Wright Brothers
Organization
Biography
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2006-11-21-and-2007-05-30-B
Overview
The Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Collection consists of photographic prints and postcards relating to the Wright Brothers and their expositions in France, circa 1908-1910s.
Dates:
circa 1908-1910s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Glass Plate Negatives Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-09-07
Content Description
The Manny Gorin Wright Brothers Glass Plate Negatives Collection consists of 15 glass plate negatives of the Wright Brothers and their Model A aircraft in France, circa 1908-1909. Four images depict the Model A in flight. Five images show the aircraft on the ground with groups of people, primarily men, standing around it and inspecting it. One image shows the plane being wheeled across a dirt road toward a barn-like structure, likely Wilbur's temporary hangar at the Hunaudières...
Dates:
1908-1909
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Orville Wright Letter
Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-D
Abstract
4-page typed letter signed on Wright Company letterhead, dated April 7, 1915, to Frederick Eppelsheimer of the New York Herald, discussing the possibility of using a pendulum to stabilize aircraft, mentioning the death of his brother Wilbur, and referencing fellow aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Accompanied by a small matte-finish portrait of Eppelsheimer, dated 1918.
Dates:
1915 April 7
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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