THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

 By Fred C. Kelly

 A biography authorized by Orville Wright

 Ballantine Books – New York

Copyright, 1943 and 1950, by Fred C. Kelly. All rights reserved. SBN 345-25025-7-XXX.

First Printing: July, 1956. Third Printing: September, 1969.

First Special Printing: September, 1966. Second Special Printing: September, 1975.

Printed in the United States of America. Cover painting by John T. McCoy.

BALLANTINE BOOKS, A Division of Random House, Inc. 201 E 50^th St., New York, N.Y. 10022.

CONTENTS

          Title Page

1. BOYHOOD
2. BACKGROUND
3. PRINTING – AND BICYCLES
4. FIRST THOUGHTS OF FLIGHT    
5. GLIDING AT KITTY HAWK
6. FIRST POWER FLIGHT
7. AFTER THE EVENT
8. EXPERIMENTS OF 1904 – 1905
9. IT STILL WASN’T “NEWS"
10. U. S. ARMY NOT INTERESTED
11. EUROPE DISCOVERS THE WRIGHTS
12. THE WRIGHTS IN EUROPE
13. A DEAL WITH THE U. S.
14. END OF DISBELIEF
15. WHEN WILBUR WRIGHT WON FRANCE
16. FURTHER ADVENTURES IN
17. IN AVIATION BUSINESS
18. PATENT SUITS
19. WHY THE WRIGHT PLANE WAS EXILED