Authors: Tom D. Crouch
Seventh Street School, 57–58
Seward, William Henry, 29
Shakespeare, William, 146
Shonts, Theodore P., 409
Short, Eustace, 389, 410, 435, 451, 488
Short, Oswald, 389, 410, 435, 451, 488
Short Brothers balloon factory, 388–89
Shuey, William J., 85
Silliman, Harriet, 173
Silver Dart
, 400
Simms Station, 278–79, 426, 433
Simplex Automobile Company, 466
Sines, Ed “Jamsie,” 48, 58, 94, 96, 104–5, 107, 109, 111,
112
Sines & Wright, 94
Skeel, Burt, 511
Slipstream
, 505
Smeaton, John, 175–76, 177, 214, 220, 226
Smith, Charles E., 138
Smithsonian Annual Report
, 162, 487
Smithsonian Institution, 180, 329, 390
aeronautics and, 140–42, 152, 153, 154, 160, 161–62, 171, 257, 262, 350, 501
Arts and Industries Building of, 527–29
National Museum of, 445, 492, 520, 526–29
Orville’s feud with, 57, 484–502, 519–21
Wright Flyer (1903) at, 526–29
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
, 520
Snap-Shots of Current Events
, 111, 113
Société Astra, 383, 416, 433, 440
Société Autour du Monde, 383
Society for the Encouragement of Peace, 383
Solirène, Monsieur, 317
“Some Aeronautical Experiments” (Wright), 232
Sonora
, 37
Southard, Fred, 437
Spaatz, Carl, 524
Spanish-American War, 347
spars, 280, 282, 283
Sperry, Elmer, 459
Sperry, Lawrence, 459–60
Spirit of St. Louis
, 502–3, 528
Spitler, Doctor, 108, 157, 449
split flap device, 15, 471–72
Spratt, George Alexander, 76–77, 205–8, 212–13, 219, 225, 236–37, 253, 255, 259, 301, 329, 421–22
sprockets, 259, 261
Squier, George, 347–48, 372, 375, 378, 379, 392
Stack, John, 528–29
Standard Aircraft, 470
Standard S-1 aircraft, 510
“Stardust Twins,” 431
“Star-Spangled Banner, The,” 527, 528
State Anti-Secrecy Society, 51
Stauffer, Amos, 285, 298, 299, 308
Steele High School, 121, 122
Steeper, Harold, 525, 526
Steinmetz, Charles, 508
Stephens, Thomas, 31
Stinson, Eddie, 436
Stinson Aircraft, 436
stopwatches, 267, 398, 399
“Story of Experiments in Mechanical Flight,
The” (Langley), 162
Stout, Lansing, 37
streetcars, 46, 158
struts, 173
Sublimity College, 37
submarines, 167, 267, 328
Summit Street house, 66
supersonic flight research program, 529
Surcouf, Edouard, 342, 368
Swann, Leroy, 511
Sweet, George, 398
Syndicat d’Aviation, 322
“Tactical and Strategic Value of Dirigible Balloons and Aerodynamical Machines, The,” 372–73
Taft, William Howard, 292, 304, 331, 390, 391, 392, 398–99, 417, 449, 489, 491
tails:
cruciform, 154, 155, 168, 257, 262
four-bladed, 168–69
two-cell kite as, 322
vertical, 254
see also
elevators; rudders
takeoffs, 281–84, 299
gravity assisted, 255
unassisted, 381
water, 458
see also
launch mechanisms
Talbott, Harold, 468–69
Talbott, Harold, Jr., 468–69
Targe, A. L., 337, 339
Taschenbuch zum praktischen Gebrauch für Flugtechniker und Luftshiffer
(Moedebeck), 219–20, 232
Tate, Dan, 196, 209, 256, 258–59
Tate, Mrs. William, 187–88,
187
, 199, 207
Tate, Tom, 196–97
Tate, William J., 183, 187–88,
187
, 189, 190, 192, 193–94, 195–96, 207, 209, 236, 241, 267, 505
Tatin, Victor, 275, 336
Tattler
, 101
Taylor, Bayard, 37
Taylor, Charles, 203–5, 438–39, 509
European trip of, 339, 341–42
Wrights assisted by, 117, 121, 204–5, 244–45,
245
, 253, 259, 260, 274, 371, 376, 377–78, 407, 412, 426
Wrights recalled by, 117–18, 204, 243, 244, 273, 283
Taylor, David Wilson, 492
Taylor, Henrietta Webbert, 204
Taylor, Lady Jane, 330, 333
telephone, invention of, 138, 350
temperance, 25–26, 29, 30, 41, 51, 67
Ten Dayton Boys, 74,
74
, 117
thermodynamics, 175
three-axis control, 15, 167–70, 322, 383, 422
Tissandier, Paul, 385, 386
Tomlinson, John, 300
Toulmin, Henry A., 276, 277, 300, 418, 448, 497
toys, 56–57, 128, 159, 164, 362, 515
Wright-made, 15, 127, 515–16
transmission systems, 243–44, 256, 260, 261, 267
