Part 24

Wright, Wilbur NOTE: For joint activities with Orville, _see above_, Wright brothers. Birth, 22; boyhood enterprises, 7, 8–9, 12–13, 15; schooling, 23–24; illness, 26; joins O. in printing newspaper, 37–38; in bicycle business, 38–44; makes warping device for glider, 49–50; goes to Kitty Hawk, 58–72; makes Chicago address, 73–75 Goes to England, 196–97; Paris, 197–204; Berlin, 204–206; appears before U. S. Ordnance Board, and bids, 208; to K. H. (1908), 215–25; to France for demonstrations, 226, 227, 233–53; his records, 238, 240; at Le Mans, 234–44; guest of Aéro Club (Sarthe), 244–45; wins altitude prizes, 248–49, 250; at Pau, 250–53; to Rome, 255; trains Italian flyers, 255–56 Flies at Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 265; begins training U. S. pilots, 265–66; last flight as pilot, 276; dealings with Smithsonian in regard to Langley machine, 301–307; illness and death, 282–83 Character, 235, 236, 241–43; memory, 204; athletic activities, 38

Zahm, Dr. A. F., 309, 322–25

Zens, Ernest, 245

Zeppelin airships, 228

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