The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)

About this book

Peter L. Jakab and Rick Young bring together for the first time nearly seventy of Wilbur and Orville Wrights published writings into a single annotated reference. Spanning the decades from the brothers turn-of-the-century experiments with gliders until Orvilles death in 1948 the articles describe the design of their aircraft early test flights and camp life at Kitty Hawk. Other pieces discuss technical subjects such as airplane stability and the relationship of weight speed and power. As the airplane evolved the brothers frequently commented on such subjects as the future of commercial aviation and air travel sport flying air safety and military aviation.