Abbott, Charles Greeley, 27, 235, 236–38, 240–42, 243, 246, 247
Addams, Jane, 95
Ader, Clement, 168
Aerial Experiment Association (AEA), 187
aerodromes (Langley flyer), 42–46, 50, 64, 115, 160–64, 171–72, 219, 223–25, 226–31, 240
Aeronautical Annual, 53, 59, 61
Aeronautical Society of America, 203, 204
airplane. See Wright Flyer
airplane production, 210
airplanes. See powered flight, invention of
Albemarle Sound, Outer Banks, NC, 79, 83, 84, 103, 215
Aldrin, Buzz, 179
Allegheny Observatory, 43
aluminum block engine, 154–55, 167
America First Committee, 243
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 48–49
anarchism, 113
angle of incidence, 111, 119, 148
“Angle of Incidence” (Wright, Wilbur), 111, 116
Animal Locomotion or Walking, Swimming, and Flying with a Dissertation on Aeronautics (Pettigrew), 57
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 133, 229
Associated Press (AP), 190
Automobile Club, 185
Aviation Experiment Association (AEA), 197–98
“Aviation's Greatest Controversy” (Brewer), 237
Baden-Powell, Major Baden Fletcher Smyth, 209
Baldwin, George, 194
Baldwin, Thomas S., 114–15, 185
Balzer, Stephen M., 65
Barthou, Louis, 209
Baum, Elijah, 86
Beacham, Thomas, 172
Beck, Charles, 30
Beck, Edna, 262
Beck, Lena, 30
Beck, Mabel
Charles Lindbergh and, 232, 252
concern about World War II bombing and, 244, 245
death, 262
education, 30
Great Flood of 1914 and, 222
having charge over things, 24–25, 28
hired by the Wright brothers, 30
knowing the “real story,” 27
letter amending Orville's will and, 31, 245, 247, 251, 253, 262
love letters from Orville Wright, 262–63
romantic relationship with Orville, 29–30
shipping the Wright Flyer to London and, 232, 234, 252–53
Bell, Alexander Graham
Aero Club of America, 186
Aviation Experiment Association, 197
crash of 1908 and, 199
examining Wright Flyer, 196, 200
interest/pursuits with powered flight, 42, 59, 186–87
kite built by, 186
Mabel Beck on, 252
Samuel Langley/Langley flyer and, 42–43, 44, 45, 46, 64, 224
Selfridge's funeral and, 200
bicycles/bicycle business, 12, 41, 52–53, 62–63, 66–67
biographies on the Wright Brothers, 10–11, 12–13, 24–25
Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, and the Battle to Control the Skies (Goldstone), 9–10, 16, 210
birds, 9, 55, 56–57, 59–60, 71, 88–89, 91, 136, 154, 210
Bishop's Boys, The (Crouch), 13, 16–17, 35, 60, 108, 118, 191, 215, 217, 220–21, 225, 240, 246
Blackbeard (pirate), 85
Boston Transcript, 57
Brewer, Griffith, 227, 237, 242
Brinkley, W. C., 175
Bryan, William Jennings, 18, 42
California Arrow (dirigible), 115
Canal Dover, Ohio, 96
Cape Hatteras, 82
Cassier's Magazine, 110
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 38
Chanute, Octave
Alexander Graham Bell and, 186
Clement Ader's plane and, 168
conflict with Wilbur Wright, 212–14
correspondence with Wilbur Wright, 17, 50, 61, 70–73, 74–75, 108–11, 150, 179, 180, 181, 186
hearing of successful flight, December, 1903, 179
Huffaker-Langley connection and, 45
interest in aeronautics, 48–49
International Conference on Aerial Navigation, 49, 131
Journal of Western Engineers article, 113–14
Kelly's access to letters between Wilbur Wright and, 12–13
at Kill Devil Hills (1903), 168–69
Progress in Flying Machines, 61
providing information from Langley to Wilbur, 130
at the Smithsonian (1902), 143–44
trip to Kitty Hawk (1901), 118–19, 120, 127, 128–29
view of the Wright brothers, 143, 168–69, 191
visit to Samuel Langley (1902), 143–45
