Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912
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
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