The Wright Brothers

INDEX

Abbot, Dr. Charles G., 318–21, 323–33
accidents and mishaps, 91, 97, 127, 129, 131–32, 161, 221, 229–31, 234, 250, 265
Ader, Clement, 47, 187
Aerial Experiment Assn., 289–94
Aero Club of America, 145, 146, 157, 158, 171, 194, 258
Aéro Club of France, 166, 167, 170, 174, 175, 177, 180, 182, 191, 236, 239, 248–49
Aéro Club of the Sarthe, 244–45, 249, 250, 257
Aero Club of the United Kingdom, 258
Aeronautical Annual, 46
Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, 147, 173, 243, 246, 247, 258
Aérophile, 166, 168, 170, 174, 179
air pressure, 53–54, 67, 71, 73–76, 80, 291
Alexander, Patrick Y., 147, 173, 191, 217
Alfonso of Spain, 252
Algeciras conference, 188
Alger, Russell A. and Frederick M., 268, 270, 271
Allen, Genl. James, 208, 211, 212, 259
American Assn. for the Advancement of Science, 109–10
American Magazine of Aeronautics, 210
angle of incidence, 67–68, 82
AP, 106, 108, 109, 110
Archdeacon, Ernest, 167–68, 170, 237
Arnold (Lt. Genl.), Henry H., 284
Auto, 174, 179, 182
Auvours flying field, 234, 241, 243, 247, 248, 250
Baden-Powell, Maj. B. F. S., 246, 247
balance—see equilibrium
Baldwin, Capt. Thomas S., 288–89, 293, 295
Balfour, Arthur, 253
Barnum & Bailey, 203
Barriquand & Marre, 206
Barthou, Louis, 248
Bates, Maj. Genl. J. C., 153
Beacham, Thomas, 95
Beachey, Lincoln, 308
Beard, David, 146
Beard family, 136, 142, 178
Beard, Luther, 139–41
Beck, Mabel, 273
Bell, Dr. Alexander Graham, 3, 289, 307
Belmont, August, 270
Belmont Park Aviation Tournament, 281
Benham, Catharine—see Thompson, Mrs. Samuel
Bennett, James Gordon, 191–92, 219, 222, 251
Bennett balloon race, 207
Berg, Hart O., 195, 196, 197, 201, 204, 233, 234, 236, 238, 246–47
Berg, Mrs. Hart O., 246–47, 248
Bergdoll, Grover C., 285
Berlin B. Z. Mittag, 217;
Lokal Anzseiger, 254, 261
Berry, Walter V. R., 187
Bertrand, Col. Charles A., 172, 223
Berwind, E. J., 270
Besançon, Georges, 170–71, 174–75, 179, 180, 181
bicycle shop, the Wrights’—see Wright Cycle Co.
bidders on plane for U. S. War Dept., 211
Bierce, Nelson, 174
Billman, C. S., 145, 177
Bleriot, Louis, 239–40, 294
blinkers, 130–31
“bluffeur,” 234, 238
Bollée, Léon, 233, 235–36, 241, 245
Bollée, Mme., 248
Bond, Miss, 24
Bonel, Comdt., 187–200, 203
Boulton, 309
Brewer, Griffith, 244, 247, 258, 314
Brinkley, W. C., 98
British government, 147–48, 151–52
British War Office, 151, 156–57
British Wright company, 284
Brookins, Walter, 274, 279
Burkhardt, J. C., 224
Butler, F. H., 247
Cabot, Samuel and Godfrey L., 115–16, 157, 158
Calderara, Lt., 255–56
Camber, 69–70, 121, 130
Capper, Lt. Col. J. E., 147–48
Carvin, Louis, 257
catapult—see derrick catapult
Celleri, Count and Countess di, 255
center of gravity, 47–48, 121 n., 127
Chandler, Capt. Charles DeF., 212
Chanute, Octave, 47, 48, 52, 68–69, 72–73, 78, 92, 106, 110, 126, 148, 152, 155, 157, 166, 169, 171, 224, 291, 309;
Progress in Flying Machines, 46, 52
Chicago—Orville Wright’s speech at, 73–75;
aviation meet at, 279
Chicago Daily News, 109;
Record-Herald, 105, 109, 278–79;
Tribune, 224, 278
Cie. Gén. de Nav. Aérienne, 213
Cincinnati Enquirer, 105–107, 123, 125;
Post, 145
Claudy, C. H., 231
Cleveland Leader, 218–19
Coffyn, Frank T., 275
Collier, Robert J., 270, 282, 285, 286
Collier’s Weekly, 146, 220, 223, 225, 270
Coquelle, Robert, 179–81
Cordley, F. R., 195, 197