visit to Wilbur Wright, 112, 116–17, 118
Wilbur on, in speech to Western Society of Civil Engineers, 135
wind tunnel computations by, 142
Chanute I (biplane glider), 186
Chicago, Illinois
International Conference on Aerial Navigation, 49, 131
typhoid fever in, 51
Western Society of Engineers speech in, 133–37
Wilbur's visit to (1901), 131–33
Chicago Record-Herald, 189
Chicago Tribune, 165
Churchill, Winston, 244
Cincinnati Enquirer, 189
Cincinnati, Ohio, 35
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 23
Clime, W. S., 198
Coca-Cola, 32
cocaine tooth drops, 32
Cogswell, Doc, 92
coin flipping, 172
Coldwater, Kansas, 36
Collier's, 23
Collier Trophy, 249
Columbian Exposition World's Fair (1893), 49, 51, 131
comic strip, 42
Conklin, Dr., 216
Conquering the Skies (Tise), 106
Contact, 243
Controlled flight, 18, 129–30, 133, 135
Cornell College of Engineering, 65
Cornell University, 115
Corsham, England, 183–84, 244, 247
Crouch, Tom, 13, 16–17, 35, 52, 60, 108, 118, 126, 191, 215, 217, 220–21, 225, 237, 240, 246
Culick, Fred E. C., 263
Cunningham, Arthur, 96
Curlicue, 84
Curtiss, Glenn, 18
Aero Club show (1906) and, 186
Alexander Graham Bell and, 186, 187
Baldwin's dirigible and, 114–15, 185
Dayton fair (1906) and, 185, 193–94
death, 261
flying by Wilbur vs. flying by, 205–206
meeting with the Wright Brothers, 187–88, 194–95
on ownership of an idea, 64
patent infringement/patent wars with the Wright brothers, 197, 203, 204–205, 206–207, 218–19, 241
pioneer patent given to the Wrights and, 218–19
in races with his planes, 203–204
renewed trials for Langley flyer and, 223–25, 226–27, 229
as responsible for Wilbur's death, 217
Rheims, France race, 204
as stealing and profiting from Wilbur Wright's invention, 194–95, 197, 208–209
Czolgosz, Leon, 113
Daniels, John T., 26, 91, 147, 172, 175, 178, 182, 221, 261
Dayton Asylum for the Insane, 33
Dayton County Fair, 185–86, 193–94
Dayton Daily News, 262
Dayton, Ohio
the Great Flood (1914), 21–22, 220–22
Orville's office in, 28
Wright family moving to, 37–38
Dayton Tattler (newspaper), 40
deposition, patent suit, 11, 148, 149
Dispatch, 49
Dosher, Joseph, 83
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 40
Eastman, George, 60
E. H. Hall Co., Rochester, NY, 98
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 79, 92, 120, 165
Empire of the Air (Mouillard), 59
engine. See motor (engine)
Engineering Magazine, 133
Eppler, Mark, 197
equation for lift, 61, 126, 138–39
Erie Railroad, 48
Ethridge, Adam, 175
Evening Item (newspaper), 40
Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight (Wright), 186
Experiments in Aerodynamics (Langley), 44, 59, 140
Fairmont, Indiana, 37
Feight, John, 33
Findley, Earl, 24
First Flight (Crouch), 52
flight-data recorder, 170
flight, invention of. See powered flight, invention of
Flyer. See Wright Flyer
Flyer III, over Huffman Prairie, 191–92
flyers/flying machines
bicycles and, 53
See also aerodromes (Langley flyer); glider experiments; gliders; test flights; Wright Flyer
Flying, 133
“Flying Machines and the War” (Kelly), 23
Fort Meyer, Virginia, 196
four-cylinder engine, 154
Fouts, W. C., 192
France, 168, 196, 204, 209, 210, 212, 213
Freight, George, 167
Funkhouser, Charles, 31
gasoline engine, 65–66, 114, 138, 139, 140
G. H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company, 114
Gleanings in Bee Culture (magazine), 188
Glenn Curtiss: Pioneer of Flight (Roseberry), 65, 115, 187, 194–95
glider experiments
