Part 23

[8] When the airplane was first considered for military purposes, the Wrights thought the plane could be such a destructive instrument in warfare that no nation, no government, would risk subjecting people to the terrors it could create. Another reason why the brothers thought the machine might prevent war was the possibility that it could be used against those persons chiefly responsible for bringing on a war. That is, if one nation started an attack against another, with or without a declaration of war, the nation attacked could drop bombs on, say, assembled members of the legislature, or the buildings housing the highest officials of the aggressor country. That possibility, it was hoped, would deter any nation from taking warlike steps.

[9] Though there was no agreement in regard to the altitude at which the machine would fly, the Wrights were willing to guarantee 1,000 feet, and said that so far as the machine itself was concerned it could be flown at an altitude of a mile. One of the Germans remarked that half a mile from the ground should be enough, as no gun in existence would be likely to hit so swiftly moving a target at that height.

[10] Afterward a major general.

[11] The Wright monument on top of Kill Devil Hill, ordered by act of Congress and dedicated in November, 1932, is probably the most impressive memorial ever built anywhere in the world to do honor to anyone still living. Reaching sixty-one feet above Kill Devil Hill, with a powerful beacon light at its top, it may be seen for miles. About the four sides of the base reads a legend: In Commemoration of the Conquest of the Air by The Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright, Conceived by Genius, Achieved by Dauntless Resolution and Unconquerable Faith.

“Anchoring” the once shifting sands of Kill Devil Hill by ingenious planting of suitable grasses and shrubbery provides a memorial in itself, as is the national park of three hundred acres that includes the hill.

[12] A Wright monument at Le Mans, by the sculptor, Paul Landowski, was dedicated in 1920.

[13] A Wright monument at Pau was dedicated in 1931.

[14] From Wright Hill, near Dayton, on which there is a memorial monument, one has a view of the great government aviation center of Wright and Patterson fields, the latter of which includes the Huffman tract. The monument bears the legend: “In Commemoration of the Courage, Perseverance and Achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Through Original Research the Wright Brothers Acquired Scientific Knowledge and Developed Theories of Aerodynamics which with their Invention of Aileron Control Enabled Them in 1903 to Build and Fly at Kitty Hawk the First Power-Driven, Man-Carrying Aeroplane Capable of Flight. Their Further Development of the Aeroplane Gave it a Capacity for Service which Established Aviation as one of the Great Forward Steps in Human Progress. As Scientists Wilbur and Orville Wright Discovered the Secret of Flight. As Inventors, Builders and Flyers, they Brought Aviation to the World.”

[15] Bishop Wright lived to be nearly 89.

[16] The italics in all letters quoted in this chapter are supplied.

[17] A still later plane, the one sold by the Wrights to the United States Government in 1909, was afterward given to the Smithsonian by the War Department, and it was placed on exhibition. It was wrongly labeled as the 1908 plane.

[18] For an account of early Langley and Wright aeronautical investigations, see Smithsonian Report for 1900 and The Century Magazine of September 1908.

[19] Smithsonian Reports: 1914, pp. 9, 219, 221, 222; 1915, pp. 14, 121; 1917, p. 4; 1918, pp. 3, 28, 114, 166. Report of U. S. National Museum, 1914, pp. 46 and 47.

INDEX

Abbot, Dr. Charles G., 318–21, 323–33

accidents and mishaps, 91, 97, 127, 129, 131–32, 161, 221, 229–31, 234, 250, 265

Ader, Clement, 47, 187

Aerial Experiment Assn., 289–94

Aero Club of America, 145, 146, 157, 158, 171, 194, 258

Aéro Club of France, 166, 167, 170, 174, 175, 177, 180, 182, 191, 236, 239, 248–49

Aéro Club of the Sarthe, 244–45, 249, 250, 257

Aero Club of the United Kingdom, 258

_Aeronautical Annual_, 46

Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, 147, 173, 243, 246, 247, 258

