The Bishop's Boys (99 page)

museum label of, 527, 529

photographs of,
265
, 267, 268,
268, 269
, 291, 454, 497

press accounts of, 270–72, 274, 279, 280–81

repairs of, 264, 265

size and weight of, 255, 259, 260, 264

survival of, 269, 454, 488, 491–92

tests of, 261, 263, 264, 265

world’s first powered flight in, 265–70, 485, 528, 529

Wright Flyer (1904), 278, 279–86,
281, 286
, 454

accidents involving, 283, 285, 286

banking and turning of, 285–86

descriptions of, 279–80, 284–85

design and construction of, 274, 276, 279

difficulties with, 281–84, 285. 286

engine of, 276, 280, 281

flights of, 284–86, 291, 292, 295

flying times of, 284, 285–86

muslin covering of, 280

takeoffs of, 281–84

Wright Flyer (1905), 280, 295–96, 297–300,
298
, 349, 454

capabilities of, 299, 310

descriptions of, 295, 298–99

design and construction of, 295, 297

flying times of, 297, 298, 299, 303, 338

photographs of, 310

preservation and restoration of, 521–23, 524

press accounts of, 300

takeoffs of, 299

Wright Flyer (1907), 412

capabilities of, 339–40

design and construction of, 331, 332, 338

shipping of, 338, 339

Wright Flyers (1908–1915), 338, 342, 359

Army demonstration flights of, 372–78,
376
, 395–99.
397
, 408, 445. 451, 456

Army purchase of, 424, 446, 457, 463–64

automatic stability developed in, 443–45, 459–60

banking and turning of, 436

climbing and diving of, 458–59

crashes and fatalities involving, 124, 163, 237, 238, 283, 285, 296, 375–78, 384, 395, 396–97. 430–31, 432, 434–35. 438–39. 444. 456, 458–59, 463–64

Curtiss aircraft vs., 436, 458, 463

design and construction of, 355, 365–66

eyewitness accounts of, 356–57, 368

feedback mechanism in, 443

first full drawings of, 389

first passenger aboard, 358

first published photograph of, 357

flight films of, 387, 388

flying times of, 356, 357, 358, 367

freight carried on, 433

license-built, 389, 433–34, 435, 440–41. 442

maintenance of, 464

modifications of, 442

offer made for foreign rights of, 329–30

passengers aboard, 381–82,
382
, 385, 386, 387, 397–99, 406, 408–9

pilot control of, 435, 443

public demonstrations of, 90, 366–70,
367
, 380–90

shipping of, 365, 394

wheels added to, 428, 430

Wright glider (1900), 178–91, 196–99, 209, 212, 219, 235, 269

design and construction of, 183, 184, 187–88, 197, 199

manned trials of, 188–91, 196–99, 200, 505

unmanned tests of, 189, 190, 197–98,
197
, 203

weight of, 178, 179, 188, 196

Wright glider (1901), 208–12,
209
, 219, 232, 235, 248, 269

design and construction of, 131, 203

manned flights of, 208–9, 210, 211–12

size and weight of, 203

unmanned flights of, 212

Wright glider (1902), 235–41,
238, 240
, 246, 249, 251, 256, 260, 269, 281

drawings of, 318, 362

remains of, 354, 359

Wright glider (1911), 443–45, 522, 523

Wright-Martin Company, 466, 467, 469, 497

Wright Memorial Bridge, 507

Wright Memorial Committee, 504

Wright Model A, 412, 426, 430

Wright Model B, 428, 430, 431, 433, 438, 439, 443. 458

design and construction of, 412, 424, 426

Wright Model C, 457, 458, 463–64

Wright Model CH, 458

Wright Model C-1, 451

Wright Model E, 459

Wright Model EX, 438–39

Wright Model K, 466

Wright Model L, 466

Wright Model R, 431, 432,
432

design and construction of, 412, 424

Wright-Patterson Airforce Base, 511

Wright Special bicycle, 113, 119

Wright State University, 526

Wright v. Herring-Curtiss
, 402–3, 404–5, 407, 412–15, 422, 423, 430, 443, 447, 448, 452, 456–57, 460–61

Wu Ting Fang, 360

XPS-1 airplane, 471

Yale College, 65, 74, 75, 502

yaw control, 167–69, 201, 443

Yeager, Charles, 528–29

yellow journalism, 98

“Yellow Kid, The,” 136

YMCA Wheelmen, 107

Yon, Gabriel, 249

Younger brothers, 72

Zahm, Albert Francis, 151, 154–55, 329, 371, 422–23, 486–87, 488, 490, 500, 501, 502, 520, 525

Zens, Paul, 368

Zeppelin, Ferdinand Von, 250–51, 406