1900, 74, 75, 83, 90–91, 92–93, 101–105, 102–105, 106, 108
1903, 166, 167, 172–74, 175–78, 179–82
choosing a location for, 72, 73–74
Lilienthal model, 102
Orville vs. Wilbur flying, in 1900, 101
See also test flights; Wright Flyer
gliders
built by Augustus Moore Herring, 45
designed by Octave Chanute, 49–50, 68–69, 118–19, 122
Edward Huffaker and, 49, 118–19, 122
Wilbur testing his kite, 12
Wright, built in 1903, 167–68, 170–71
Wright, of 1902, 166
See also aerodromes (Langley flyer); Wright Flyer
Goldman, Emma, 113
Goldstone, Lawrence, 9–10, 16, 210
Goodwin, Margaret, 95
Grant's Tomb, New York, 205, 206
Grapes of Wrath, The (Steinbeck), 86
Great Flood (Dayton, 1914), the, 21–22, 30, 182, 220–22
Grumbach, Carrie Kaylor, 17, 117, 262
Gundlach Korona V, 176, 178, 181
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 261
Hammondsport, New York, 62, 227–29, 240
hang glider, of Otto Lilienthal, 46–48
Harper's, 23
Harper's Magazine, 191
Hartsville, Indiana, 37
Haugh, Oliver Crook, 32–33, 34, 39, 116
Hawthorne Street, Dayton, Ohio, 37, 116, 118, 220
Hazel, Judge John R., 207
Herald, 190
Herring, Augustus Moore, 45, 49, 144, 145, 203–204, 206, 214
Herring-Curtiss Corporation, 203, 204, 205, 206, 226
Hievesy, M., 216
hinged rudder, 144, 147, 148, 155, 208
Hitler, Adolf, 243
Holmes, H. H., 131
“Horizontal Position During Gliding Flight, The” (Wright, Wilbur), 111, 116
Horwitz, Dr. Allen, 30
Howard, Fred, 68, 69, 105, 148, 167
Howard Observatory, 43
“How the Wright Brothers Began” (Kelly), 23
Hoxsey, Arch, 253
Hudson River Railroad, 48
Huffaker, Edward (E. C.), 45, 49, 59, 118–19, 129
at Kitty Hawk (1901), 45, 118–19, 120, 121–27, 124–25, 126, 127, 129
Huffman Prairie, flights at, 188, 191–92, 193
Indianapolis Chain and Stamping Company, 157–58
International Conference on Aerial Navigation, 49
inventions, 18–19, 60, 62–64. See also wing-warping concept
investor money, 141
J. E. Etheridge Co. Mill, 79
Jex, Henry R., 263
Jockey's Ridge, 85
Johnson, Walter, 228
Jones, Charlotte, 262
Jones, Jesse H., 249
Journal of Western Engineers, 113–14
Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham Railroad, 35
Katydid (glider), 49
Keiter, Reverend Millard, 141
Kelly, Fred C.
access to Chanute–Wilbur Wright correspondence, 12–13
difficulties in with working with Orville, 23, 24–26, 27, 247
disbelief about Huffman Prairie flights, 192
getting the Wright Flyer back from London, 27, 246–48
on media coverage of 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk, 189
Orville Wright and, 246
Wright Brothers: A Biography Authorized by Orville Wright, The, 10–11, 12, 146–47, 148, 149, 254–59, 261
Kill Devil Hills (dunes)
memorial to flight and, 120
memorial to flight in, 120
1900 trip, 82, 83, 93, 102–105
1902 trip, 147
weather (1903), 166, 168, 169–70, 174, 175
Wilbur's return to (1908), 201–202
Wilbur Wright flying the glider at (1900), 102–105
See also Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
kite, flying the glider like a, 93, 103, 109, 110, 111, 119, 126, 147
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
attempts at flying the glider at (1900), 101–102
Chanute's suggestion to meet the Wrights in, 118–19
Kelly biography on events at, 12
media response to 1903 achievement, 188–90
memorial to flight and, 120
Orville in (1900), 79–83, 90–91, 100–101
trip to (1901), 118–19, 120–30
visit to (1902), 143, 144, 147–49
Wilbur's correspondence to Chanute on, 108, 109
Wilbur's correspondence to US Weather Service on, 19, 73–74
Wilbur's final flight at, 215