_Aérophile_, 166, 168, 170, 174, 179

air pressure, 53–54, 67, 71, 73–76, 80, 291

Alexander, Patrick Y., 147, 173, 191, 217

Alfonso of Spain, 252

Algeciras conference, 188

Alger, Russell A. and Frederick M., 268, 270, 271

Allen, Genl. James, 208, 211, 212, 259

American Assn. for the Advancement of Science, 109–10

_American Magazine of Aeronautics_, 210

angle of incidence, 67–68, 82

AP, 106, 108, 109, 110

Archdeacon, Ernest, 167–68, 170, 237

Arnold (Lt. Genl.), Henry H., 284

_Auto_, 174, 179, 182

Auvours flying field, 234, 241, 243, 247, 248, 250

Baden-Powell, Maj. B. F. S., 246, 247

balance--_see_ equilibrium

Baldwin, Capt. Thomas S., 288–89, 293, 295

Balfour, Arthur, 253

Barnum & Bailey, 203

Barriquand & Marre, 206

Barthou, Louis, 248

Bates, Maj. Genl. J. C., 153

Beacham, Thomas, 95

Beachey, Lincoln, 308

Beard, David, 146

Beard family, 136, 142, 178

Beard, Luther, 139–41

Beck, Mabel, 273

Bell, Dr. Alexander Graham, 3, 289, 307

Belmont, August, 270

Belmont Park Aviation Tournament, 281

Benham, Catharine--_see_ Thompson, Mrs. Samuel

Bennett, James Gordon, 191–92, 219, 222, 251

Bennett balloon race, 207

Berg, Hart O., 195, 196, 197, 201, 204, 233, 234, 236, 238, 246–47

Berg, Mrs. Hart O., 246–47, 248

Bergdoll, Grover C., 285

Berlin _B. Z. Mittag_, 217; _Lokal Anzseiger_, 254, 261

Berry, Walter V. R., 187

Bertrand, Col. Charles A., 172, 223

Berwind, E. J., 270

Besançon, Georges, 170–71, 174–75, 179, 180, 181

bicycle shop, the Wrights’--_see_ Wright Cycle Co.

bidders on plane for U. S. War Dept., 211

Bierce, Nelson, 174

Billman, C. S., 145, 177

Bleriot, Louis, 239–40, 294

blinkers, 130–31

“bluffeur,” 234, 238

Bollée, Léon, 233, 235–36, 241, 245

Bollée, Mme., 248

Bond, Miss, 24

Bonel, Comdt., 187–200, 203

Boulton, 309

Brewer, Griffith, 244, 247, 258, 314

Brinkley, W. C., 98

British government, 147–48, 151–52

British War Office, 151, 156–57

British Wright company, 284

Brookins, Walter, 274, 279

Burkhardt, J. C., 224

Butler, F. H., 247

Cabot, Samuel and Godfrey L., 115–16, 157, 158

Calderara, Lt., 255–56

Camber, 69–70, 121, 130

Capper, Lt. Col. J. E., 147–48

Carvin, Louis, 257

catapult--_see_ derrick catapult

Celleri, Count and Countess di, 255

center of gravity, 47–48, 121 n., 127

Chandler, Capt. Charles DeF., 212

Chanute, Octave, 47, 48, 52, 68–69, 72–73, 78, 92, 106, 110, 126, 148, 152, 155, 157, 166, 169, 171, 224, 291, 309; _Progress in Flying Machines_, 46, 52

Chicago--Orville Wright’s speech at, 73–75; aviation meet at, 279

Chicago _Daily News_, 109; _Record-Herald_, 105, 109, 278–79; _Tribune_, 224, 278

Cie. Gén. de Nav. Aérienne, 213

Cincinnati _Enquirer_, 105–107, 123, 125; _Post_, 145

Claudy, C. H., 231

Cleveland _Leader_, 218–19

Coffyn, Frank T., 275

Collier, Robert J., 270, 282, 285, 286

_Collier’s Weekly_, 146, 220, 223, 225, 270

Coquelle, Robert, 179–81

Cordley, F. R., 195, 197

commercial express, plane first used for, 280

Cox, James M., 134, 135

Crane, Spencer C., 274

Crozier, Brig. Genl. William, 158, 159, 208

Curtiss, Glenn H., 288–96; tests Langley machine, 308–15, 318; his alterations, 327–32