“Tribute to the Wright Brothers” (Bell), 326
triplanes, 156, 239
Trowbridge, John, 137
Truman, Harry S., 521, 528
tuberculosis, 32, 63, 77
Tunison, Frank, 271, 274
Turpin, J. Clifford, 428, 436
typhoid fever, 27, 71, 124, 157, 187, 208, 448–49
Union Biblical Seminary, 41
United Brethren Printing Establishment, 43, 82, 85, 91–92
United States Rubber, 328
Universal Exposition, 321
U.S. Air Services
, 475, 496, 500
U.S. Bobbin and Shuttle, 328
Van Cleve, John, 22, 113
Van Cleve, Margaret, 22, 113
Van Cleve bicycles, 113, 204
Van Deman, Mrs. Ralph, 408–9
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 409, 410
vanes, 443, 459, 460
Veiru, John W., 137
Verrazano, Giovanni da, 192
Viana, Marquis de, 381
Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 387, 388
Victory, John, 524
Ville de Paris
, 342
Vinci, Leonardo da, 56, 152, 419
Vin Fizz
, 439
Vinson, Fred, 528
Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst, Der
(Lilienthal), 142–43
Voisin, Charles, 342–43, 369
Voisin, Gabriel, 319–23, 336, 342–43, 362, 364, 369
Voisin-Delagrange I, 343
Voisin-Farman I, 343–44
Vuia, Trajan, 324
Vuia II, 324
Waddell, T. N., 280
“Wagerechte Lage Während des Gleitfluges, Die” (Wright), 202–3
Walcott, Charles D., 257, 485–88, 490–93
Walker, John Brisbane, 328
Walker, Percy, 302
Wallace, Charles S., 372
Wanamaker, Rodman, 407
war bonds, 478
War Department, U.S., 192–94, 304–5, 309, 310, 311, 314, 331–32, 392, 397, 446
War Ministry, French, 309–10, 311, 322, 333–35. 337–40, 446–47, 460
Warner, Edward, 516–17
War Office, British, 291, 294–95, 304–6, 311–12, 388
Warren, Lindsay, 505, 506, 507
Washington, George, 504, 527
Washington, Martha, 528
Washington
Evening Star
, 374
Washington
Herald
, 499
Washington School, 58
Watson, Thomas, 349, 350
Waubeck Island, 478
Wayside Inn, 507
Weather Bureau, U.S., 220, 329, 524
Weaver, Bishop, 68
Weaver, Henry M., Sr., 308–9, 315, 327
Webbert, Charles, 116, 508
Webbert, Henry, 298, 300
Webster, Noah, 508
Weed, Thurlow, 29
Weiller, Lazare, 349, 354, 362, 381, 383, 388, 405, 433, 440
Weisskopf, Gustav, 498–501, 502
Wells, H. G., 399
Welsh, Art L., 11, 427, 435, 436, 437, 451, 458
Wenham, Francis Herbert, 149, 177, 247
Werthner, William, 94, 279
Westcott, Bob, 264, 266, 268, 355
West Dayton, Ohio, 45–47, 96–99, 107, 298, 452–54, 510
West Dayton
Evening Item
, 97–100, 104, 159
Western College, 31, 60
Western Society of Engineers, 218–19, 253, 281, 416, 417
Western Union, 270, 271
West Side News
, 96–97, 101, 104
Wetmore, Alexander, 524, 526–27, 528
Wheeler, Esther, 57–58
Wheeler, Monroe, 404
Whitehead, Charles, 500
Whitehead, Gustav, 498–501, 502
White Wing
, 353, 360
Whiting, Kenneth, 435
Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany, 307, 339, 340, 406
Willard, Charles, 402
Williams, Alexander, 402
Williams, H. S., 46
Wilson, Maurice, 450
Wilson, Woodrow, 465, 469, 471, 473
windmills, 172–73, 175–76
wind pressure (CP), 180
wind tunnels, 149, 177, 222–28, 224, 230, 231, 234, 235, 237,
238
, 242, 254, 371, 473, 512, 516
wind velocity, 178, 182–83, 189, 196, 197, 203
wings, 114
bat, 260
bird, 172–73, 176
cambered, 176, 179, 180, 197, 210–11, 221–22, 226–27, 280, 295, 318, 320, 497
cathedral arch of, 196
design of, 166, 169, 170, 172–73, 176, 178–80, 196, 210–11, 222–28, 235, 243, 255, 295, 320, 401–2
dihedral angle of, 169, 170, 196, 319, 324, 383
fabric covering of, 183, 187,
187
, 199, 232, 255, 352, 397, 400
folding, 206, 233
helical twist of, 172–73, 198, 200, 201, 299
multiple, 153–54, 168, 239, 262, 276
oscillating, 239, 249
span and surface of, 138, 139, 172, 188, 203, 235, 241, 295, 320
tandem, 139, 153, 155, 322
wing-warping system, 201, 232, 267, 295, 318–20, 324, 338, 353
Wrights’ development of, 198, 200, 213, 214–15, 235–36, 246, 251, 253–54, 255, 383–84. 396, 419–20, 441, 451–52, 462
