1. Berry, Clifton F., Clines, Carroll V., and Zubkoff, Harry M. Flights: Beginning To The Future. Montgomery, Community Communications, 1994.
From this book I was able to obtain valuable primary resources such as original drawings comparing the designs of the Wright Flyer and The Curtiss Machine.
2. Bryan, C.D.B. The National Air and Space Museum. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1979.
This source contained written letters and diary entries by Wilbur and Orville Wright, which served as great primary sources for my website.
3. Carpenter, Jack. Glenn H. Curtiss: Founder of the American Aviation Industry. 29 Nov. 2003. < http://glennhcurtiss.com/id50.htm >
Incredibly helpful site that includes many primary sources, such as letters from the actual time period in Wilbur’s writing as well as newspaper clippings, stamps, posters, photographs, etc. from the early 1900s.
4. Carpenter, Jack. Pendulum II. San Juan Capistrano, Arsdalen, Bosch & Co, 2003.
This is quite possibly my most important resource because it is mainly all about the battle between the Wrights and Curtiss, which is a large part of my project. It also contains many primary sources such as pictures, letters and diary entries.
5. Crouch, Tom D. and Lakab, Peter L. The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 2003.
An incredibly helpful source which supplied me with most of the photographs I used for my site.
6. Freedman, Russell. The Wright Brothers: How They Invented The Airplane. New York, Holiday House, 1991.
Has a great many pictures of the Wright’s early life with their bicycle shop, as well as their gliders that came before their actual powered airplane.
7. NBAA Video Archives: First Century of Flight Video. 11 Dec. 2003.
< http://web.nbaa.org/public/cs/amc/2003/attendees/video.php >
A source from which I obtained the video of the Wrights taking flight that is found on my home page.
8. Sproule, Anna. The Wright Brothers: The Birth of Modern Aviation. Woodbridge, Blackbirch Press, Inc., 1999.
Short book with few primary resources but extremely easy to understand and goes right to the main points. It helped me achieve a better understanding of the whole situation without all the extra information to distract me.
Secondary Sources
1. Alter, Judy. Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers. New York, Children’s Press, 2001.
This short but very informative article helped me greatly with the ‘early life’ and ‘what came before’ pages of my website.
2. Berry, Clifton F. Milestones of the First Century of Flight. Charlottesville, Howell Press, Inc., 2002.
This resource was a very helpful timeline of the important events in the history of flight, including the early years about the Wrights and others who were delving deeper into the exploration of inventing a successful powered airplane.
3. Bilstein, Roger E. “Wright Brothers.” World Book Encyclopedia 2002 Ed. Vol. 21. pp 508-510. Chicago, World Book, Inc., 2002.
This article was very easy to understand, being in an encyclopedia, and summarized the Wright brother’s early life as well as their flying experiments in a short two pages.
4. Chant, Christopher. Pioneers of Aviation. New York, Regency House Publishing Ltd., 2001.
Excellent photographs of the heroes of aviation, as well as a detailed timeline of aviation history.
5. Hise, Phaedra. How The Wright Brothers Blew It. 22 Nov. 2003.
< http://www.forbes.com/2003/11/19/1119aviation_print.html >
From this source I gathered a lot of information that I directly copied into my “Litigation” page since this is pretty much about the topic I am researching.
A very simple book with nice pictures and explanations.
7. Lyda, Elora. "Wright Brothers." Email to Jack Carpenter. 15 Dec. 2003.
This is the response to my email to Jack Carpenter, author of one of my most helpful sources. I asked him for his own personal opinion on the Wrights that I could add to my Different Viewpoints section, and he gave it to me. A quote from this email is now present on that page.
8. Mondey, David, ed. Aviation: The Complete Book of Aircraft and Flight. London, Octopus Books Ltd., 1980.
A comprehensive source of aviation history that details peoples’ thoughts on flight from the 1700s to the 1900s and the steps that humans took to take to the air and improve their invention.
9. Old, Wendie C. The Wright Brothers: Inventors of the Airplane. Berkeley Heights, Frislow Publishers, Inc., 2000.
Very detailed source of the life of the Wright brothers, from their birth to their death, and what impact they had on the world. Also includes explicable timeline as well as more primary resources (pictures, diary entries, etc.).
10. Parker, Steve. The Wright Brothers and Aviation. Newington Green, Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.
Full of pictures and organized in an orderly fashion with great information on the Wrights’ accomplishments and wonderful timelines.
11. Penn, Stuart. Stuart Penn 3D Graphics and Animation. 5 Dec. 2003.
< http://www.sapenn.demon.co.uk/lw3d/index.htm >
A site from which I found the animated Wright Flyer that can be found on my theme page.
12. Rinard, Judith E. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Book of Flight. Buffalo, Firefly Books, 2001.
This book contained three helpful articles jam packed with original photographs, even one of the stopwatch the Wrights used to time their flights.
13. Santella, Andrew. The Wright Brothers: Inventors and Aviators. Chanhassen, The Child’s World, 2003.
A very straight to the point source, with many pictures that were helpful for my site gallery.
14. Tobin, James. To Conquer The Air: The Wright Brothers and The Great Race For Flight. New York, Free Press, Inc., 2003.
This was a very helpful source about the Wrights and their competition at that time, therefore I achieved a greater understanding from reading this book.
15. “Two Ordinary Men, One Extraordinary Dream.” Celebrating a Century of Flight. NASA Headquarters., 2002.
This small pamphlet contains a helpful article about the Wrights and offers a timeline as well as the telegram sent by Orville Wright to his father telling about their successful flight.
16. Wired News: Wright Flyer Replica Fails To Fly. 5 April. 2004.
< http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61655,00.html >
This article contained information about the failed flight of the replicated Wright Flyer created for the centennial of flight.
17. Wright Brothers' Flying Machine. Dir. Bob Elfstrom. Videocassette. PBS/WGBH Educational Foundation, 2003.
This source was basically a video about the creation of an exact replica of the original Wright Flyer, and how it was so difficult to operate. Therefore, I achieved a greater understanding about the Wrights' risky invention from watching this program.
18. Wyborny, Sheila. The Wright Brothers: Inventors and Creators. Farmington Hills, Kidhaven Press, 2003.
From this resource I gathered pictures as well as a diagram of the Wright brothers’ plane and how it worked.
U.S. AIR FORCE DOCUMENTARY
Wright brothers go to the Moon: Pieces of the original Wright Flyer were on the Apollo 11 mission
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