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