Wilbur's return to (1908), 211
Wilbur's visits to, 19
See also Kill Devil Hills (dunes)
Knabenshue, Roy, 30
Kochersberger, Kevin, 263
Kodak camera, 60
Koerner, Susan. See Wright, Susan (Koerner) (mother of Wilbur and Orville)
Ladies Literary Society (LLS), 95
L'Aerophile, 237
Langley flyer. See aerodromes (Langley flyer)
Langley Memorial Tablet, 223
Langley, Samuel Pierpont
accomplishments, 43
aerodrome experiments, 42–46, 160–64
alteration of Langley aerodrome, 223–31
American Association for the Advancement of Science meetings and, 48–49
Chanute providing information to Wilbur from, 130
Chanute's visit to (1902), 143–45
Charles Manley and, 115
Charles Walcott and, 223
chief engineer for, 193
death, 164
Experiments in Aerodynamics, 44, 59
failed test flight, 160–64, 171–72
gasoline engine project, 65–66, 114
Huffaker, Edward and, 121, 122
letters to Wright brothers, 145, 150
patents granted to, 152
progress of/competition with Wright brothers, 145, 150, 158–59
War Department check to Smithsonian and, 50, 64–65, 160, 223
Wilbur Wright on, 115–16, 136, 171
Wright brothers indebted to, 236–37
letter(s)
amending Orville Wright's will, 31, 245, 247, 251, 262
from Glenn Curtiss to the Wright brothers, 187–88, 194, 195
from Langley to Wilbur Wright, 145, 150
Mabel Beck-Orville Wright love letters, 262–63
between Orville and Octave Chanute, 90, 109
between Wilbur and Octave Chanute, 17, 50, 61, 70–73, 74–75, 108–11, 150, 179, 180, 181, 186
to Wilbur, from his father, 10, 36, 90
See also letters from Orville; letters from Wilbur
letters from Orville
to Katherine from Kill Devil Hills (1903), 170, 173
during trip to Kitty Hawk (1900), 91, 92, 93, 100–101, 104
during trip to Kitty Hawk (1901), 121, 123
to Wilbur about army flight (1908), 197
letters from Wilbur, 11
to Glenn Curtiss, 197
“I” and “we” in, 11, 61, 72, 74, 90
from Kill Devil Hills (1903), 173–74
from Kitty Hawk (1901), 126–27
to Lorin, about business, 53–54
pilgrimage to Kitty Hawk (1900), 79, 80, 81, 86, 89–90, 91, 109
to the Smithsonian, 12, 58–59, 60–61
lift, equation for, 61, 126, 138–39
Lilienthal (glider), 49
Lilienthal, Otto
computations and equations of, 126, 138–39
death, 55
flying by, 107
Langley differing from, 140
mentioned in Wilbur's correspondence to Chanute, 71
“Problem of Flying and Practical Experiments in Soaring, The,” 59
Wilbur on, in speech to Western Society of Civil Engineers, 135
Wilbur's glider and, 89–90, 102
Wilbur's interest in aeronautics and, 54
Lincoln, Abraham, 38
Lindbergh, Charles, 25, 30, 232, 239–40, 242–43, 247, 251, 262
Literary Digest, 237
Litterae Laborum Solamen, 95
Lusitania (ocean liner), 206
“Machine That Flies, The” (Herald), 190
Manateo, North Carolina, 84
Manley, Charles M., 65–66, 114, 115, 117, 145, 160–63, 161, 164
Masons, the, 141
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 230
Maurer, Richard, 96
Mauretania (ocean liner), 261
Maxim, Hiram, 59
McFarland, Marvin, 140
McKinley, William, 18, 42, 50, 113, 133
McPherson Town, 30
mechanical flight. See powered flight, invention of
Melville, George, 138
Men with Wings, 243
Miami Valley Hospital, 30
Midgette, Captain, 167
Miller, Ivonette Wright, 28, 252
Millville, Indiana, 37
Missouri River bridge, 48
monoplane kite, 49
Monthly Weather Reviews, 73, 83
Monticello Hotel, Norfolk, VA, 79
Moore, H. P., 189
Morgan, J. P., 18
Moses Cohen's Furnishing, 30
motor (engine)
for aerodrome, 160
designed by Charlie Taylor, 154–55