commercial express, plane first used for, 280
Cox, James M., 134, 135
Crane, Spencer C., 274
Crozier, Brig. Genl. William, 158, 159, 208
Curtiss, Glenn H., 288–96;
tests Langley machine, 308–15, 318;
his alterations, 327–32
Daniels, John T., 95, 98, 102
Dargent, M., 168
Dayton (O.) celebration for Wrights, 258–59;
flood (1913), 283;
Daily News, 107, 123, 134–35, 145;
Journal, 105–107, 123, 139, 140, 145;
first flight over, 280
Dayton, Genl. Jonathan, 21
Delagrange, Léon, 217–18, 240
derrick catapult, 128, 236, 249
Deutsch de la Meurthe, Henri, 170, 198, 199, 213
Dewey, Orville, 23
Dickin, Mr., 245
Dickson, Capt. T. C., 155
Dienstbach, Carl, 169
Dosher, Joseph J., 56, 103, 217
Dough, W. S., 95, 98
Doumer, Paul, 248
Duchemin, 302
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 37
Eddy, U. S., 194
Edison, Thomas A., 3
Edward VII, King, 252
Eiffel Tower, 141, 266
elevator, 51, 53–55, 63, 65–67, 82, 127, 131–34
Ellis, E. W., 145, 258–59
engines, 84–86, 121–22, 194
Englehardt, Capt. Paul, 263
equilibrium, 47–49, 50–55, 64, 70–71, 81–83
Esnault-Pelterie, Robert, 170
Estournelles, Baron d’, 245
Etheridge, A. D., 98
Etienne, M., 186
Evening Item (Dayton), 38
exhibition flights, 277–79, 282;
charges for, 277
Farman, Henri, 217–18, 240
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, 171
Feight, John G., 114
Ferber, Capt. Louis F., 167–73, 181–85, 189
Fiske, Wilbur, 23
flight, the Wrights’ first, 90–119;
Orville’s narrative, 96–102;
telegram, 103–104, 106, 107;
press treatment, 103–11;
cost, 112–14;
public’s reception of story, 114–17
Flint, Charles R., 194, 195, 261
Flint & Co., 194–96, 203, 233
flying-fields, 122, 226–32, 234, 255, 261, 263
(see also Huffman field, Fort Myer, Auvours)
Fordyce, Arnold, 183–91, 198, 200–203, 245
Fort Myer (Va.) tests, 215, 226–32, 260, 293
Foster, Col. H., 152, 156–57
Foulois, Lt. Benj. D., 260, 266
Fournier, Capt., 187
Fouts, William, 145, 178
France, aeronautics in, 166–93, 198–203, 213, 233–53
Frederick William, Crown Prince, 262–64
Freedman, Andrew, 270
French War Ministry, 198–203, 234, 266
French Wright company, 213, 248, 251, 255, 281
Fuller, Maj. Samson M., 162, 165, 208
Furnas, Charles W., 215, 221, 226, 231
Gardner, Gilson, 224
Gary, Judge Elbert H., 269
gasoline motors—see engines
German War Dept., 204–206
German Wright company, 256, 257, 263
Gillespie, Maj. Genl. G. L., 150
Girardville, Capt. Lucas de, 248
Gleanings in Bee Culture, 118, 143
Gleichen, Col., 157
gliders, 49–55, 57–75, 79–83, 168–70
Gould, Howard, 270
Grahame-White, Claude, 288
“Great W. J. & M. Circus,” 15–18
“Great Truxell Bros. & LaRue Show,” 33–34
Greater Dayton Assn., 280
Greensboro (N. C.) News, 217
Griscom, Lloyd, 256
Gross, Der, 262–63
Hamburger, Frank, 145
Hand, Judge Learned, 294
Hare, James H., 220–25
Harmon, Gov. Judson, 259
Harrison, Pres. Benjamin, 36
Harte, 309
Hawthorn Hill, 282
Hazel, Judge John R., 293–94
helicopter, 8–9, 45
Henson, W. S., 309
Herring, A. M., 211, 212
Herring-Curtiss Co., 288, 293
Hildebrandt, Capt. Alfred, 254, 261, 263
Hill, James J., 256
hobble skirt, 247
Hobbs, Capt., 104
horseless buggy, 43–44
Hoster, William, 220–25
Hoxsey, Arch, 274, 275
Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 265, 283
Huffaker, E. C., 69
Huffman field, 122–23, 126 ff., 134–38, 139, 142, 144–45, 157, 214, 274–76, 280, 288
