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

McSurely, Alexander. The Wrights and the Propeller.
Bee Hive, Spring 1953, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 20—24, +illus.
Account of the early Wright propeller experiments
and the Wright brothers later operating experiences
with their propellers.
Automatic Stabilizer
Wrights Patent Automatic Stability. Flight, July 10,
1909, vol. 1, pp. 406—407, +illus.
Abstract in Rivista Tecnica di Aeronautica, July,
1909, vol. 6, pp. 232—233; Aeronautics, [New York],
Sept. 1909, vol. 5, pp. 90—91.
Based on specifications of the Wrights British
patent No. 2913, filed February 6, 1909, and granted
September 9, 1909. The automatic stabilizing device,
used in actual flights by the Wrights as early as 1908,
was first described in their American patent No.
1,075,533, filed February 10, 1908.
Orlovskii, Petr. Novyi avtomaticheskii stabilizator sistemy
br. Rait [Wright brothers new automatic stabilizer].
Viestnik vozdukhoplavaniia, Dec. 1909, no. 2, pp. 21—22,
+illus.
Automatic Stabilizing System of the Wright Brothers.
Scientific American Supplement, Jan. 14, 1911, vol. 71,
pp. 20—21, +illus.
Based on British and French patent specifications.
Aubigny, Eug ne d . Le Nouveau planeur Wright,
LA ro, Oct. 29, 1911, vol. 5, no. 272, p. 1, +illus., Oct.
30, no. 273, p. 1.
Includes comments by Ernest Archdeacon, Marcel
Armengaud, and Ren Quinton.
Der Wright-Stabilisator. Flugsport, Feb. 28, 1912, vol. 4,
pp. 171—172, +illus.
Report on use in 1911 glider flights at Kitty Hawk.
Wright Automatic Stability System. Aeronautics, [New
York], Oct. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 138—139, 142, +illus.
Abridgment of Wright patent No. 1,075,533, filed
February 10, 1908, and granted October 14, 1913.
Loening, Grover C. The Wright Automatic Stabilizer.
Flying, Jan. 1914, vol. 2, no. 12, p. 29.
Brief general statement of operating principles,
with an account of test by Orville.
Dienstbach, Carl. The Wright Automatic Stabilizer for
Aeroplanes. Scientific American, Jan. 3, 1914, vol. 110,
pp. 17, 36—37, +illus.
Automatic Stabilizer
Discussion of Wright patent (1913) with statement
of modifications.
Stabilizer Qualifies Wright for Trophy. Aero and Hydro,
Jan. 10, 1914, vol. 7, p. 179.
Excerpts from the official report to the Aero Club of
America by the committee which witnessed 17 flights
by Orville at Dayton, December 31, 1913.
Le Stabilisateur automatique Wright. L A rophile, Jan.
15, 1914, vol. 22, p. 37.
Brief note based on American announcement of
award of Collier Trophy to Orville.
The Wright Automatic Stabilizer. Aeronautics, New
York, Jan. 15, 1914, vol. 14, pp. 3—4.
Supplements note in October issue with explanation
of modifications made after filing of patent application.
The Collier Trophy of the Aero Club of America for
1913 Awarded to Mr. Orville Wright for the
Development and Demonstration of the Wright
Stabilizer. Flying, Feb. 1914, vol. 3, no. 1, +illus. pp.
6—7.
Another account of demonstrations by Orville
Wright at Simms Station, Dayton, December 31,
1913, before committee of the Club.
James, Paul. Le Stabilisateur automatique Wright.
L A rophile, Feb. 1, 1914, vol. 22, p. 59, +illus.
Based on descriptions in recent issues of American
trade journals.
Le Stabilisateur automatique Wright. Le G nie Civil,
Feb. 14, 1914, vol. 64, p. 318, +illus.
Based on description in Scientific American,
January 3, 1914.
Orville Wright s Fool-Proof Plane. Literary Digest, Feb.
21, 1914, vol. 48, p. 374.
Der automatische Wright-Stabilisator f r Flugzeuge.
Deutsche Luftfahrer Zeitschrift, Mar. 4, 1914, vol. 18, p.
110, +illus.
Brief note based on patent specifications.
S e, Alexandre. Consid rations sur le stabilisateur
automatique Wright. L A rophile, Mar. 15, 1914, vol.
25, pp. 134—135.
Das Versprechen von Wright. Wiener Luftschiffer-
Zeitung, Mar. 15, 1914, vol. 13, pp. 27—29.
Summary of recent press reports on automatic stabilizer.
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