The Bishop's Boys (95 page)

Fort Myer, Va., 124, 163, 361, 365, 371–80, 384, 390, 394, 427, 507

Army demonstration flights at, 372–78,
376
, 395–99,
397
, 408, 445, 456

Foster, Hubert, 295, 304–5, 306, 311

Foster, Stephen, 508

Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 372–73, 396, 397–99, 408, 446

Fournier, Jules, 310

14-bis
, 317, 324–26

Fowler, Bob, 437, 439

France, 124, 146, 149, 312

aeronautical interest in, 249–52, 253, 274–75. 306–11, 317–26, 333, 342–45, 362, 403–4

aircraft subsidies in, 446–47

aviation claims of, 326, 345, 369, 404, 441, 463

Chamber of Deputies of, 335

Senate of, 383

Third Civil Tribunal of, 416

War Ministry of, 309–10, 311, 322, 333–35, 337–40, 446–47, 460

Wilbur in, 90, 118, 124, 127–28, 163, 312, 333, 364–70, 380–88, 416

Wright patents in, 312, 441

Wrights’ negotiations with, 306–11, 314, 333–35, 337–40, 344, 349, 354

Francis, John A., 46

Frankfurter Zeitung
, 250

Franklin, Benjamin, 527

Franks, Oliver, 528

Freedman, Andrew, 410

Freemasonry, 25, 29–30, 35, 41–42, 51

Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of Germany, 382, 406

Front Porch Campaign, 135

Frost, Robert, 195

Frost King
, 350

Fry, John Philip, 32

Fuller, Lawson M., 346

Fulton, Robert, 406

Funkhouser, Charles, 525

Furnas, Charlie, 354–55, 358–59, 371

Gallant Journey
, 497

Garber, Paul E., 496, 528

Gardner, Henry, 148

Gardner, Lester, 492, 521

Garfield School, 58

Gary, Elbert, 409

Gasnier, René, 368

gasoline, 242, 244, 245, 249, 267, 332, 374

General Motors, 471

“Genesis of the First Successful Aeroplane, The,” 328–29

“Geographic Pivot of History, The” (Mackinder), 289

Germany, Imperial, 300, 307, 310, 312, 417

aeronautical accomplishments in, 138, 142–45

aeronautical program in, 339, 402, 405–6

Wrights’ negotiations with, 330, 339–41, 405–6

Wrights’ patent suits in, 451

Wrights’ production agreement in, 405, 433–34, 442

Geyer, Harvey, 523

Gibbon, Edward, 78

Gilbert, Jess, 35, 119

Gill, Howard, 428, 435

Gillispie, G. L., 292–93

Gilmore, William, 503

Gleanings in Bee Culture
, 285

Gleichen, A. E. W., 311

Glennan, Keville, 271, 272

gliders, 56, 128, 275

automatic vs. pilot control of, 201, 444–45

body-shifting control of, 234

copies of, 275, 318, 319–20, 322, 323–24

experiments with, 143–45, 146, 153–56, 176, 179–80, 178–91, 196–99, 201, 233, 248–49, 296, 317–24