Huffman, Torrence, 122–23, 145
Humphreys, Lt. Frederic E., 266
Hunaudières track, 234, 236, 241
Illustrierte Aeron. Mitteilungen, 167, 169
Independent, 116
infringers—see lawsuits and Wright patents
Internat’l Aviation Tournament, 281
Italy, aeronautics in, 254–56
Jamestown Exposition, 160
Jamieson, O. F., 145
Jennings, Alice, 25, 32
Johnston, “Corky,” 17
Johnston, Gansey, 14
Johnston, Griswold, 17
Johnstone, Ralph, 275
“June Bug,” Glenn Curtiss’s, 291–92, 294
Kehler, Capt. von, 256, 257
Keidel, Herr, 263
Kelly, Fred C., 141, 326
kite-flying, 12, 50
kite, man-carrying, 52
Kitty Hawk (N. C.), 55–66, 68–72, 79–83, 90–111, 215–25
Kitty Hawk plane, disposition of, 300–33
Knabenshue, Roy, 272–74, 279–80
Koerner, John G., 19–20
Koerner, Mrs. John G. (Catherine Fry), 20
Koerner, Susan Catherine—see Wright, Mrs. Milton
Kohlsaat, H. H., 278–79
Krupp Co., 256
Kumler, Dan, 134–35
LaChapelle, Duval, 275
Lahm, Lt. Frank P., 207–208, 212, 228–29, 266
Lahm, Frank S., 173–77, 179, 180–82, 192–93, 207, 248
Lake, Simon, 195
Lambers, Bernard H., 145
Lambert, Count Charles de, 248, 251, 266
Lambert, Comtesse Charles de, 251–52
“Langley Law,” 138, 301
Langley medal, 302, 303, 309
Langley, Samuel P., 46, 76, 90, 117, 137, 211, 300–303, 305, 306, 309, 310, 312, 313, 318, 323, 330, 332;
Experiments in Aerodynamics, 46;
Experiments in Mechanical Flight, 46
Langley’s flying-machine, 92, 300–333;
borrowed by Curtiss for test, 308;
how altered, 309–13, 322, 324–33
LaRue, Fred, 33
Lassence, Mayor de, 251
lathe, 12–13
launching—see derrick catapult
lawsuits, 287–99, 308, 309, 313, 325
letter-press, 29
Le Mans, 233–50
Letellier, M., 183–86, 198, 200
Lilienthal, Otto, 45–48, 281, 302;
Problem of Flying, 46–47
Lodge, Sen. Henry Cabot, 158
Loening, Grover, 283
London Daily Mail, 220, 222, 223, 252
McCormick, Harold, 277–79
McGowan, P. H., 220–25
Mansfield News, 180
Manufacturers Aircraft Assn., 296
Manville, Frank, 286
Margherita of Italy, 247
Marriott, 309
Martin, Glenn, 295
Mass. Institute of Technology, 307, 308
material used—cloth in gliders, 66;
wood in planes, 122
Maxim, Sir Hiram S., 47, 90, 309
Maxwell Field, 274
Maynard, George C., 304
Means, James, 46
Melville, Rear Admiral G. W., 117
Midget, 31
Michelin Cup, 250
Milling (Genl.) Thomas D., 284
Moore, H. P., 104, 105, 106, 109
Moore, Johnny, 98, 100
Moore, Willis, 51
Morehouse-Martin Co., 280
Morgan, J. P., 256, 269, 270–71
Morgan & Co., 184–85, 187, 189, 268
Morgan, Harjes & Co., 185, 186, 187
Morrow, Harry, 14, 15, 16
Morse, Sherman, 191–92
Mouillard, Empire of the Air, 46
Myers, Howard M., 145
Nevin, R. M., 149, 150
New York American, 105;
Globe, 209;
Herald, 111, 182, 190, 192, 217, 218, 219, 222, 224;
Times, 227, 289, 295;
World, 228
Newcomb, Simon, 116–17, 228
newspapers—see press
Newton, Byron R., 219–25
Nicolai, M., 234
Nicoll, DeLancey, 269
Night and Day Bank Bldg., 271
Nolte, George H., 195
Norfolk (Va.) Virginian-Pilot, 104–106, 108, 216
North American Review, 117
Northcliffe, Lord, 252, 253, 284
Ogilvie, Alec, 281
O’Neal, “Uncle Benny,” 95
Packard Automobile Co., 268
Painlevé, Paul, 247–48
Paris Figaro, 239, 245;
Herald, 192, 197, 217–18, 222, 238–39, 245, 246;
Journal, 183, 185, 186, 198, 200, 201, 239;
Matin, 198, 240
Parmalee, Phil O., 275
Parseval, Maj. von, 257
Parsons, Herbert, 161–62
Patterson Field, 275 n.