Daniels, John T., 95, 98, 102

Dargent, M., 168

Dayton (O.) celebration for Wrights, 258–59; flood (1913), 283; _Daily News_, 107, 123, 134–35, 145; _Journal_, 105–107, 123, 139, 140, 145; first flight over, 280

Dayton, Genl. Jonathan, 21

Delagrange, Léon, 217–18, 240

derrick catapult, 128, 236, 249

Deutsch de la Meurthe, Henri, 170, 198, 199, 213

Dewey, Orville, 23

Dickin, Mr., 245

Dickson, Capt. T. C., 155

Dienstbach, Carl, 169

Dosher, Joseph J., 56, 103, 217

Dough, W. S., 95, 98

Doumer, Paul, 248

Duchemin, 302

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 37

Eddy, U. S., 194

Edison, Thomas A., 3

Edward VII, King, 252

Eiffel Tower, 141, 266

elevator, 51, 53–55, 63, 65–67, 82, 127, 131–34

Ellis, E. W., 145, 258–59

engines, 84–86, 121–22, 194

Englehardt, Capt. Paul, 263

equilibrium, 47–49, 50–55, 64, 70–71, 81–83

Esnault-Pelterie, Robert, 170

Estournelles, Baron d’, 245

Etheridge, A. D., 98

Etienne, M., 186

_Evening Item_ (Dayton), 38

exhibition flights, 277–79, 282; charges for, 277

Farman, Henri, 217–18, 240

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 171

Feight, John G., 114

Ferber, Capt. Louis F., 167–73, 181–85, 189

Fiske, Wilbur, 23

flight, the Wrights’ first, 90–119; Orville’s narrative, 96–102; telegram, 103–104, 106, 107; press treatment, 103–11; cost, 112–14; public’s reception of story, 114–17

Flint, Charles R., 194, 195, 261

Flint & Co., 194–96, 203, 233

flying-fields, 122, 226–32, 234, 255, 261, 263 (_see also_ Huffman field, Fort Myer, Auvours)

Fordyce, Arnold, 183–91, 198, 200–203, 245

Fort Myer (Va.) tests, 215, 226–32, 260, 293

Foster, Col. H., 152, 156–57

Foulois, Lt. Benj. D., 260, 266

Fournier, Capt., 187

Fouts, William, 145, 178

France, aeronautics in, 166–93, 198–203, 213, 233–53

Frederick William, Crown Prince, 262–64

Freedman, Andrew, 270

French War Ministry, 198–203, 234, 266

French Wright company, 213, 248, 251, 255, 281

Fuller, Maj. Samson M., 162, 165, 208

Furnas, Charles W., 215, 221, 226, 231

Gardner, Gilson, 224

Gary, Judge Elbert H., 269

gasoline motors--_see_ engines

German War Dept., 204–206

German Wright company, 256, 257, 263

Gillespie, Maj. Genl. G. L., 150

Girardville, Capt. Lucas de, 248

_Gleanings in Bee Culture_, 118, 143

Gleichen, Col., 157

gliders, 49–55, 57–75, 79–83, 168–70

Gould, Howard, 270

Grahame-White, Claude, 288

“Great W. J. & M. Circus,” 15–18

“Great Truxell Bros. & LaRue Show,” 33–34

Greater Dayton Assn., 280

Greensboro (N. C.) _News_, 217

Griscom, Lloyd, 256

_Gross, Der_, 262–63

Hamburger, Frank, 145

Hand, Judge Learned, 294

Hare, James H., 220–25

Harmon, Gov. Judson, 259

Harrison, Pres. Benjamin, 36

Harte, 309

Hawthorn Hill, 282

Hazel, Judge John R., 293–94

helicopter, 8–9, 45

Henson, W. S., 309

Herring, A. M., 211, 212

Herring-Curtiss Co., 288, 293

Hildebrandt, Capt. Alfred, 254, 261, 263

Hill, James J., 256

hobble skirt, 247

Hobbs, Capt., 104

horseless buggy, 43–44

Hoster, William, 220–25

Hoxsey, Arch, 274, 275

Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 265, 283

Huffaker, E. C., 69

Huffman field, 122–23, 126 ff., 134–38, 139, 142, 144–45, 157, 214, 274–76, 280, 288

