Wilbur Wright

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Wilbur Wright (1905)

Wilbur Wright (born April 16, 1867 in Mellville , Indiana , United States , † May 30, 1912 in Dayton , Ohio ) was an American aircraft manufacturer . He and his brother Orville Wright are still recognized as having the first controlled powered flight in their native USA. See main article Wright Brothers for details .

Public screenings in France

Wilbur Wright came to France in May 1908. The American flight reports were not believed at the time. After ten weeks of ridicule since the end of May 1908, his first flight in France was a satisfaction. The Flyer 1 was assembled in the Le Mans plant from May 1908 to August 1908 . Léon Bollée supported Wilbur Wright with his factory and his hospitality. The flight tests met with enthusiastic interest from the French public. First hundreds of people from the area, then thousands flocked to the flights. Celebrities also came, including Queen Margherita of Italy , King Alfonso XIII. of Spain and King Edward VII of England. From the events of 1908 to 1909, Léon Bollèe shot 127 duotone photos. Wilbur died of typhus three years after his return to the United States . Léon also died a year after his death. In 1920, when a memorial to Wilbur Wright was being erected in Le Mans, Léon's widow sent a photo album with Léon's pictures from that time to Wilbur's younger brother, Orville Wright .

Wright wrote, among other things, the sentence: "The only dangerous thing about flying is the earth."

  • Wilbur Wright flies around the Statue of Liberty in his plane

  • Wright (r.) In one of his flying machines

literature

  • Andreas Venzke : Pioneers of Heaven, The Wright Brothers . A biography. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf / Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-538-07143-8 .
  • G. Schmitt, W. Schwipps: Pioneers of early aviation. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1995, ISBN 3-8112-1189-7 .
  • Stanley W. Kandebo, Dawne Dewey: Wilbur Wright's Flights in France: Leon Bollee's Photographic Record 1908-1909. 1st edition. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003, ISBN 0-07-142739-2 .

Web links

Commons : Wilbur Wright  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ leon-bollee.edu.vn ( Memento from May 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ See Editorial Review on amazon.com
personal data
SURNAME Wright, Wilbur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Millville , Indiana , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1912
Place of death Dayton (Ohio)