Pau, 250–53
Paulhan, Louis, 287–88, 294
Payne, Capt. S. J., 104
Pénaud, Alphonse, 8, 45, 48, 306;
helicopter, 8–9, 45
Perry, Israel, 58–59
Peterkin, Clinton R., 268–69, 271
Phila. Record, 105
Picquart, Genl. M. G., 199, 200, 266
Pilcher, Percy, 47, 309
pilot, position of, 214–15
pilots, training of, 255–56, 274, 275, 284–85
Pirelli, Dr., 248, 254
Plant, Mortimer F., 270
Popular Science Monthly, 110, 118
press, its treatment of Kitty Hawk flight, 103–11;
of later developments, 123–26, 134–35, 139–41, 145, 190–91;
of (1908) experiments, 216–25;
of Fort Myer tests, 227–28
(see also Paris and N. Y. C. papers)
Press, J. C., 146
printing press, the Wrights’, 30–38
propellers, 86–90, 133, 231;
shafts, 92–94
public’s reaction to Wright experiments, 114–17, 135–42
Puck, 141–42
Rathbun, Asst. Secy., 332
Reeder, Catharine—see Wright, Mrs. Dan
Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. George, 21
Reichel, Franz, 245
Religious Telescope, 23
Revue des Sciences, 166, 291
Richmond (Ind.) Evening Item, 15
Rodgers, Cal P., 281–82
Rolls, Charles S., 244, 247
Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore, 160, 161–62, 212, 227
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 227
Root, A. I., 117–19, 142–43
rudder—see elevator
Ruhl, Arthur, 220–25
Ruse, Cordy, 43
Russell, Frank, 271
Ryan, Allan A., 270
Ryan, Thomas F., 270
Salley, D. Bruce, 218–19
Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 107, 115, 141, 166, 170, 192
Savoia, Lt., 256
Scherl, Herr, 254
Schindler, Reuben, 145
Scientific American, 143–44, 146, 161, 169, 292
Scott, J. F., 211
Selfridge, Lt. Thomas, 229–30, 245, 290–91, 292
Shaffer, Bert, 9
Shank, W. H., 145
Shearn, Clarence J., 297–98
Shonts, Theodore P., 270
Simms station—see Huffman field
Sines, Edwin Henry, 6, 30, 33, 36, 39, 258–59
Sines & Wright, 30–37
Smithsonian Institution, 46, 137, 300–333
Snapshots, 38
Sonnino, Baron Sidney, 256
South Kensington Science Museum, 300, 315, 318
Sports, 179, 182
Spratt, Dr. George A., 68–69, 92
Squier, Maj. George O., 229
Stauffer, Amos, 144, 146, 178
Steinmetz, C. P., 4
Studien Gesellschaft, 256–57
Surcouf, Edouard, 238
Taft, William Howard, 150, 152, 153, 158, 162, 211–12, 258, 316–17, 318, 321
tail, 79–83, 86
tail-spin, 81, 128–29, 131
Tate, “Dan,” 80
Tate, William J., 56–57, 59–61, 62, 65, 66, 80, 102
Tattler, 37
Taylor, Charlie, 86, 121, 127, 136, 202, 226, 231
telegram reporting Kitty Hawk flight, 103–104, 106, 107
Tempelhof field, 261
Thompson, Samuel, 20
Thompson, Mrs. Samuel, 20–21
Thompson, William Boyce, 286
Thorne, Tom, 41–42
tires, 41
Tissandier, Paul, 248, 250
Tomlinson, John, 145
Tono-Bungay, 216
transcontinental plane flight, first, 281–82
Truxell boys, 33
Tunison, Frank, 106, 140
Turpin, C. O., 275
U. S. Board of Ordnance, 150, 153, 154, 155, 158–60, 162–65, 208, 211
U. S. Signal Corps, 208, 211, 212–13, 265
U. S. War Dept., 147–65, 207–209, 213, 226, 305 n.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 270
Veblen, Thorstein, 5
Victor Emmanuel of Italy, 256