Glenn Curtiss's attempts to do business with the Wrights and, 187–88, 193–94, 195
on Glenn Curtiss's June Bug, 203
for new Wright Flyer (1903), 167–68
1903 flight and, 173
Mouillard, Louis-Pierre, 59, 213
Mount Vernon Ducking Club, 43
movable rudder, 146–50, 156–57
National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics, 160, 235
National Weather Service, 19, 73
newspaper(s)
influence of mass-produced, 42
reporting on 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk, 189–90
Wright brothers’ business, 12, 40
New York American, 189
New York World, 212
1903 flyer. See Wright Flyer
North American Review, 138
Old Point, Virginia, 79
O'Neal, “Uncle Benny,” 172
On Soaring Flight (Huffaker), 121
opium, 32
Osborn, Agnes, 14
Osborn, Glenn, 14
Otis Elevator Company, 60
Outer Banks, North Carolina, 19, 82, 85, 86. See also Kill Devil Hills (dunes); Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Pan-American Aeronautical Exhibition (New York, 1917), 113, 231
Papers of the Wright Brothers, 108
Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Including the Chanute-Wright Papers, 1899–1948, The, 12, 73, 116, 140, 177
patent(s)
Augustus Herring and, 206
denied to Wilbur Wright, 151–53, 157
granted to Samuel Langley, 152
granted to the Wright brothers (1906), 197, 218
Herring-Curtiss Corporation, 203–205, 206–207
infringement by Glenn Curtiss, 208, 211–12
for invention of controlled flight, 18
pioneer patent for the Wright brothers, 218–19, 223–24, 230
renewed trials for Langley flyer and, 224–25, 229, 230
secrecy by the Wrights and, 191, 192, 193
suits, as time-consuming, 215–16
Tom Selfridge/US Army flight and, 197–98, 200
wing-warping idea and, 212
patent deposition, 148, 149–50
Peninsula, Ohio, 24
Perry, Israel, 80–81, 83–84, 100, 103, 215
Pettigrew, J. Bell, 57
Philadelphia Inquirer, 165
Philadelphia Record, 189
photographs
alteration of Langley 1903 flyer and, 227–29
December 17, 1903, 176–79, 180–81, 257
Great Flood of 1914 and, 220, 221
of Huffman Prairie flights, 192, 193
Langley's crashed plane, 168
Pilcher, Mr., 135
pirates, 85
Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 23
powered flight, invention of
Glenn Curtiss stealing, 194–95
Katherine Wright and, 98
Orville Wright and, 248
Samuel Langley's role in, 42–47
secrecy in order to protect, 190–91
Wilbur's livelihood and, 190
Wilbur Wright-Octave Chanute correspondence on, 212–14
Wilbur Wright's role in, 15–16, 17, 18–19, 255–57
See also Smithsonian feud
printing press/business, 39, 40–41, 56, 69
“Problem of Flying and Practical Experiments in Soaring, The” (Lilienthal), 59
Progress in Flying Machines (Chanute), 49, 61
propellers/propeller shafts, 115, 157–58, 167–68, 169, 170–71, 176, 196, 199, 200
“Real and Near” column (Fred Kelly), 24
Reeder, Catherine, 35
Republican, 53
Rheims, France race (1910), 204–205
Rheims Racer (airplane), 204
Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 164
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 249
Roosevelt, Quentin, 204
Roosevelt, Theodore (Teddy), 18, 107, 113, 133, 156, 165, 204, 216, 253
Roseberry, Cecil, 65, 115, 187, 194–95
rubber-band-powered aerodrome models, 44
Samuel P. Langley Medal for Aerodromics, 223, 236–37
San Diego, California, 72
Science Museum, London, England, 31, 231, 232–33, 235
Scientific American, 133, 188–89
Scientific Magazine, 133
secrecy by the Wright brothers, 66, 71, 110, 119, 190–91, 192, 193
Selfridge, Captain Thomas, 196–200
sexual relations, 11–12, 13, 29–30, 98–99, 262–63
