Search the Flight Archive
Your search returned 100 results. (A maximum of 100 results are returned, ordered by relevance)
 ...HE FOURTH WILBUR WRIGHT MEMORIAL LECTURE.
IK view of the present conditions it was not thought
desirable to adhere to the usual scientific character of the
Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, as publication of t...
|
 ... Voisin aeroplane
and M. Zipfel to Berlin—have arranged for the Wright
Brothers to give a demonstration there next summer.
Wright's "Record" Speed-Kilometre.
ON February 18th, Wilbur Wright, accompanied by
Count de Lambert, made some speed trials over a
measured kilometre, and put up an average of 52 sees,
for four attempts, which works out at a speed of
...
|
 ...)
NATIONAL ROUTES (SEPT. 1939)
SZZSZ POSSIBLE FUTURE ROUTES
Fig. i. Air routes of the British Empire.
1 LOOKING FORWARD®
Prolegomena jor a Detailed Study of the Future of British Civil Aviation :
The Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture of the Royal Aeronautical Society
By H. ROXBEE COX, Ph.D., D.I.C., B.Sc, F.R.Ae.S., A.F.I.AeJ& "; ,';""\^..
ON May 30, 1940, at the Institute of ElectricalEngineers, Lon...
|
 ...ttractive, while in the Annexe, motor boats and their
fittings will be on view, and doubtless some hydroplanes
< will be included.
Flight with a Broken Rudder.
ON Friday, when Wilbur Wright was giving a lesson
to M. Tissandier, the steering apparatus gave way at the
start, and rendered an immediate descent to earth
necessary. The accident happened at the m...
|
 ... APRIL IO, 1909.
Italy and the Wright Flyer.
PROGRESS in getting Wilbur Wright's flyer into trim at
Rome ready for its master has been rapid, and all was practi-
cally in readiness last Monday for some exhibition flights
by Wilbur Wright before th...
|
 ...lery. The band of the Cold
stream Guards will play three times daily during the time
the Exhibition is open, from March 19th to 27th inclusive.
A Record Lady Passenger Flight.
WILBUR WRIGHT, since his removal to Pau, had not
until Monday taken any of the fair sex as passengers
with him. On that day he placed his sister Katherine
in the enviable position of...
|
 ...st important innovation on the machine is
the Orville Wright type of control-lever for the rudder and
warping movements. The operation of this lever is essen
tially different from that used in the Wilbur Wright system
and we have even heard it said that Wilbur Wright himself
can no longer fly since all the Wright machines are now
being fitted with his brother's device. But we have heard
str...
|
 ... APRIL 24, 1909.
Henry Farman in the aviator's seat of his "No. 3." Note
the bicycle handle control which has supplanted the hitherto
orthodox steering-wheel,
Wilbur Wright in Italy,
AFTER all, the initial flights of Wilbur Wright at
Rome were carried through before the return of King
Victor Emanuel. By way of recompense, the " King of
...
|
 ...eir machine, and
generally produced a model that they were satisfied they could
introduce to the public.
Never courting newspaper notoriety, and reserved of manner
except to his intimate friends, Wilbur Wright was not disposed to
advertise either himself or his work, and the general public con
sequently knew little of what had been accomplished, and was
inclined to regard many of the statem...
|
 ... JANUARY 23, 1909.
The Wrights at Pau and an " Incident" en route.
WILBUR WRIGHT arrived at Pau on Thursday of
last week, January 14th, and his brother, Orville, with
his sister, Miss Katherine, travelled down from Paris on
the following day, as als...
|
 ... he who is managing the machine, and that
he has at last learned how to fly.
Wright's Opinion of the Landes.
ACCORDING to M. Paul Tissandier,
who is Wright's third pupil, Wilbur Wright
recently expressed himself to the effect that
he had never seen a trial ground more
perfect than that formed by the Landes
at Pau.
Mr. Hubert Latham, who ha...
|
 ...ned
Empire class, fitted with
Perseus sleeve-valve
engines and designed to
carry a greater payload,
is Cabot, seen taking off
from the Medway.
" Flight " photographs.
THE SHORT BROTHERS
WHEN Wilbur Wright came to France in 1908 and demonstrated to a disbelieving world that flight was possible, there were, naturally, no aircraft
factories. There were, however, some aeronauti
cal construc...
|
 ...96 FLIGHT, 11 December 1953
WILBUR WRIGHT
AS I
REMEMBER HIM
By HARRY HARPER
MANY people, both here and in America, will be participating in various Wright Jubilee celebrations during the coming week; but among
them will be ...
|
 ... JANUARY 9, 1909.
Wilbur Wright with a work of art in bronze by the
sculptor Carvin. The subject is entitled " Muse de
1'Aviation," and is symbolical of a goddess laying bare the
Secrets of'Flight pos...
|
 ...ycHTj JUNE I, 1912.
B
WILBUR RIGHT, 1867-191!
WORDS cannot express the loss that the world of aviation suffers m the
decease, on May 30th, of Wilbur Wright, the greatest of all inventors
of the flying machine and the first of all pilots. Although hardly
unexpected during the past few days by reason of the nature of the
illness, neverthel...
|
 ...ther countries will be
represented by the Aero Club of America, the Italian
Aeronautical Society, and the Aero Club of Austria, all
of which have sent in their official forms.
Wilbur Wright and His Starting-Rail.
THAT accident which marred the commencement of
a proposed flight which Wilbur Wright was about to
undertake with a Colonel of the Spanish Army as...
|
 ...t on
behalf of the
ton, O.
from Ameri-
parations in
coming of
ning to as-
P resi dent
attend the
the medals
"Flight" Copyright Photo.
Wilbur Wright smiles.
Lieutenant Calderara a Tutor.
As we anticipated, Lieut. Calderara passed
through his novitiate with flying colours, and was dnly
installed as a tutor. Unf...
|
 ... MARCH 13, 1909.
THE HUMAN SIDE OF FLYING.
BEING AN ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE THE READER TO MESSRS. ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT AT PAU.
By H. MASSAC BUIST.
x:-r/i " ••••••-'T'1 ••-"••"•;•"•" •-"-• Continued from page 129.) ,v
IF we knew the men who first went on the surface of
the waters ...
|
 ...xperiments at Issy. Taking
his machine out of the shed
at about a quarter past seven,
he accomplished a circular
kilometre almost before the
King- Alfonso congratulating Wilbur Wright and his brotherOrville immediately after Wilbur's first fine flight with a
passenger, before His Majesty, last Saturday.
117
half-hour had struck. Landing voluntarily, ...
|
 ...gnition of theWrights by this society has ample justification, for this very
hall might not still exist to-night had not Wilbur and OrvilleWright's invention been overhead to protect it.
In honouring Wilbur Wright, we meet on a common ground.Friendly relations between our countries will be furthered
Photograph of a full-size flying boat, showing spray Photograph of model of Loening twin floats und...
|
Browse by years
Advertisement