Voisin, Gabriel, 168–69
Waddell, Theodore, 146
Wainwright, L. M., 90
Walcott, Dr. Charles D., 301–309, 314–15, 318, 325
warping mechanism, 63–66, 79, 81, 132–33
Washington (D. C.) Post, 105, 109
Weaver, Henry M., 175, 207
Weaver, Henry, Jr., 175–79, 180, 182, 192
Webbert brothers, 145
Webbert, Mr., 115
Weber, William, 145
Weiller, Lazare, 213, 255
Weiller, Mme., 248
“well-digging,” 81
Welsh, A. L., 275
West Side News, 36
Westcott, Robert, 95
Western Society of Engineers, 73, 291;
Journal, 75, 291
Whitfield, Forrest, 32
Whitney, Harry Payne, 286
Wilhelm, Kaiser, 204, 256–57, 262, 264
Wilson, Mary, 25
wind-tunnel, 74–78
woodcuts, 29
Wright brothers:

NOTE: This entry covers joint activities only. For individual activities, see below—Wright, Orville, and Wright, Wilbur. See also Wright Co., W. medals, W. monuments, W. patents, W. planes, W. records, etc., below.
Ancestors and parents, 19–22;
boyhood, 5–18, 23–28;
early interest in mechanics, 5–9, 25;
lathe, 12–13;
circuses, 15–18, 33–34;
reading, 26–27;
weekly paper, 38;
start bicycle business, 38–39;
begin manufacture and repair work, 39–44
Early interest in aeronautics, 45;
reading on it, 46–47;
experiments in building gliders, 48–55;
first Kitty Hawk experiments (1901), 55–72;
make wind-tunnels, 74–78;
at K. H. (1902), 79;
meet tail-spin problem, 81–83
Develop engine, 84–90;
transmission and propeller problems, 89–90;
power flights at K. H. (1903), 90–95;
first successful flight, 95–103;
get flying field near Dayton, 122–23;
early public trials, 124–26;
track and launching problems, 127–29;
improve records, 130, 137–38;
first complete circular flight, 130, 142;
their first three planes described, 84–94, 112–13, 121–22, 130–34
Early relations with public and press, 103–11, 134–46;
first eye-witness story printed, 143–43;
early dealings with U. S. and British govts., 147–65;
abandon project to demonstrate at Jamestown, 160–61
Their work discussed in France, 166–71;
asked for information and prices, 171–73;
their letter shown at Aéro Club, 174–75;
visited by Weaver, and demonstrate for him, 175–79;
investigated by Coquelle, 179–80;
approached by Ferber for French govt., 182–83;
visited by Fordyce, 183–85;
visited by French Commission, 187–91;
by Alexander, 191;
by Herald reporter, 191–92;
meet Flint in N. Y., 194–96;
go to Paris, 202–204;
to Berlin, 204–206
Negotiations with U. S. War Dept., 208–14;
their bid accepted, 211–12;
add improvements to 1905 plane, 214–15;
go to K. H., 215–25;
publicity begins, 216–25;
in France (1909), 250–53;
to Rome, 255;
plan formation of German Wright company, 257;
to Le Mans for gift bronze, 257–58;
to London for medals, etc., 258;
to Washington for Aero Club medals, 258
Return to Dayton celebrated, 258–59; get Govt. bonus after Fort Meyer tests, 260;
organize The Wright Company, 268–71;
their only joint flight, 276;
build house at Hawthorn Hill, 282
Wright, “Buster,” 281
Wright Company, 268–71, 278, 279, 281, 283, 285, 286, 288, 295, 296 (see also French—German—British Wright Co.)
