Orville Wright

Orville Wright in 1905

Orville Wright worked almost exclusively with Wilbur Wright, as is known. See the Wright Brothers for their combined history. We are maintaining separate pages for each of the two of them in the interests of certain very specific data displays, both on these pages and elsewhere.

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Orville Wright

• Patent US-1903-821393 (English title: Flying-Machine, Filing date: 1903-03-23)
• Patent GB-1904-6732 (Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1904-03-19)
• Patent FR-1904-342188 (English title: Aeronautic machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1904-03-22)
• Patent DE-1904-173378 (English title: Aircraft with horizontal headrests and vertical side rudder, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1904-03-23)
• Patent AT-1904-23174 (English title: Flying machine, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1904-03-23)
• Patent RU-1904-15010 (English title: Biplane frame, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1904-03-26)
• Patent IT-1905-75941 (English title: Aircraft)
• Patent FR-1907-384124 (English title: Aeronautic machines, Filing date: 1907-11-18)
• Patent FR-1907-384125 (English title: Aeronautic machines, Filing date: 1907-11-18)
• Patent AT-1908-36566 (English title: Drachenflieger)
• Patent US-1913-1075533 (Filing date: 1908-02-10)
• Patent US-1908-1122348 (English title: Flying machine, Filing date: 1908-02-17)
• Patent US-1908-987662 (English title: Flying machine, Filing date: 1908-02-17)
• Patent HU-1908-44407 (English title: Airplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1908-02-22)
• Patent HU-1908-44408 (English title: Airplane; Biplane, Filing date: 1908-02-22)
• Patent US-1909-908929 (English title: Mechanism for flexing the rudder of a flying-machine, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1908-07-15)
• Patent GB-1908-24076 (English title: Flying Machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1904-6732 • Patent FR-1907-384124, Filing date: 1908-11-10)
• Patent GB-1908-24077 (English title: Wingtip rudders, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1907-384125, Filing date: 1908-11-10)
• Patent ES-1908-44332 (English title: Improvements in machines for aerostation, Filing date: 1908-11-11)
• Patent ES-1908-44333 (English title: Improvements in machines for aerostation, Filing date: 1908-11-11)
• Patent DE-1908-259339 (English title: Flugzeug mit verwindbaren, durch senkrechte Stützen gelenkig verbundenen Tragflächenrahmen, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1904-173378, Filing date: 1908-11-13)
• Patent DE-1908-259811 (Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1904-173378, Filing date: 1908-11-13)
• Patent DE-1908-260050 (Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1904-173378, Filing date: 1908-11-13)
• Patent GB-1909-2913 (English title: Automatic stabilization device for flying machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1908-Feb-10, Filing date: 1909-02-06)
• Patent ES-1909-44860 (English title: Improvements in flying machines, Filing date: 1909-02-06)
• Patent HU-1909-47943 (English title: Airplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1903-821393, Filing date: 1909-02-09)
• Patent GB-1909-16068 (English title: Mechanism for actuating rudders or controlling planes of aeronautical machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1908-07-15, Filing date: 1909-07-09)
• Patent HU-1909-50782 (English title: "Governor's equipment for aircraft" (airplane rudder ?), Supplementary to patent: Patent US-1908-07-17 Wright, Filing date: 1909-07-10)
• Patent ES-1909-45940 (English title: Perfected mechanism which serves to give flexion or camber to the rudder of a flying machine, or something else in this style, Filing date: 1909-07-13)
• Patent DE-1909-240782 (English title: Aircraft control in which the leading edge and trailing edge are adjustable against the wind at different angles, Filing date: 1909-07-15)