Huffman, Torrence, 122–23, 145

Humphreys, Lt. Frederic E., 266

Hunaudières track, 234, 236, 241

_Illustrierte Aeron. Mitteilungen_, 167, 169

_Independent_, 116

infringers--_see_ lawsuits and Wright patents

Internat’l Aviation Tournament, 281

Italy, aeronautics in, 254–56

Jamestown Exposition, 160

Jamieson, O. F., 145

Jennings, Alice, 25, 32

Johnston, “Corky,” 17

Johnston, Gansey, 14

Johnston, Griswold, 17

Johnstone, Ralph, 275

“June Bug,” Glenn Curtiss’s, 291–92, 294

Kehler, Capt. von, 256, 257

Keidel, Herr, 263

Kelly, Fred C., 141, 326

kite-flying, 12, 50

kite, man-carrying, 52

Kitty Hawk (N. C.), 55–66, 68–72, 79–83, 90–111, 215–25

Kitty Hawk plane, disposition of, 300–33

Knabenshue, Roy, 272–74, 279–80

Koerner, John G., 19–20

Koerner, Mrs. John G. (Catherine Fry), 20

Koerner, Susan Catherine--_see_ Wright, Mrs. Milton

Kohlsaat, H. H., 278–79

Krupp Co., 256

Kumler, Dan, 134–35

LaChapelle, Duval, 275

Lahm, Lt. Frank P., 207–208, 212, 228–29, 266

Lahm, Frank S., 173–77, 179, 180–82, 192–93, 207, 248

Lake, Simon, 195

Lambers, Bernard H., 145

Lambert, Count Charles de, 248, 251, 266

Lambert, Comtesse Charles de, 251–52

“Langley Law,” 138, 301

Langley medal, 302, 303, 309

Langley, Samuel P., 46, 76, 90, 117, 137, 211, 300–303, 305, 306, 309, 310, 312, 313, 318, 323, 330, 332; _Experiments in Aerodynamics_, 46; _Experiments in Mechanical Flight_, 46

Langley’s flying-machine, 92, 300–333; borrowed by Curtiss for test, 308; how altered, 309–13, 322, 324–33

LaRue, Fred, 33

Lassence, Mayor de, 251

lathe, 12–13

launching--_see_ derrick catapult

lawsuits, 287–99, 308, 309, 313, 325

letter-press, 29

Le Mans, 233–50

Letellier, M., 183–86, 198, 200

Lilienthal, Otto, 45–48, 281, 302; _Problem of Flying_, 46–47

Lodge, Sen. Henry Cabot, 158

Loening, Grover, 283

London _Daily Mail_, 220, 222, 223, 252

McCormick, Harold, 277–79

McGowan, P. H., 220–25

Mansfield _News_, 180

Manufacturers Aircraft Assn., 296

Manville, Frank, 286

Margherita of Italy, 247

Marriott, 309

Martin, Glenn, 295

Mass. Institute of Technology, 307, 308

material used--cloth in gliders, 66; wood in planes, 122

Maxim, Sir Hiram S., 47, 90, 309

Maxwell Field, 274

Maynard, George C., 304

Means, James, 46

Melville, Rear Admiral G. W., 117

_Midget_, 31

Michelin Cup, 250

Milling (Genl.) Thomas D., 284

Moore, H. P., 104, 105, 106, 109

Moore, Johnny, 98, 100

Moore, Willis, 51

Morehouse-Martin Co., 280

Morgan, J. P., 256, 269, 270–71

Morgan & Co., 184–85, 187, 189, 268

Morgan, Harjes & Co., 185, 186, 187

Morrow, Harry, 14, 15, 16

Morse, Sherman, 191–92

Mouillard, _Empire of the Air_, 46

Myers, Howard M., 145

Nevin, R. M., 149, 150

New York _American_, 105; _Globe_, 209; _Herald_, 111, 182, 190, 192, 217, 218, 219, 222, 224; _Times_, 227, 289, 295; _World_, 228

