Another Glimpse of "Bubbo" Wright
by Roz Young Copyright October 15, 1996
Nicknames and how Orville Wright was sometimes called 'Bubbo'.
Day the Wrights Came Home
by Howard Burba Copyright 1931
The Wright Brothers were given a two day celebration in Dayton when they came home from France in 1909. The article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on January 4, 1931
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
DIE BRÜDER WRIGHT (The Wright Brothers)
by Von Hauptmann a.D. A. Hildebrandt Published 1909
German book in original text, it is one of the earliest histories of the Wright Brothers early years.
Even Famous Daytonians Didn't Escape Devastation
by Roz Young Copyright November 1, 1997
Orville and Bishop Milton Wright lost a number of personal items during the 1913 flood.
Flying Machines: Construction and Operation
by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell Copyright 1912
Plans on how to build your own airplane, with many facts about the Wright Brothers
From Dayton to the Argonne
by The Dayton Wright Airplane Company Copyright 1919
How the Dayton Wright Airplane Company evolved from the early efforts of the Wright Brothers to become the foremost producers of airplanes
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Here's How It Was Really Reported
by Roz Young Copyright 1970
How the report of the Wright Brothers first flight was handled by Dayton newspapers at the time. Published in NCR World Spetember-October 1970.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
A History of Aeronautics
by E. Charles Vivian Copyright 1921
Vivian attempts to chronicle how flight had developed from its beginnings to 1920. The Wright Brothers are mentioned throughout the book, as well as having their own chapter.
How We Made the First Flight
by Orville Wright Copyright 1913
Orville's article was published in Flying and The Aero Club of America Bulletin, December 1913
I Saw Kitty Hawk (VIDEO)
Interview with man who was present at the Wright Brothers' first flight.
Make-Believe Trip to Kitty Hawk
by A. S. Kany Copyright 1943
A fantastic account of the time the Wright Brothers spent getting ready for the first flight, including words from Captain Tate. This article appeared in the Journal Herald on December 12, 1943
Mastery of the Air
by William J. Claxton Copyright 1918
A history of aviation from its very beginnings to World War I. Includes several chapters on the Wright Brothers
A New Story to Add to the Wright Archives
by Roz Young Copyright December 17, 1994
Someone writes in to say they watched the Wright Brothers fly at a state fair in Pennsylvania in 1908
Orville Shows Rightful Indignation at Museums' Handling of Early Planes
by Roz Young Copyright September 30, 1995
Two letters help explain why Orville was going to give his 1903 airplane to a museum in London instead of the Smithsonian.
The Shop that Became a Shrine
by Howard Egbert Copyright 1928
How the Wright Brother's bicycle shop in Dayton became a monument to flight.
Some Aeronautical Experiments
by Wilbur Wright Copyright 1901
A speech Wilbur gave in front of the Western Society of Engineers and reprinted in the December 1901 edition of the Journal of the Western Society of Engineers.
When Flying Machine Stock Went Up
edited by Leonard K. Henry Copyright 1936
A few interesting facts about Orville Wright, including his fear of heights! This was part of the Federal Writers Project during the Great Depression.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Sue Broadstock
Whitehead or Wrights?
by Ted Bache Copyright 1965
Controversy brewed over whether Gustave Whitehead flew two years before the Wright Brothers. This article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on January 10, 1965.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
The Wright Brothers
by Fred C. Kelley Copyright 1943
The best-known biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright, authorized by Orville Wright himself.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Sue Ann Greda
The Wright Brothers - The first magazine article written about them (The article had no title)
by Amos Ives Root Copyright 1905
First article to appear about the Wright Brothers. Published in Gleanings in Bee Culture, January 1, 1905.
The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane
by Orville and Wilbur Wright Copyright 1908
How the Wright Brothers invented the airplane, in their own words. First appeared in The Century Magazine on September 1908.
Wright Brothers on Huffman Prairie (VIDEO)
A history of the Wright Brothers, put out by the Department of Defense in 1988.
The Wright Flyer
by NCR World
How the 1905 Flyer was reassembled and displayed (which it still is) at Carillon Park, Dayton, Ohio. The article appeared in NCR World, September-October 1970 issue.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