Singer, Isaac Merrit, 60
Smeaton's coefficient, 126, 138, 139
Smithsonian Annual Report, 133, 229
Smithsonian feud, 18
alteration of Langley aerodrome and, 223–31
Ames/Taylor report and, 237, 238
Charles Lindbergh and, 25, 239–40, 242–43, 247
Kelly biography and, 25–26, 27, 246–48
letter amending Orville's will, 245, 247, 251, 262
opposition to Smithsonian, 236, 237–38
Orville Wright's demands, 241, 242
supporters of the Smithsonian and, 237
Wright Flyer shipped to London and, 232–34, 235–36
Wrights’ indebtedness to Langley and, 236–37
Zahm report, 229, 240, 241, 247
Smithsonian Institution
Charles Greeley Abbott as Secretary of, 235
Kelly's biography and, 27
Langley aerodrome displayed at, 164, 230–31
Orville Wright and, 26
Samuel Langley and, 223
Samuel Langley as secretary of, 43
War Department money given to, 50, 64–65
Wilbur Wright contacting, 12, 19, 58–59, 60–61, 105
Wright Flyer refused at, 230, 235, 236, 237
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 247
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, 126
“Soaring Flight” (Huffaker), 59
Society of Engineers, 12
“Some Aeronautical Experiments” (speech), 132–37
Spirit of St. Louis (monoplane), 261
Spratt, George Alexander, 118–19, 123–24, 144, 148, 167, 168, 171
steam-powered aerodrome models, 44, 45–46, 47, 59, 113. See also aerodromes (Langley flyer)
Steele High School, 30, 96, 97
Steeper, Howard, 31
Steeper, Miller, 31
Steinbeck, John, 86
St. James City, Florida, 72
storms, 81–82, 120, 166–67, 168, 201, 234
tail spin, 149
Tate, William, 83, 85, 86, 100, 103, 121
Taylor, Charlie (mechanic), 13–14, 117–18, 119, 154–55, 157, 168, 169, 170, 193, 262
Ten Dayton Boys, 33
test flights
aerodromes of Samuel Langley, 160–64, 171–72
Chanute's glider, 50
by Otto Lilienthal, 55
restored Langley flyer, 223–25, 226–27, 228, 229–30
See also glider experiments; Wright, Wilbur, flights of
Tise, Larry, 106
Titanic (ship), 60
Tobin, James, 16
toy helicopter, 11
Tunisson, Frank, 189
typhoid fever, 10, 18, 26, 30, 50, 51–52, 88, 122, 217
United Brethren Church, 30, 35, 94
United State Naval Academy, 43
United States Patent Office, 151–53
United State Weather Service, 19, 73
US Army, 19, 65, 196, 199, 219, 244
US Army Ordinance Department, 65
US Circuit Court of Appeals, 218, 223
“Value of Curved Surfaces in Flight, The” (Huffaker), 45
Vanderbilt, William K., 186
Verrazano, Giovanni de, 85
Wagner, Mrs., 221
Walcott, Charles Doolittle, 27, 160–61, 163, 219, 223, 224, 225, 226, 230, 231, 235, 236
Ward, Captain Jesse, 168
War Department, 50, 64–65, 160, 161, 163
Washington Post, 189
Watson, Thomas A., 186
well digging, 144, 146, 148–49
Werthner, William, 40
Western Society of Engineers, 116, 128, 131–37, 154–59, 210, 236
West Side News, 39
White, Harry, 114
Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers (Howard), 69, 105, 148
Wilson, Woodrow, 95
wind shear, 158
wind tunnel, 12, 15, 138, 139–40
wing-warping concept
cardboard-box moment, 68
corresponding with Chanute on, 71–72, 112
Glenn Curtiss and, 194, 197, 208
Orville Wright and, 147
patent and, 152
setup for control, 144
Western Society of Engineers speech and, 136, 155, 156–57
Wilbur as perfecting vs. inventing, 212
Woodland Cemetery, 58
World's Fair (1893), 49, 51, 131
World's Fair (1900), 96
World's Fair (1904), 96
Wright Aeronautical Company, 30
Wright and Wright (printing firm), 40
Wright brothers
Baldwin's dirigible and, 185
at Columbian Exposition World's Fair (1893), 49
at Dayton County Fair, 185–86, 193–94