first American flight of, 152, 296, 445

first flight of, 176

first passenger flight of, 323

high-wing monoplane, 445

lateral-control system of, 251

launching of, 211, 296, 322

manned, 115, 138, 143–45, 152

ratio of flight to fall in, 143

records achieved by, 240–41, 444–45

sport, 171

tailless, 312

two-surface, 154,
155
, 156, 160, 168, 214, 233, 275–76, 1 290

type de Wright
, 317, 319–20, 322, 323–24

see
also specific gliders

Godard family, 249

Golden Age
, 36

Golden Flier
, 399, 401–2, 404

Goodwin, Margaret, 120

Goop Tales, Alphabetically Told, The
(Burgess), 127–28

Goujarde, Lieutenant, 118

Goujarde, Mme., 118

Gould, Jay, 149

Goupil, Alexandre, 489–90

Grahame-White, Claude, 414, 431, 432, 447

Grande Semaine d’Aviation de Champagne
,

La
, 403–4

“Grand Junction Railroad,”
265

Grand Prix d’Aviation, 322, 342, 344, 349, 362

Gray, Jim, 270, 271

Great Aerodrome, 169, 256, 257–58, 261–63,

263
, 293, 296

Greenfield Village, 44, 507–10

Grey, C. G., 496

Gross, Hans, 339

ground crews, 263–64, 266–67, 266, 269–70,

299

Grumbach, Carrie Kayler, 14, 121–22, 270–71, 273, 476, 477, 478, 524

Grumbach, Charles, 121

Guggenheim, Daniel,
474

Guggenheim, Harry,
474

Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), 474

Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, 473–74, 474

Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume, 78

gyroscopes, 459–60

Haldane, R. B., 333

Hale, John P., 26

Hamilton, Charles K., 296, 425–26

Hammer, William J., 313, 327

Hand, Learned, 413, 415

hangars, 203, 207–8, 260, 269, 354, 366, 371, 385, 407, 510

hang gliders, 143–45, 172, 234, 318

Hare, Jimmy, 357

Hargrave, Lawrence, 230, 231, 324, 342, 350

Harkness, Harry, 431

Harmon, Clifford Burke, 431

Harmon, Judson, 393

Harper’s
, 519

Hartsville College, 31, 35, 42, 64, 89

Harwood, Van Ness, 443–44

Haskell, Henry J., 482–83

Havens, Beckwith “Becky,” 429

Hawley, Allan, 336, 363

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 78

Hawthorn Hill, 15, 448, 476–479,
478
, 480–81, 482,
483
, 489, 502–3, 524

Hawthorn Street house, 44–48, 45, 52, 65, 95, 97, 116, 125, 128, 214, 248, 328, 391, 452, 454, 476, 483

recreaton of, 44, 507–10

Hayward, Charles, 417

Hazel, John R., 404–5, 412–13, 414–15, 452

Hazelhurst, Leighton, 451, 458

Hearst, William Randolph, 98, 425, 437

Hearst Prize, 425, 437–38, 439

helicopters, 498

toy, 56–57, 159, 164, 362, 515

Henry, Stuart C., 523

Henry County, Ind., 63–66

Herring, Augustus Moore, 251, 302, 312–13, 348, 361, 363. 380, 400–401, 407, 419

Chanute and, 153–55,
155
, 156, 160, 214, 233–36, 239–40, 260, 275–76, 343, 352, 498

Curtiss and, 400–401, 407, 419

death of, 415

Herring-Curtiss Company, 401–3

Wrights’ suit against, 402–3, 404–5, 407, 412–15

High School Times
, 101

high-speed flight, 474

Hildebrandt, Alfred, 405

Hoosier
, 37

Hoster, Bill, 356

Hott, J. W., 81

Hounshell, David, 106

Howell, Richard, 499

“How the Wright Brothers Began” (Kelly), 519

How We Invented the Airplane
(Wright), 497

Hoxsey, Arch, 427, 430–31, 433, 434–35

Hudson, Henry, 406

Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 60, 406–7, 408, 409, 410, 424–25

Hudson Motor Car Company, 469

Huffaker, Edward Chalmers, 152, 162, 205, 206–7, 208, 210, 211, 2I3, 2I4, 235, 236, 251, 419

Huffman, Torrence, 299, 308, 504, 510

Huffman, W. P., 46

Huffman Prairie, 11, 19, 278–79, 280–86,
281
, 298–99, 3I0, 361

flight training at, 426–28, 429, 435–37, 438, 439, 510–11

Wright memorial at, 504, 510, 511

Hughes, Charles Evans, 471

Hughes Commission, 471

Hugo, Victor, 335

Humbert, Charles, 335, 339

Humphreys, Frederick E., 408

Hunaudieres, Les, 364–65, 366–70, 383, 384, 385, 386, 397

hydroaeroplanes, 249, 456, 457–58, 459–60

hydrofoil tests, 350

I-bis
, 324

Illinois
, 36

Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen
, 203, 306–7, 362

Independent
, 281, 362

inertial navigation system, 460

Ingersoll, Robert, 78

Internal Revenue Service, 527

International Conference on Aerial Navigation, 150, 151–52, 205, 296, 422

Issy-les-Moulineaux, 322–23, 324, 342, 343–44, 364, 384

Italy, 312, 387–88

Jackson, Andrew, 23, 29

Jacobs, James H., 412, 471, 492

James, E. C, 96

Jameson, John, 481, 482

Jameson, Leontine Wright (niece), 89, 125,

126
, 480–81

Jamestown, Va., 330, 458

Jefferson, Thomas, 504, 527

Jefferson College, 146

Jefferson School, 57

Jennings, Miss, 93, 94

Joe Blackburn
, 262

Johnson, Walter, 489

Johnstone, Ralph, 11, 428, 430–31, 432–33, 434–35

Jones, Lottie, 509

J-1 trainer aircraft, 470

Journal, Le
(Paris), 309, 334, 337

Journal of the Western Society of Engineers
, 219, 230

June Bug
, 362–63, 364, 400, 457

Jusserand, J. J., 310

Kansas City, Mo., 70, 72, 107, 148–49, 482–83

Kansas City
Star
, 482

Kapferer, Henry, 342–43

Karman, Theodore von, 474, 502

Katydid, 153–54, 155, 156, 168, 233

Kayler, Carrie,
see
Grumbach, Carrie Kayler

Kehler, Richard von, 339, 340, 405

Keiter, Millard F., 215–18, 302, 380, 484

Kelly, Fred C., 475, 497, 518–21

Kelly, Hugh, 458

Kephart, Bishop, 81–82

Kettering, Charles F., 468–69, 509

Kettering Bug, 470

Key, Francis Scott, 527

Keys, Clement M., 467

Kill Devil Hills, 191, 203, 207, 236–37,
265, 268
, 280, 285, 354, 355, 356, 358, 505–7

Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station, 260, 263–64, 266–67,
226
, 354–55, 358, 522

Kill Devil Hills Memorial Association, 505

Kindervater, W. H., 506

Kinnane, Adrian, 129

Kirby, John, 276

kites, 65, 154, 232, 443

Bell’s, 350–52, 399

box, 230, 322, 324, 350

delta-wing, 318

experimental, 173–74, 178–80, 203, 350–52, 423

man-lifting, 289, 350, 423

tetrahedral, 350, 351, 399

Kitty Hawk, N.C., 13, 14, 117, 121, 128, 162, 182–99, 229, 278

camp site at, 188–89, 189, 193, 199. 203, 207–8, 236–37, 239, 241, 256, 259, 265–66, 267, 354, 356, 358–59, 443, 523

history and character of, 191–96, 505

1900 flight trials at, 184–200

1901 flight trials at, 203, 205, 207–13

1902 flight trials at, 236–41, 247, 423

1903 flight trials at, 256, 258–61, 263–70, 289, 291

1908 flight trials at, 349, 354–59

1911 flight trials at, 443–45

Wright monument at, 505–7

Klinger, Peter, 107

Klose, Herr, 433–34

Knabenshue, A. Roy, 290, 303, 425, 475

Wright flying team supervised by, 426–28, 434

Koerner, Catherine Fry (grandmother), 32–33, 40, 63, 65

Koerner, John Gottlieb (grandfather), 32–33, 35, 40

Koesch, Ralph, 138

Krebs, Arthur, 230–31

Kress, Wilhelm, 249

Krockman, Arnold, 444

Kronprinzessin Cecile
, 390, 402, 433

Kuhns, Ezra, 448–49, 450

La Chapelle, Duval, 427

Lahm, Frank, 307–9, 314–15, 327, 336, 341, 381, 509

Lahm, Frank, Jr., 336, 341, 346, 361, 372, 373, 374, 392, 397, 408, 409, 435

Lake, Simon, 328

Lake Erie, Battle of, 438

Lambert Island, 478–79, 482, 489, 513

Lamson, Charles H., 233, 234, 236, 239, 249, 423, 447

landing gear, retractable, 471

Landowski, Paul, 505

Landry, Robert, 528

Lane, Joseph, 37–38

Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 150, 152, 165–67, 205, 214, 215, 220, 239–40, 251, 310, 419

Aerodromes built by, 139–42, 141, 153, 160–62, 168–70, 210, 226, 256–58, 261–63, 263, 293. 296, 312, 350. 485–87, 489, 492–95, 520

aeronautical claims on behalf of, 485–95

death of, 485, 487

flights of, 145, 146

Langley Day celebration, 485–86

Langley Laboratory, 485, 486

Langley Medal, 485, 488

Langley Memorial Tablet, 485

Langley Research Center, 473

lateral control systems, 251, 317, 324, 353, 384, 401–2, 419–20, 442

launch mechanisms, 258, 265, 291, 325

catapult, 140, 141, 256, 262, 282–83, 285–86, 299, 381, 486

rail laid for, 255–56, 261, 264,
265
, 266, 267–68, 281, 283–84, 299, 381, 528

weight and derrick, 261, 363

La Vaulx, comte de, 251–52, 336

Lavezarri, Monsieur, 318

Layton, Edwin, 175

Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Company, 148

Leavenworth
Daily Tribune
, 148

Lebaudy, Paul, 250–51, 336

Lebaudy, Pierre, 250–51

Lechambre, Paul, 249

Le Conte, John, 137

Lefebvre, Eugene, 435

Legion of Honor, 309, 502

Le Mans, France, 312, 364, 369, 377, 381, 387–88, 488, 504–5

Letellier, Henri, 309, 334–35, 410

Levavaseur, Leon, 318, 324

Liberty
, 496, 500

Liberty Party, 25, 26

Library of Congress, 500, 525–26

Life of Samuel Johnson
(Boswell), 78

lift control, 176–77, 197, 205, 212, 214, 219–28

Ligue Nationale Aérienne, 383, 441, 446

Lilienthal, Gustav, 232

Lilienthal, Otto, 142–45, 146, 152, 153, 164, 166, 171, 174, 179, 197, 215, 232, 233, 446

fatal crash of, 145, 156, 159, 160, 172, 210, 231

lift and drag data of, 203, 210, 213, 214, 219–22, 226

published work of, 142–43, 162, 177, 178

Lincoln, Abraham, 40, 504, 508

Lindbergh, Charles, 474, 528

Atlantic flight of, 502

Langley controversy and, 493–95

Orville and, 493–95, 502–3, 516–17, 518

linotype machines, 135–36

Literary Digest
, 490

Little, Brown and Company, 518

Little Egypt, 150, 151

“little jokers” tabs, 295

Loening, Grover, 412, 458, 460, 463, 471

Orville recalled by, 456–57, 461, 464

Loewe, Isidore, 330, 333, 339

Lokal-Anzieger
(Berlin), 405