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

Bejeuhr, Paul. Der automatische Wright-Stabilisator. Die
Umschau, Aug. 22, 1914, vol. 18, pp. 684—685, +illus.
Orville Wright s New Stabilizer Almost Perfected.
Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering, Dec. 15, 1915,
vol. 1, p. 331.
Published also in Aerial Age Weekly, Dec. 18, 1916,
vol. 4, p. 359.
Report on series of tests conducted by Orville in
November with a new stabilizer based on gravity
principle.
Orville Wright inventa un estabilizador para aeroplanos.
Tohtli, Feb. 1917, vol. 2, pp. 51—52.
Based on description published in El Pueblo,
January 8, 1917.
Control Devices
Die Steuerung des Wrightschen Fliegers. Flugsport, Feb.
5, 1909, vol. 1, pp. 100—103, +illus.
Outline of the steering mechanism of the Wright
aeroplane.
The Wright Control. Aero, New York, Nov. 5, 1910, vol.
1, no. 5, p. 7.
Brief note and explanatory statement by Wilbur
Wright on the interconnection of the wing warping
lever and the rudder.
Mitchell, John W. Wrights Improved Anemometer.
Aeronautics, New York, Jan. 1911, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 15.
The Wrights first side slip indicator, here incorrectly
called an anemometer, is described as a soaked
and grimy rag supposedly regarded by the Wrights as
superior to a pendulum or other similar device.
The New Wright Control. Aeronautical Journal, Jan.
1911, vol. 15, pp. 28—29, +illus.
Drawings and detailed description of the new control
furnished by an American correspondent.
Illustrating the Control System of Wright Planes. Aero,
St. Louis, Mar. 25, 1911, vol. 1, p. 228, +illus.
Diagram only.
Loening, Grover C. Controlling Apparatus. 8. Wright. In
his Monoplanes and Biplanes; Their Design,
Construction and Operation New York: Munn &
Company, Inc., 1911, pp. 287—290.
The Wright Company. Incidence Indicator. [Dayton,
Ohio, 1913.], 1 p., +illus.
Control Devices
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Advertising leaflet with illustration and brief
description of operating principles of the indicator.
The indicator described was a simple wind vane controlling
a pointer moving over a dial which was controlled
by a special mechanical contrivance which
eliminated gravity influence.
Wright Incidence Indicator. Aeronautics, New York,
Aug. 1913, vol. 13, pp. 56, 58., +illus.
Announces availability of the new incidence indicator
and gives brief description.
Wright Incidence Indicator Brought Out. Aero and
Hydro, Aug. 9, 1913, vol. 6, p. 380, +illus.
Published also in Aircraft, Sept. 1913, vol. 4, p.
159.
A Wright Incidence Indicator. Flight, Oct. 15, 1913, vol.
5, p. 1178, +illus.
Brief descriptive note.
Wrights Adopt New Type Control. Aero and Hydro, Feb.
21, 1914, vol. 7, pp. 263—264, +illus.
Description of new automobile-type steering wheel
in combination with a rotatable rudder handle which
replaces older lever system.
Loening, Grover C. The New Wright Control. Flying,
Mar. 1914, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 60, +illus.
The New Wright Control. Flight, Mar. 7, 1914, vol. 6, p.
240, +illus.
Wright Wheel Control. Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 15,
1914, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 69.
Brief descriptive note.
Wright Improves Elevator Control. Aero and Hydro,
Apr. 25, 1914, vol. 8, p. 40.
Report on flight of Orville Wright with a new type
elevator control on April 17.
Jones, Ernest L. New Model Wright Incidence Indicator.
Aeronautics, London, Feb. 16. 1916, vol. 10, p. 116,
+illus.
Apparently identical with 1913 model.
The Wright Control System. In Gibbs-Smith, Charles H.,
The Invention of the Aeroplane (1799-1909), New York:
Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, pp. 308—312,
+illus.
Included in discussion of control systems in use in
1909 in Wright, Voisin, Bleriot, Antoinette, Henry
Farman, and Curtiss aircraft.