Wilbur Wright, geboren am 16. April 1867 und verstorben am 30. Mai 1912, war ein US-amerikanischer Flugzeugbauer und gemeinsam mit seinem Bruder Orville für den ersten kontrollierten Motorflug verantwortlich. 1908 reiste er nach Frankreich, wo er mit seinem Flugzeugmodellen den technischen Vorsprung der Wright-Brüder demonstrierte und auf begeistertes Interesse stieß. Prominente wie Königin Margherita von Italien und König Alfons XIII. von Spanien waren unter den Zuschauern. Nach seiner Rückkehr in die USA starb Wilbur 1912 an Typhus. Ein Jahr nach seinem Tod starb auch sein Unterstützer Léon Bollée. 1920 wurde in Le Mans ein Denkmal für Wilbur Wright errichtet.
Wilbur Wright wurde in Melville, Indiana, USA, geboren.
Bilder zum Thema Wilbur Wright
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Wilbur Wright at the controls of the damaged Wright Flyer, on the ground after unsuccessful trial of December 14, 1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Newspaper article describing the Wright Brothers' first powered, heavier-than air flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S. (The Newark Daily Advocate, December 28, 1903)
Some elements of the article have been resized for presentation. The original article, including two images, occupied a full single column.
Last paragraphs of article are a bit hard to read in the original image. I think they are:
Wilbur and Orville Wright are expert
mechanics of Dayton, O., and have been
experimenting with flying machines for
the past four years. They are the sons
of Bishop Wright of the United Breth-
ren church. In building their flier the
Wright brothers have followed to some
extent the work of Lillienthal, Pilcher
and Octave Chanut, but they have gone
much further than these experts in
using greater surfaces and especially in
changing the position of the operator.
By so arranging their machine that the
operator lies in a horizontal position in-
stead of standing upright the wind re-
sistance is reduced from five square
feet to one, and a full half horsepower
is saved.
Speaking of his invention, Mr. Or-
ville Wright said that he and his broth-
er, after twenty-four years of hard
work, have succeeded in perfecting a
flying machine. He stated that the
most successful test was made recently
at Kitty hawk.
Mr. Wright declined to discuss the
details of the construction of his ma-
chine, as he has not as yet completed
his tests, but stated that his flier was
kept afloat in the air by its peculiar
method of construction and also be the
continuous operation of a gasoline mo-
tor which turns a huge propeller. With-
out the use of the motor he stated the
machine would descend as soon as its
momentum was exhausted.
References are to:
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Lebaudy brothers
Otto Lilienthal
Percy Pilcher
Octave Chanute
Article published in The New York Times (magazine section, January 7, 1906) describing the first few years of the Wright Brothers' development of their aeroplane design.
Uploader's notes:
This was the earliest New York City article I could find, searching on newspaperarchive.com for "Wilbur Wright AND (Aeroplane OR Airplane)".
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American Military Aircraft Pre-1914
Wright Military Flyer 1909. Left to right: Lt. Benjamin D. Faulis; Wilbur Wright, Lt. Frank P. Lahm and Orville Wright.
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The Wright brothers at the International Aviation Tournament, Belmont Park, Long Island, N.Y., Oct. 1910
1013 - Wright Airplane at Le Mans
Consists of a cell of two superimposed planes; at the front, elevator, at the rear vertical rudder, two propellers running in opposite directions, Total length, 12m 50 - 4-cylinder engine, 28 HP.
Hart O. Berg(1865-19??) (left), the American business agent in France for the Wright brothers, with Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) at Le Mans Aeroclub in 1908. (Berg in this photo was previously misidentified as French inventor and automobile manufacturer Léon Bollée, 1870-1913. In the uncropped source photo at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France online, four people are shown, and Bollee is at the far right, but his face is mostly unseen because of his position. Photo is at URL shown below.)
Title: Luncheon by Aero Club of America honoring Glenn Curtiss, NYC, Sept. 22, 1909. Curtiss and Wilbur Wright at head table
Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
The Soaring Society of America To Commemorate The Early Gliding And Soaring Flights of the Wright Brothers located on the grounds of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, with the Wright Brothers National Memorial in the background, U.S. 158 Kill Devil Hills
The Soaring Society of America To Commemorate The Early Gliding And Soaring Flights of the Wright Brothers located on the grounds of the Wright Brothers National Memorial, U.S. 158 Kill Devil Hills
Omschrijving: Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), samen met Orville Wright uitvinder van de vliegmachine / het vliegtuig en pionier van de luchtvaart, in pak en met pet op. Plaats onbekend, 1912.
Wilbur Wright 1867 - 1912
Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana in the United States. Together with his brother Orville, he set up and ran printing and bicycle businesses before becoming interested in flight during the mid 1890s. In 1899 the brothers began to experiment with designs for gliders. In 1903, they built the powered Wright Flyer I which made the first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders. (full resolution)
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Fotografía del aviador estadounidense Wilbur Wright publicada con motivo de su fallecimiento.
Wilbur Wright by Léon Bollée, 1908, gelatin silver print, from the National Portrait Gallery which explicitly released this digital image under the CC0 license. (https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.98.61)
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Omschrijving: Wilbur Wright met zijn eerste passagier Ernest Lens, in een vliegtuig. Verenigde Staten van Amerika, exacte plaats niet vermeld, [circa 1908].
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The US-American pioneer aviator Wilbur Wright in Paris 1908
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