differences and similarities between, 9, 12, 16–17, 134–35, 259
different roles in Kitty Hawk (1900), 105–106
disbelief about flights of, 192–93
father treating as equals, 9–10
Glenn Curtiss and, 187–88, 194–95, 197
indebtedness to Langley's work, 236–37
in Kelly biography, 248, 254–59
at Kill Devil Hills (1900), 100–106
at Kitty Hawk (1902), 143, 144, 147–49
media coverage on 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk and, 188–90
Orville version, in biographical information on, 10–11, 12
photograph of December 17, 1903 flight and, 180–81
pioneer patent ad, 218–19, 223–24
portrayed as perfect men, 15
renewed test flights of 1903 Langley flyer and, 230
trip to Kill Devil Hills (1903), 165–82
trip to Kitty Hawk (1901), 120–30
wing-warping idea (see wing-warping concept)
See also Wright, Orville; Wright, Wilbur
Wright Brothers, The (McCullough), 10, 210
Wright Brothers: A Biography Authorized by Orville Wright, The (Kelly), 10–11, 12, 146–47, 148, 149, 246–48, 254–55
Wright, Dan, 35
Wright Flyer
damaged after December 1903 flights, 182
delivered to Kill Devil Hills (1903), 167
displayed at MIT as world's first airplane, 230–31
displayed at the Smithsonian, 229, 230, 231
efforts to fly a replica of, 263
Elizabeth City, NC, depot fire and, 165
flown at Kill Devil Hills (1903), 172–74, 175–77, 180
Great Flood of 1914 and, 21, 30, 221–22
Mabel Beck and the letter regarding, 31
mechanic for, 13
media response to achievement at Kitty Hawk, 188–90
moved to Corsham, England, 183, 244
Orville as mechanic and Wilbur as designer of, 17, 106, 107
photograph of, December 17, 1903, 176–79, 180–81
refused at Smithsonian Institution, 230, 235, 236, 237
return to the United States, 249, 261–62
shipped to Science Museum, London, 77–78, 231, 232–34, 235–36
Smithsonian plaque for, 261
World War II bombing and, 244–45
See also Smithsonian feud
Wright, Ivonette (sister-in-law). See Miller, Ivonette Wright
Wright, Katherine (sister of Wilbur and Orville), 11
caring for her father and brothers, 11, 14–15, 94–95, 97
cast out by Orville, 12, 14, 37
Chanute's visit to Dayton and, 117
Charlie Taylor (mechanic) and, 117
Earl Findley and, 24
friendship with Margaret Goodwin, 95, 96
Great Flood of 1914 and, 220, 221
Kitty Hawk trip (1900) and, 97–98
letters from Kitty Hawk to (1900), 91, 92, 93, 100–101
relationships/sexual interest, 13
role in development of flight, 99
telegram to Chanute (1903), 179
Western Society of Civil Engineers speech and, 132, 133
at World's Fair, 96
Wright, Lorin (brother of Wilbur and Orville), 14, 29, 35, 36, 144, 147, 148, 189, 227–29
Wright Memorial, 17
Wright, Milton (father of Wilbur and Orville), 9
bicycles and, 53
as bishop, 35
comparing abilities of Wilbur and Orville, 90
conflict with his church, 141
death, 262
diary entries before Wilbur's death, 216–17
Great Flood of 1914 and, 220, 221
influence on Wilbur, 104
Katherine and, 14–15, 94–95, 96
keeping his family within his orbit, 35, 36–37
letters about Kitty Hawk trip (1900) to, 97–98
Octave Chanute's visit to Wilbur and, 116
on Oliver Haugh incident (1913), 34
on Orville dropping out of school, 40
Orville's typhoid fever and, 52
parents of, 35
on printing operation, 40
toy helicopter brought home by, 11
travel by, 38
wanting to keep his children home, 35–36, 117
Wilbur's correspondence to, 60–61, 75, 89–90
on the world as evil and untrustworthy, 10, 35, 36, 104, 256
Wright, Orville
accident on glider (1902), 143, 148, 155–56