Winkley, Erastus E., 423, 447
women’s rights, 41, 51, 88, 89, 121, 392
Wood, Robert, 142–45
Woodland Cemetery, 82, 450, 480, 525
World’s Columbian Exposition, 150–52, 184, 248, 371
World War I, 436, 457, 461, 464, 466, 498, 511
aircraft of, 461, 464, 469–70
World War II, 15, 436, 446, 478, 520
Wright, Asahel (great-uncle), 22, 23–24, 105
Wright, Bertha Ellwyn (niece), 71, 128
Wright, Catherine Louise (niece), 69–70, 128
Wright, Catherine Reeder (grandmother), 22–23, 24–25, 27, 35, 38, 39, 40
Wright, Dan (grandfather), 21, 22–23, 27, 28, 39, 40, 79
appearance and personality of, 25–26
Milton on, 25
Wright, Dan (great-grandfather), 21, 22
Wright, George (uncle), 23
Wright, Harvey (uncle), 22, 26, 27
Wright, Helen Margaret (niece), 60, 71, 128
Wright, Herbert (nephew), 71, 128–30
Wright, Horace “Buster” (nephew), 89, 125, 127, 443,
480
Wright, Ida (sister), 47
Wright, Ivonette “Netta” Stokes, 89, 125
Wright, John Quincy, 19
Wright, Kate (aunt), 23
Wright, Katharine (sister), 30, 38, 71, 72, 107,
386, 480, 483
birth of, 48
childhood of, 48–49, 50, 55, 60,
62
, 65, 66, 77, 83, 87
correspondence of, 91, 117, 122–24, 162, 184, 214, 236, 510
death of, 483
education of, 88–89, 91. 92, 94, 104, 116, 119–20, 120, 157, 160, 279, 385, 525
European trips of, 385–90,
386
, 402, 405–6, 409, 451–52
family role of, 87–89, 90, 91–92, 121–25, 157
friends of, 119–20, 120, 123, 173, 379, 408
health of, 123
household responsibilities of, 87–89, 91, 92, 121–22, 123–25, 157, 359, 360
humor of, 103, 120
loneliness of, 122–23, 236
marriage of, 482–83
men as seen by, 119–21, 204, 379
Milton and, 60, 87–89, 90, 91–92, 120, 122, 123, 124–25, 163, 509
nickname of, 50
Orville and, 49, 50, 65, 125, 157, 159, 190–91, 371–72, 377–80, 450–52, 475, 476, 477, 482–83, 488–89
Orville’s break with, 482–83
passenger flight of, 386
personality of, 119–25, 387
public interest in, 387
teaching job of, 91, 121, 122, 377, 426
White House visit of, 391–92
Wilbur and, 14, 48–49, 50, 104–5, 125, 186, 218, 219, 335, 359, 360
Wilbur’s bequest to, 71, 450
Wright, Lorin (brother), 39, 47, 48, 49, 57,
73, 74
, 75, 88, 89
children of, 89, 125–28, 157–58, 443, 476
Dayton life of,
73
, 89, 102
death of, 480
early married life of, 89
education of, 64, 89
family bookkeeping by, 40
financial situation of, 64, 89
jobs of, 64, 66, 89
Kansas frontier life of, 72,
73
, 77, 83, 89
on Wilbur, 118
Wilbur’s bequest to, 71, 450
Wright Brothers and, 109, 188, 239, 270, 271, 273, 378, 391, 395, 443, 444, 476, 483, 489, 515
Wright, Lulu Billheimer, 69–71, 104, 128–30, 164
Wright, Milton (father),
20, 126
, 393
birth of, 23–24, 65
bishopric of, 52, 60–63, 67, 69, 78, 82, 85–86, 215–18
boyhood of, 24–27
church career of, 12, 26, 27–28, 31, 35–38, 39–43, 51–52, 60–64, 67–69, 78–82, 83–86, 103, 215–18
church censure of, 217–18
church struggles of, 12, 41–43, 63, 67–69, 78–82, 119, 302, 402
circuit travel of, 35–38, 39, 40, 52, 54–55, 60, 63, 69, 78, 81, 86, 88, 90, 104, 128, 150–51, 157, 160
correspondence of, 21, 36, 37, 38, 39, 48, 53, 54–55, 87, 88, 90–91, 113, 124, 338
courtship of, 31, 35, 37
death of, 479–80
diaries of, 32, 35, 38, 74–75, 76, 77, 82, 124, 327, 376–77, 448, 449, 450
editorial positions of, 43, 45, 47, 51–52, 63–64, 65, 67, 69
educational beliefs of, 30–31, 56–58, 128
family sense of, 20–21, 31, 86–87, 90–92, 124–25
flood rescue of, 453
genealogical interests of, 21, 32, 480
grandparenting of, 125,
126
, 127, 128, 157–58, 173
illnesses of, 31, 37
income of, 30, 39, 47, 64, 67, 124
marriage of, 20–21, 38, 40
only flight of, 11–12, 19, 428
ordination of, 12, 30, 35
parenting of, 47, 48, 49, 53, 60, 157, 184
personality of, 12–13, 20–21, 20, 26–27, 30–31, 33, 35, 41–42, 60–62, 67, 103, 123, 124