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