alteration of Langley 1903 flyer and, 227–28
appearance of, 16
Chanute on, 143
Charles Lindbergh meeting with, 239–40, 251–52
courtship with Agnes Osborn, 14
on Edward Huffaker, 122
flight on December 17, 1903, 12, 15–16, 176, 180, 181
flying Wright Flyer with an army officer, 196–200
Great Flood of 1914 and, 220
having Wright Flyer shipped to London, 231, 232–34
heart attacks/strokes, 30
interest in flight, 57
Katherine Orville and, 12, 14, 37, 98, 262
Kelly biography and, 10–11, 12, 23, 24, 146–47, 148, 149, 246–48, 257–58
Kelly's interviews and articles on, 23
at Kill Devil Hills (October, 1900), 103, 104
in Kitty Hawk (1900), 90–91, 100–101
in Kitty Hawk (1901), 122
laboratory of, 28
lack of interest in flying, 60–61
letter amending will of, 247, 262
letter between Chanute and, 109
not flying the glider at Kitty Hawk (1900), 105
omitted from mention in Wilbur-Chanute's correspondence, 72, 74–75
returning to Dayton for propeller shafts (1903), 171–72
role in Kitty Hawk visit (1900), 106
in school, 40
sexual relations, 29–30, 98, 262–63
Smithsonian feud and, 26–27, 230–34, 235, 237, 240–41, 242
Smithsonian letter (1899) and, 59, 60
speech about return of the Wright Flyer (1943), 249–50
Western Society of Engineers talks and, 137, 159
on Wilbur's death, 217
Wilbur's plans/trip to Kitty Hawk (1900) and, 60–61, 74–75, 86
See also Wright brothers
Wright, Reuchlin (brother of Wilbur and Orville), 14, 35
Wright Sister, The (Maurer), 96
Wright, Susan (Koerner) (mother of Wilbur and Orville), 28–29, 34, 36, 37–38, 39
Wright Van Cleve bicycles, 66, 67
Wright Way, The (Eppler), 197
Wright, Wilbur
academic and athletic abilities of, 33
articles published by, 111
belief that others were stealing from him, 208–209, 210–12
on bicycle/airplane connection, 53, 66–67
on business/businessmen, 53–54
as celebrity in France, 209–10
Chanute's view of, 168–69, 191
Chanute's visit to, 112, 116–17, 118
correspondence with Octave Chanute, 17, 50, 61, 70–73, 74–75, 108–11, 150, 179, 180, 181, 186
on Edward Huffaker, 122
Experiments and Observations in Soaring Flight (pamphlet), 186
father on intellectual force of, 10
father's fight with the church and, 141
fight with Octave Chanute, 212–14
flying by Glenn Curtiss vs. flying by, 205–206
funeral of, 217
information from Chanute passed on to, 130
as inventor of manned flight, 15–16, 18
letter sent to Smithsonian Institution, 58–59, 60–61
Mabel Beck and, 30
movable rudder and, 147
needing to understand the science of controlled flight, 129–30
offer to Glenn Curtiss, 218
Oliver Haugh event, influence on, 32–35, 36, 39
patent deposition, 148, 149–50
patent suits/wars, 202, 208, 211, 215–16, 218
on position of the flying machine operator, 106, 109, 111
as primary inventor and pilot, 255–57
reading and self-education by, 38–39
referenced in biographies of Wright Brothers, 11
returning to Kill Devil Hills (1908), 201–202, 211
speaking to the Western Society of Engineers, 131–37, 154–59
taking care of his mother, 34, 37, 38
trip to Kitty Hawk (1900), 79–93
on unjustness and evil in the world, 214
visits to Kitty Hawk, 19
See also Wright brothers; Wright, Wilbur, flights of
Wright, Wilbur, flights of
December 17, 1903, 176–78, 180–81
final, at Kitty Hawk (1912), 215
glider experiments (1900), 83, 102–105, 106, 108
glider flights (1901), 124–26, 127–29
glider flights (1902), 146, 148
Kill Devil Hills (1900), 102–105
over New York (1910), 206
Xenia, Ohio, 192
Yellow Kid, The (comic strip), 42
Young, Roz, 262