Wright Cycle Co., 39–44, 77, 114, 120–21, 148, 176, 271
Wright, Dan, 21–22
Wright, Mrs. Dan, 21
Wright exhibition flights, charges for, 277
Wright, Katharine, 13, 23, 37, 47, 106, 113, 217, 250–53, 261, 262, 266, 280, 284
Wright, Lorin, 22, 25, 31, 81, 106, 281
Wright medals, prizes, etc., 248–49, 250, 257–58, 259, 264
Wright, Mrs. Milton, 5, 6, 7, 11, 20, 22, 26, 34, 91
Wright, Rev. Milton, 5–8, 11, 21–23, 26, 27, 103, 106, 107, 115, 259, 276–77, 278
Wright monuments—Kitty Hawk, 221;
Pau, 250; Dayton, 275 n.
Wright, Orville

NOTE: For joint activities with Wilbur, see above, Wright brothers.
Birth, 23;
boyhood enterprises, 7, 9–12, 13–15;
schooling, 24–25, 37;
letter-press, 29;
printing work, 30–38;
builds press, 34–36;
interest in bicycle racing, 38;
starts bicycle business, 38–44;
illness, 46;
first trip to Kitty Hawk, 61–72;
makes wind-tunnel, 74;
his story of first successful power flight, 96–102;
telegram announcing it, 103–104
Goes to Europe, 202–206;
orders engines in Paris, 206;
to K. H. for practice (1908), 216–25;
to Fort Myer for tests (1908), 226–32;
establishes new records, 229;
to France, 250;
in train accident, 250
Govt. trials at Fort Myer (1910), 260;
goes to Germany, 261–64;
in Paris, investigates French Wright company, 266–67;
trains pilots in Alabama, 274;
opens flying school at Dayton, 275;
further experiments at K. H., 281;
succeeds W. as pres. of The Wright Co., 283;
last trip to Europe (1913), 284;
acquires almost complete ownership of Company, 285;
and sells entire interest, 285–86, 296
Relations and correspondence with Glenn Curtiss, 288–96, 308–33 (see also lawsuits and Wright patents);
dealings with Smithsonian in regard to Langley machine, 307–33
Style of flying, 276;
flying dress, 275–76;
memory, 202;
effective demonstration at a patent-suit trial, 297–98;
comment on cyclists’ notions about steering, 298–99
Wright patents, 49, 83, 130, 271, 273, 281, 284, 287–99
Wright planes: Kitty Hawk (1903), 84–94, 112–13, 300, 315, 318;
1904 model, 121–22, 170;
1905 model, 130–34, 214–15;
1907 model, 202, 204, 206, 233, 234–53;
plane sold to U. S. Signal Corps, 208–13, 226–32;
planes built in Europe from parts sent over, 255;
Model B, 285
Wright planes, prices of, 172–73, 184–85, 208, 211–12, 282
Wright records, 228–29, 238, 240, 263, 264, 281
Wright, Reuchlin, 22, 113
Wright, Wilbur

NOTE: For joint activities with Orville, see above, Wright brothers.
Birth, 22;
boyhood enterprises, 7, 8–9, 12–13, 15;
schooling, 23–24;
illness, 26;
joins O. in printing newspaper, 37–38;
in bicycle business, 38–44;
makes warping device for glider, 49–50;
goes to Kitty Hawk, 58–72;
makes Chicago address, 73–75
Goes to England, 196–97;
Paris, 197–204;
Berlin, 204–206;
appears before U. S. Ordnance Board, and bids, 208;
to K. H. (1908), 215–25;
to France for demonstrations, 226, 227, 233–53;
his records, 238, 240;
at Le Mans, 234–44;
guest of Aéro Club (Sarthe), 244–45;
wins altitude prizes, 248–49, 250;
at Pau, 250–53;
to Rome, 255;
trains Italian flyers, 255–56
Flies at Hudson-Fulton Celebration, 265;
begins training U. S. pilots, 265–66;
last flight as pilot, 276;
dealings with Smithsonian in regard to Langley machine, 301–307;
illness and death, 282–83
Character, 235, 236, 241–43;
memory, 204;
athletic activities, 38
Zahm, Dr. A. F., 309, 322–25
Zens, Ernest, 245
Zeppelin airships, 228

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