Newcomb, Simon, 116–17, 228

newspapers--_see_ press

Newton, Byron R., 219–25

Nicolai, M., 234

Nicoll, DeLancey, 269

Night and Day Bank Bldg., 271

Nolte, George H., 195

Norfolk (Va.) _Virginian-Pilot_, 104–106, 108, 216

_North American Review_, 117

Northcliffe, Lord, 252, 253, 284

Ogilvie, Alec, 281

O’Neal, “Uncle Benny,” 95

Packard Automobile Co., 268

Painlevé, Paul, 247–48

Paris _Figaro_, 239, 245; _Herald_, 192, 197, 217–18, 222, 238–39, 245, 246; _Journal_, 183, 185, 186, 198, 200, 201, 239; _Matin_, 198, 240

Parmalee, Phil O., 275

Parseval, Maj. von, 257

Parsons, Herbert, 161–62

Patterson Field, 275 n.

Pau, 250–53

Paulhan, Louis, 287–88, 294

Payne, Capt. S. J., 104

Pénaud, Alphonse, 8, 45, 48, 306; helicopter, 8–9, 45

Perry, Israel, 58–59

Peterkin, Clinton R., 268–69, 271

Phila. _Record_, 105

Picquart, Genl. M. G., 199, 200, 266

Pilcher, Percy, 47, 309

pilot, position of, 214–15

pilots, training of, 255–56, 274, 275, 284–85

Pirelli, Dr., 248, 254

Plant, Mortimer F., 270

_Popular Science Monthly_, 110, 118

press, its treatment of Kitty Hawk flight, 103–11; of later developments, 123–26, 134–35, 139–41, 145, 190–91; of (1908) experiments, 216–25; of Fort Myer tests, 227–28 (_see also_ Paris and N. Y. C. papers)

Press, J. C., 146

printing press, the Wrights’, 30–38

propellers, 86–90, 133, 231; shafts, 92–94

public’s reaction to Wright experiments, 114–17, 135–42

_Puck_, 141–42

Rathbun, Asst. Secy., 332

Reeder, Catharine--_see_ Wright, Mrs. Dan

Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. George, 21

Reichel, Franz, 245

_Religious Telescope_, 23

_Revue des Sciences_, 166, 291

Richmond (Ind.) _Evening Item_, 15

Rodgers, Cal P., 281–82

Rolls, Charles S., 244, 247

Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore, 160, 161–62, 212, 227

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 227

Root, A. I., 117–19, 142–43

rudder--_see_ elevator

Ruhl, Arthur, 220–25

Ruse, Cordy, 43

Russell, Frank, 271

Ryan, Allan A., 270

Ryan, Thomas F., 270

Salley, D. Bruce, 218–19

Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 107, 115, 141, 166, 170, 192

