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

In this expanded catalog of the National
Aeronautics Collection, the editor compiled a selection
of brief aircraft histories with photographs and
many schematics including the Wright 1909
Military Flyer and the Wright 1903 Flyer. Includes
appendices.
NASA Tests Replica of Historic 1903 Wright Flyer.
AIAA Student Journal, Summer 1999, pp. 8, +illus.
Brief description of wind tunnel tests by NASA, on
a full-scale replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. The test
data will be used by AIAA (American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics) volunteers to build a
second Wright Flyer to be flown on Dec. 17, 2003,
commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first
flight in 1903.
Crouch, Tom D. Kill Devil Hill, 17 December 1903.
Technology and Culture, July 1999, pp. 594—598.
The Wright brothers first successful aircraft used
nineteenth-century technologies; these included several
key elements of bicycle technology, such as the
use of bicycle chains for the pulley system and wheel
hubs for mounting. Orville and Wilbur s technological
skills as photographers were also useful for recording
the first flight.
[Aeronautical Systems Center]. Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace: The
Evolution of Aeronautical Development at the
Aeronautical Systems Center. Wright-Patterson AFB:
ASC History Office, 1999, 84 pp., +illus.
The report presents a history of the Aeronautical
Systems Center, from the Wright brothers to the postcold
war period. Includes photographs of the Wright
Cycle Shop, Wright Company Machine Shop, and the
General Assembly Department of the Wright
Company in Dayton.
Millbrooke, Anne Marie. Aviation History. Englewood,
Colorado: Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc., Jeppesen
Sanderson Training Products, 1999, var. pp., +illus. (pertinent
pp. 2/1—2/36).
In textbook format, a popular but detailed history of
aviation from the invention of the hot air balloon in
1783 to the present. One chapter is devoted to the
Wright brothers, their patents, and their flyers.
Includes study questions, a bibliography, and a timeline
for each chapter, numerous photographs and
drawings, and an extensive index. The first Wright
patent for a flying machine, basically a description of
their 1902 biplane glider applied for and rejected in
1903 but then finally awarded in 1906, is reproduced
in full in an appendix.
Aeroplanes and Flights
76 Wilbur & Orville Wright
Taylor, Bob. Charles E. Taylor: The Man Aviation
History Almost Forgot. Air Line Pilot, Apr. 2000, pp.
18—21.
Adapted and reprinted from Aviation News,
November/December 1999.
The author relates the story of Charlie Taylor, the
Wright brothers mechanic, who played an important
role in aviation history, but was forgotten until many
years later.
Ruane, Michael E. Birth of Flight, Reborn: No Detail
Too Small for Pilot s Tribute at Wright Centennial.
Washington Post, Sep. 12, 2000, pp. A1, A6, A7.
Newspaper article about a project by a 61-year-old
retired airline pilot, Ken Hyde, to build an exact reproduction
of the 1903 Wright Flyer and fly it on Dec. 17,
2003, at Kitty Hawk for the Wright Centennial commemorating
the 100th anniversary of the first flight.
Thompson, Bob. Museum of the American Century.
Washington Post Magazine, Sep. 17, 2000, pp. 8—16,
25—28, +illus.
Popular account of how the exhibits at the
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in
Washington, D.C., beginning with the original Wright
Flyer, demonstrate the significance of major technological
developments in the modern history of the
United States and the world.
Ruane, Michael E. Short Hop: The Wright Brothers
Flyer Briefly Returns to Earth for a Trip to Safer
Airspace. Washington Post, Nov. 3, 2000 pp. B1, B8,
+illus.
Newspaper account of the temporary transfer of the
Wright Flyer in the National Air and Space Museum,
from its permanent place in the Milestones of Flight
gallery to another gallery while skylights are being
repaired for leaks. The article describes the sense of
awe and reverence the museum workers and museum
visitors feel toward the first Wright Flyer.
Anderson, John D., Jr. Introduction to Flight. Fourth edition.
Boston: McGraw—Hill, 2000, 766 pp.
In this text intended for both students and engineers
alike, the author presents the basic fundamentals of
aerospace engineering in a manner that is not only
clear and readable but also enjoyable and meaningful
to the uninitiated reader.
Information on the Wright brothers in general, and
such specific topics as their engine design, the Wright
Flyers I, II, and III; gliders nos. 1, 2, and 3; propeller
design; and the wind tunnel is included.
Kingseed, Wyatt. First Airplane Fatality American
History. United States, Feb. 2001, pp. 28—34.