Aircraft Production in Dayton
by NCR World Copyright 1970
The early days of aviation, including the Wright Brothers shop in 1910. Published in NCR World September-October, 1970.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Day the Wrights Came Home
by Howard Burba Copyright 1931
The Wright Brothers were given a two day celebration in Dayton when they came home from France in 1909. The article appeared in the Dayton Daily News on January 4, 1931
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
DIE BRÜDER WRIGHT (The Wright Brothers)
by Von Hauptmann a.D. A. Hildebrandt Published 1909
German book in original text, it is one of the earliest histories of the Wright Brothers early years.
Flying Machines: Construction and Operation
by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell Copyright 1912
Plans on how to build your own airplane, with many facts about the Wright Brothers
Reference copy available at Special Collections & Archives at Wright State University Libraries
From Dayton to the Argonne
by The Dayton Wright Airplane Company Copyright 1919
How the Dayton Wright Airplane Company evolved from the early efforts of the Wright Brothers to become the foremost producers of airplanes
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
Here's How It Was Really Reported
by Roz Young Copyright 1970
How the report of the Wright Brothers first flight was handled by Dayton newspapers at the time. Published in NCR World Spetember-October 1970.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
A History of Aeronautics
by E. Charles Vivian Copyright 1921
Vivian attempts to chronicle how flight had developed from its beginnings to 1920. The Wright Brothers are mentioned throughout the book, as well as having their own chapter.
Reference copy available at Wright State University
How We Made the First Flight
by Orville Wright Copyright 1913
Orville's article was published in Flying and The Aero Club of America Bulletin, December 1913
Reproduced here from web site of the Federal Aviation Administration
Mastery of the Air
by William J. Claxton Copyright 1918
A history of aviation from its very beginnings to World War I. Includes several chapters on the Wright Brothers
Copied from private collection.
The Shop that Became a Shrine
by Howard Egbert Copyright 1928
How the Wright Brother's bicycle shop in Dayton became a monument to flight.
Reference copy available at Dayton Metro Library
Transcribed by Dayton History Books volunteer Jackie Frederick
The Wright Brothers - The first magazine article written about them (The article had no title)
by Amos Ives Root Copyright 1905
First article to appear about the Wright Brothers. Published in Gleanings in Bee Culture, January 1, 1905.
Reproduced here from scrapbook owned by the Library of Congress
The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane
by Orville and Wilbur Wright Copyright 1908
How the Wright Brothers invented the airplane, in their own words. First appeared in The Century Magazine on September 1908.
Reproduced here from scrapbook owned by the Library of Congress
The Wright Flyer
by NCR World
How the 1905 Flyer was reassembled and displayed (which it stillis) at Carillon Park, Dayton, Ohio. The article appeared in NCR World, September-October 1970 issue.
Transcribed by Dayton History Books Online volunteer Betty Zins