Savoia, Lt., 256

Scherl, Herr, 254

Schindler, Reuben, 145

_Scientific American_, 143–44, 146, 161, 169, 292

Scott, J. F., 211

Selfridge, Lt. Thomas, 229–30, 245, 290–91, 292

Shaffer, Bert, 9

Shank, W. H., 145

Shearn, Clarence J., 297–98

Shonts, Theodore P., 270

Simms station--_see_ Huffman field

Sines, Edwin Henry, 6, 30, 33, 36, 39, 258–59

Sines & Wright, 30–37

Smithsonian Institution, 46, 137, 300–333

_Snapshots_, 38

Sonnino, Baron Sidney, 256

South Kensington Science Museum, 300, 315, 318

_Sports_, 179, 182

Spratt, Dr. George A., 68–69, 92

Squier, Maj. George O., 229

Stauffer, Amos, 144, 146, 178

Steinmetz, C. P., 4

Studien Gesellschaft, 256–57

Surcouf, Edouard, 238

Taft, William Howard, 150, 152, 153, 158, 162, 211–12, 258, 316–17, 318, 321

tail, 79–83, 86

tail-spin, 81, 128–29, 131

Tate, “Dan,” 80

Tate, William J., 56–57, 59–61, 62, 65, 66, 80, 102

_Tattler_, 37

Taylor, Charlie, 86, 121, 127, 136, 202, 226, 231

telegram reporting Kitty Hawk flight, 103–104, 106, 107

Tempelhof field, 261

Thompson, Samuel, 20

Thompson, Mrs. Samuel, 20–21

Thompson, William Boyce, 286

Thorne, Tom, 41–42

tires, 41

Tissandier, Paul, 248, 250

Tomlinson, John, 145

_Tono-Bungay_, 216

transcontinental plane flight, first, 281–82

Truxell boys, 33

Tunison, Frank, 106, 140

Turpin, C. O., 275

U. S. Board of Ordnance, 150, 153, 154, 155, 158–60, 162–65, 208, 211

U. S. Signal Corps, 208, 211, 212–13, 265

U. S. War Dept., 147–65, 207–209, 213, 226, 305 n.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 270

Veblen, Thorstein, 5

Victor Emmanuel of Italy, 256

Voisin, Gabriel, 168–69

Waddell, Theodore, 146

Wainwright, L. M., 90

Walcott, Dr. Charles D., 301–309, 314–15, 318, 325

warping mechanism, 63–66, 79, 81, 132–33

Washington (D. C.) _Post_, 105, 109

Weaver, Henry M., 175, 207

Weaver, Henry, Jr., 175–79, 180, 182, 192

Webbert brothers, 145

Webbert, Mr., 115

Weber, William, 145

Weiller, Lazare, 213, 255

Weiller, Mme., 248

“well-digging,” 81

Welsh, A. L., 275

_West Side News_, 36

Westcott, Robert, 95

Western Society of Engineers, 73, 291; _Journal_, 75, 291

Whitfield, Forrest, 32

Whitney, Harry Payne, 286

Wilhelm, Kaiser, 204, 256–57, 262, 264

Wilson, Mary, 25

wind-tunnel, 74–78

woodcuts, 29

Wright brothers: NOTE: This entry covers joint activities only. For individual activities, _see below_--Wright, Orville, and Wright, Wilbur. _See also_ Wright Co., W. medals, W. monuments, W. patents, W. planes, W. records, etc., below. Ancestors and parents, 19–22; boyhood, 5–18, 23–28; early interest in mechanics, 5–9, 25; lathe, 12–13; circuses, 15–18, 33–34; reading, 26–27; weekly paper, 38; start bicycle business, 38–39; begin manufacture and repair work, 39–44 Early interest in aeronautics, 45; reading on it, 46–47; experiments in building gliders, 48–55; first Kitty Hawk experiments (1901), 55–72; make wind-tunnels, 74–78; at K. H. (1902), 79; meet tail-spin problem, 81–83 Develop engine, 84–90; transmission and propeller problems, 89–90; power flights at K. H. (1903), 90–95; first successful flight, 95–103; get flying field near Dayton, 122–23; early public trials, 124–26; track and launching problems, 127–29; improve records, 130, 137–38; first complete circular flight, 130, 142; their first three planes described, 84–94, 112–13, 121–22, 130–34 Early relations with public and press, 103–11, 134–46; first eye-witness story printed, 143–43; early dealings with U. S. and British govts., 147–65; abandon project to demonstrate at Jamestown, 160–61 Their work discussed in France, 166–71; asked for information and prices, 171–73; their letter shown at Aéro Club, 174–75; visited by Weaver, and demonstrate for him, 175–79; investigated by Coquelle, 179–80; approached by Ferber for French govt., 182–83; visited by Fordyce, 183–85; visited by French Commission, 187–91; by Alexander, 191; by _Herald_ reporter, 191–92; meet Flint in N. Y., 194–96; go to Paris, 202–204; to Berlin, 204–206 Negotiations with U. S. War Dept., 208–14; their bid accepted, 211–12; add improvements to 1905 plane, 214–15; go to K. H., 215–25; publicity begins, 216–25; in France (1909), 250–53; to Rome, 255; plan formation of German Wright company, 257; to Le Mans for gift bronze, 257–58; to London for medals, etc., 258; to Washington for Aero Club medals, 258 Return to Dayton celebrated, 258–59; get Govt. bonus after Fort Meyer tests, 260; organize The Wright Company, 268–71; their only joint flight, 276; build house at Hawthorn Hill, 282

