. 9, pp. 19—20, 43.
Author s recollection of his observation of a flight
by Wilbur at Le Mans, France, in 1908.
Kelly, Fred C. Web of Circumstance. Air Force, Dec.
1953, vol. 36, p. 40.
The author s observations on Wilbur Wright s statement
in a letter to Octave Chanute, October 28, 1906,
that the successful 1903 flights were due to peculiar
combinations of circumstances which might never
occur again.
. The Wright Brothers Worst Brush-Off. Air
Force, Dec. 1953, vol. 36, pp. 38—40, 42, +illus.
An account of the Wright brothers negotiations,
1905-1908, with the U.S. War Department for the purchase
of their aeroplane.
Muller, Jane S. Kitty Hawk Jubilee. Compressed Air
Magazine, Dec. 1953, vol. 58, pp. 337—339, +illus.
A popular fiftieth anniversary article which confuses
the dates of death of Wilbur and Orville, p.
338, in the sentence, Orville died in 1912, but
Wilbur lived through two wars in which aviation was
a major factor.
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