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Wilbur Wright Collection

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 1

Wilbur and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, USA, May 1, 1904. The Wrights had a much more difficult time testing their aircraft at Huffman Prairie than at Kill Devil

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Glider Tests, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA, October 10, 1902

Wright Brothers Glider Tests, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA, October 10, 1902. Historic photo of the Wright brothers third test glider being launched

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop, 1937. Creator: Unknown

Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop, 1937. After a brief stint in the printing business, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened a bicycle sales

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Dayton flying field, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Dayton flying field, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Dayton flying field, 1917 (date created or published later). Aviation students at the Wilbur Wright Aviation camp at Wilbur Wright Field, near Riverside, Ohio, during World War I

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field - Wright Brothers Plane, Wrecked, 1911

Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field - Wright Brothers Plane, Wrecked, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field - Wright Brothers Plane, Wrecked, 1911. [Early test flights in Maryland]

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety of

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Aviator Harry Atwood, in Plane with Leo Stevens, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Airplane, Etc - Harry Atwood, 1911. [US aviation pineer, engineer and inventor Atwood was chief flight instructor for William Starling Burgess whose Burgess Company built a variety of

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Bros. Flight, between 1909 and 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Bros

Wright Bros. Flight, between 1909 and 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Bros. Flight, between 1909 and 1912
Wright Bros. Flight, between 1909 and 1912. American aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright are generally credited with inventing, building

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B... 1912

Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B; Lt. Harry Graham, 1912. [Early test flights in Maryland. Lieutenant Graham flying Wright Brothers aircraft]

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Army Aviation - College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. Harry Graham, 1912

Army Aviation - College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. Harry Graham, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation - College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. Harry Graham, 1912. [Early test flights in Maryland. Lieutenant Graham flew Wright Brothers aircraft]

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Army Aviation, College Park - Aviator 2nd Lt. Harry Graham, U.S.Army Inf. 1912

Army Aviation, College Park - Aviator 2nd Lt. Harry Graham, U.S.Army Inf. 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation, College Park - Aviator 2nd Lt. Harry Graham, U.S.Army Infantry, 1912. [Early test flights in Maryland. Lieutenant Graham flew Wright Brothers aircraft]

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights - Spectators: George Von L. Meyer, Robert Bacon, Henry Cabot Lodge, 1909

Wright Flights - Spectators: George Von L. Meyer, Robert Bacon, Henry Cabot Lodge, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights - Spectators: George Von L. Meyer, Robert Bacon, Henry Cabot Lodge, 1909. [George von Lengerke Meyer, Secretary of Navy, 1909-1913; Robert Bacon, Secretary of State

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Spectators: Maj. G.O. Squier; Rep. Prince; Gen. Allen

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Spectators: Maj. G.O. Squier; Rep. Prince; Gen. Allen
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. Spectators: Maj. G.O. Squier [Major General George Owen Squier]; Rep. Prince; Gen. Allen

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Brothers Flight, 1909

Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S. War Department offered them a $25

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights, 1909 July. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights, 1909 July. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights, 1909 July. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - Spectators: Sen. Kean; Sen. Lodge; Sen. A.O. Bacon

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - Spectators: Sen. Kean; Sen. Lodge; Sen. A.O. Bacon. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - Spectators: Sen. Kean; Sen. Lodge; Sen. A.O. [Augustus Octavius] Bacon. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois [sic], 1909 July. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights - Bishop Milton Wright, Father of Wilbur And Orville Wright, Dayton, Ohio, 1909

Wright Flights - Bishop Milton Wright, Father of Wilbur And Orville Wright, Dayton, Ohio, 1909

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Wilbur And Orville Wright

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Wilbur And Orville Wright... Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Wilbur And Orville Wright, Charlie Taylor; Putting Plane On Launching Rail

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Hangar, Orville Wright, Right, 1909 July. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Brothers Flight, 1909

Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Brothers Flight, 1909. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S. War Department offered them a $25

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - Hangar, Wilbur Wright, Right, Showing His Objection To

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - Hangar, Wilbur Wright, Right, Showing His Objection To
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Hangar, Wilbur Wright, Right, Showing His Objection To Being Photographed

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Spectators: Mrs. Longworth; Sec. Knox... Sec. Nagle

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Spectators: Mrs. Longworth; Sec. Knox... Sec. Nagle. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. Spectators: Mrs. [Alice Lee Roosevelt] Longworth; Sec. Knox; Unidentified; Sec. Nagle

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; View of Wright Plane, 1909 July

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; View of Wright Plane, 1909 July
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights; View of Wright Plane, 1909 July. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - Spectators: Robert Bacon; Sec. of War Dickinson

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - Spectators: Robert Bacon; Sec. of War Dickinson... Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - Spectators: Robert Bacon; Sec. of War Dickinson; Sen. Elihu Root. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flights - Jean Jules Jusserand, Ambassador from France, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Flights - Jean Jules Jusserand, Ambassador from France, 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights - Jean Jules Jusserand, Ambassador from France, 1909. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA

Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, USA. The Wright Brothers Monument is in the distance, and in the foreground is the First Flight Marker

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright Flyer test flights at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, September 3, 1908

Wright Flyer test flights at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, September 3, 1908. In January 1908, as a response to a War Department request for a " Heavier-than-air Flying Machine"

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: First flight of Wright brothers aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, December 17

First flight of Wright brothers aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, December 17, 1903. The first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history flight lasted 12 seconds

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. Creator: NASA

Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. Creator: NASA
Orville Wright tests his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, 1911. On October 24, 1911 Orville tested a new glider and broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Model, Static, Wright C, 1953. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell

Model, Static, Wright C, 1953. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell
Model, Static, Wright C, 1953. Wood and tissue exhibit model of a 1912 Wright C biplane, in overall silver paint scheme. 1/16 Scale

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Model, Static, Wright Glider, 1953. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell

Model, Static, Wright Glider, 1953. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell
Model, Static, Wright Glider, 1953. Wood and tissue exhibit model of the 1911 Wright glider in overall silver paint scheme. 1/16 Scale

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Model, Static, 1905 Wright Flyer, 1953. Creator: Joseph D. Fallo

Model, Static, 1905 Wright Flyer, 1953. Creator: Joseph D. Fallo
Model, Static, 1905 Wright Flyer, 1953. Wood and cloth exhibit model of the Wrights 1905 Flyer, in natural color scheme, with launching derrick and rail. 1/16 Scale

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Model, Static, Wright EX 'Vin Fiz', 1951. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell

Model, Static, Wright EX "Vin Fiz", 1951. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell
Model, Static, Wright EX " Vin Fiz", 1951. Wood model of an early biplane which first flew in 1911. White with silver details. 1/16 Scale

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Model, Static, Wright 'R', ca. 1940. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell

Model, Static, Wright "R", ca. 1940. Creator: Charles H. Hubbell
Model, Static, Wright " R", ca. 1940. Wood display model of the Wright R biplane aircraft, designed in 1910, in overall silver color scheme. 1/16 scale

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Model, Static, Wright Type A, 1953. Creator: Charles J. Newcomb

Model, Static, Wright Type A, 1953. Creator: Charles J. Newcomb
Model, Static, Wright Type A, 1953. Wood and tissue exhibit model of the Wright Type A biplane which Orville demonstrated in France in 1908. In overall silver paint scheme. 1/16 Scale

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright EX Vin Fiz, 1911. Creator: Wright Company

Wright EX Vin Fiz, 1911. Creator: Wright Company
Wood and fabric biplane. Single 35-horsepower Wright vertical four-cylinder engine driving two pusher propellers via sprocket-and-chain transmission

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Model, Static, Wright Model B, ca. 1932. Creator: Roderic Davis

Model, Static, Wright Model B, ca. 1932. Creator: Roderic Davis
Model, Static, Wright Model B, ca. 1932. Wood and cotton museum model of the Wright Model B, (inaccurately named as the Wright EX " Vin Fiz" ), but having only a single seat

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: 1909 Wright Military Flyer, 1909. Creator: Wright Brothers

1909 Wright Military Flyer, 1909. Creator: Wright Brothers
Canard biplane with one 30-to-40-horsepower Wright vertical four-cylinder engine driving two pusher propellers via sprocket-and-chain transmission system. No wheels; skids for landing gear

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: 1900 Wright Glider (reproduction), 2003. Creator: Ken Hyde

1900 Wright Glider (reproduction), 2003. Creator: Ken Hyde
Full-size reproduction of the Wright brothers 1900 glider, built in 2003. Fabric-covered wooden-frame biplane, with no vertical tail. Only a horizontal forward elevator

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright brothers flyer, c1903, (1932). Creator: Unknown

Wright brothers flyer, c1903, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Wright brothers flyer, c1903, (1932). Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the worlds first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Creator: Unknown

Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the worlds first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright showing the King of Spain how is plane operates, from Petit Journal pub

Wilbur Wright showing the King of Spain how is plane operates, from Petit Journal pub. March 1909 (colour lithograph). Wilbur Wright (1867-1912); King Alfonso XIII (1886-1941);

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright and his sister, Katherine, 1909

Wilbur Wright and his sister, Katherine, 1909
Wilbur Wright, American aviator and his sister, Katherine, 1909. Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) and his brother Orville (1871-1948), were American inventors of aircraft

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: The Wright Brothers testing an early plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, c1903

The Wright Brothers testing an early plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, c1903. Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville Wright (1871-1948)

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, 1908 (1956)

Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, 1908 (1956). Wright, together with his brother Orville, was an American co-inventor of aircraft

Background imageWilbur Wright Collection: Wilbur Wright, American aviator, and Leon Bollee, French inventor and car manufacturer, 1908

Wilbur Wright, American aviator, and Leon Bollee, French inventor and car manufacturer, 1908. The pair are photographed outside Bollees factory



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