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]
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]