The papers of Wilbur & Orville Wright [microform] : containers 1-3 diaries and notebooks, 1900-1919.

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The papers of Wilbur & Orville Wright [microform] : containers 1-3 diaries and notebooks, 1900-1919.

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"The Diaries and Notebooks are among the most significant of the Wright material. Orville Wright's entry for 17 December 1903 gives an account of the first successful powered flights. The diaries describe the brothers' flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and their scientific experiments and include entries and financial notes on their 1907 trip to Europe, Wilbur Wright's trip abroad in 1908, and Orville Wright's European tour of 1913. Another group of entries refers to their flights at College Park, Maryland, in 1909 and at Montgomery, Alabama, in 1910, where the Wrights conducted flight training. Apart from the biographical information which they contain, the logs are also significant for the scientific data, formulas, and computations related to the aerodynamic and design factors which enabled the Wright brothers to produce a successful airplane where others had failed."--Wilbur and Orville Wright papers finding aid, Library of Congress Web site.

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....