Wright, “Buster,” 281

Wright Company, 268–71, 278, 279, 281, 283, 285, 286, 288, 295, 296 (_see also_ French--German--British Wright Co.)

Wright Cycle Co., 39–44, 77, 114, 120–21, 148, 176, 271

Wright, Dan, 21–22

Wright, Mrs. Dan, 21

Wright exhibition flights, charges for, 277

Wright, Katharine, 13, 23, 37, 47, 106, 113, 217, 250–53, 261, 262, 266, 280, 284

Wright, Lorin, 22, 25, 31, 81, 106, 281

Wright medals, prizes, etc., 248–49, 250, 257–58, 259, 264

Wright, Mrs. Milton, 5, 6, 7, 11, 20, 22, 26, 34, 91

Wright, Rev. Milton, 5–8, 11, 21–23, 26, 27, 103, 106, 107, 115, 259, 276–77, 278

Wright monuments--Kitty Hawk, 221; Pau, 250; Dayton, 275 n.

Wright, Orville NOTE: For joint activities with Wilbur, _see above_, Wright brothers. Birth, 23; boyhood enterprises, 7, 9–12, 13–15; schooling, 24–25, 37; letter-press, 29; printing work, 30–38; builds press, 34–36; interest in bicycle racing, 38; starts bicycle business, 38–44; illness, 46; first trip to Kitty Hawk, 61–72; makes wind-tunnel, 74; his story of first successful power flight, 96–102; telegram announcing it, 103–104 Goes to Europe, 202–206; orders engines in Paris, 206; to K. H. for practice (1908), 216–25; to Fort Myer for tests (1908), 226–32; establishes new records, 229; to France, 250; in train accident, 250 Govt. trials at Fort Myer (1910), 260; goes to Germany, 261–64; in Paris, investigates French Wright company, 266–67; trains pilots in Alabama, 274; opens flying school at Dayton, 275; further experiments at K. H., 281; succeeds W. as pres. of The Wright Co., 283; last trip to Europe (1913), 284; acquires almost complete ownership of Company, 285; and sells entire interest, 285–86, 296 Relations and correspondence with Glenn Curtiss, 288–96, 308–33 (_see also_ lawsuits and Wright patents); dealings with Smithsonian in regard to Langley machine, 307–33 Style of flying, 276; flying dress, 275–76; memory, 202; effective demonstration at a patent-suit trial, 297–98; comment on cyclists’ notions about steering, 298–99

Wright patents, 49, 83, 130, 271, 273, 281, 284, 287–99

Wright planes: Kitty Hawk (1903), 84–94, 112–13, 300, 315, 318; 1904 model, 121–22, 170; 1905 model, 130–34, 214–15; 1907 model, 202, 204, 206, 233, 234–53; plane sold to U. S. Signal Corps, 208–13, 226–32; planes built in Europe from parts sent over, 255; Model B, 285

Wright planes, prices of, 172–73, 184–85, 208, 211–12, 282

Wright records, 228–29, 238, 240, 263, 264, 281

Wright, Reuchlin, 22, 113