Publications by or about Orville Wright

• Noel, 1908, How Orville Wright made his flights (Simple title: How Orville Wright made his flights, Journal: The Automobile)
• Publication 39, 1908, L'accident d'Orville Wright (Simple title: L'accident d'Orville Wright, Journal: La Conq. l'Air)
• Publication 13006, 1908, Mr. Orville Wright and the aeroplane at Fort Myer, Virginia (Simple title: Mr. Orville Wright and the aeroplane at Fort Myer, Virginia, Journal: World's Work)
• Publication 13007, 1908, Orville Wright (Simple title: Orville Wright, Journal: La Conq. l'Air)
• Publication 13009, 1908, Orville Wright à Fort Myer (Simple title: Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Journal: L'Aérophile)
• Publication 13011, 1908, Orville Wright in Fort Myers. Fluge bis zu 75 Minuten. Eine Katastrophe (Simple title: Orville Wright at Fort Myers. Fly up to 75 minutes. A disaster, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• Publication 13010, 1908, Orville Wright breaks all records--62 minutes in the air (Simple title: Orville Wright breaks all records--62 minutes in the air, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Wright, 1908, Title missing (Simple title: Title missing, Journal: Nature)
• Wright, 1909, Ein neuer Höhenweltrekord. Orville Wright erreicht 300 meter (Simple title: A new altitude record. Orville Wright reaches 300 meters, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• Wright, 1909, Completion of the government contract by Orville Wright at Fort Myer (Simple title: Completion of the government contract by Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Journal: Scient. Amer.)
• Publication 13012, 1909, Orville Wright breaks all records--62 minutes in the air (Simple title: Orville Wright breaks all records - 62 minutes in the air, Journal: Scient. Amer.)
• Wright, 1909, Orville Wright makes new two-man record (Simple title: Orville Wright makes new two-man record, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Wright, 1909, Orville Wright's record flights at Fort Myer (Simple title: Orville Wright's record flights at Fort Myer, Journal: Scient. Amer.)
• Bell, 1909, Outlook on aviation, many topics (Simple title: Outlook on aviation. Wright Steering device, Cortland Field Bishop, French Aeronautic Congress, London Aeronautic Congress, The Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Orville Wright, Aviation at Annapolis, The Aero-Club of St. Louis, Aeroplane Race at Monte Carlo, An Aero Club at Washington, E. P. Newman, inven, Journal: Bulletin of the Aerial Experiment Association)
• Degoul, 1909, Les grandes journées de l'aviation (Simple title: The big days of aviation. Worthy performances of Wilbur Wright, Journal: L'Aérophile)
• Wright, 1909, The revelations at Fort Myer (Simple title: The revelations at Fort Myer, Journal: Amer. Aer.)
• Wright, 1910, Photograph and biography of O. Wright (Simple title: Photograph and biography of O. Wright, Journal: Aircraft)
• Wright, 1911, Orville Wright flies at Dayton (Simple title: Orville Wright flies at Dayton, Journal: Aero)
• Wright, 1911, Orville Wright takes a joy ride (Simple title: Orville Wright takes a joy ride, Journal: Aero)
• Wright, 1912, Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes (Simple title: Gyroscopic force and aeroplanes, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Wright, 1912, Inverted aeroplane stresses (Simple title: Inverted aeroplane stresses, Journal: Aeronautics)
• Wright, 1913, How he made the first flight (Simple title: How he made the first flight, Journal: Flying)
• Publication B2p0285e14, 1913, The Collier trophy of the Aero Club of America for 1913. Awarded to Mr. Orville Wright for the development and demonstration of the Wright stabilizer (Simple title: The Collier trophy of the Aero Club of America for 1913. Awarded to Mr. Orville Wright for the development and demonstration of the Wright stabilizer, Journal: Flying)
• Loening, 1913, The Wright Company's new hydro-aeroplane model C-H, the result of Orville Wright's latest experiment on the efficiency and airworthiness of these craft (Simple title: The Wright Company's new hydro-aeroplane model C-H, the result of Orville Wright's latest experiment on the efficiency and airworthiness of these craft, Journal: Aircraft)
• Wright, 1914, Orville Wright's fool-proof plane (Simple title: Orville Wright's fool-proof plane, Journal: Literary Digest)
• Wright, 1914, The reception to Orville Wright (Simple title: The reception to Orville Wright, Journal: Flying)
• Wright, 1915, Activities at the Wright factory (Simple title: Activities at the Wright factory, Journal: Aerial Age)
• Wright, 1915, Orville Wright says his health would not permit him to accept commission to rebuild British air fleet (Simple title: Orville Wright says his health would not permit him to accept commission to rebuild British air fleet, Journal: Aerial Age)
• Wright, 1915, Orville Wright sells aeroplane rights to syndicate (Simple title: Orville Wright sells aeroplane rights to syndicate, Journal: Aerial Age)
• Wright, 1916, Orville Wright is flying again (Simple title: Orville Wright is flying again, Journal: Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering)
• Wright, 1916, Orville Wright proposed for Nobel prize (Simple title: Orville Wright proposed for Nobel prize, Journal: Aerial Age)
• Wright, 1916, Orville Wright's new stabilizer almost perfected (Simple title: Orville Wright's new stabilizer almost perfected, Journal: Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering)
• Publication B2p1463e02, 1916, Testimonial to Orville Wright (Simple title: Testimonial to Orville Wright, Journal: Aerial Age)

Letters sent by Orville Wright

• Orville Wright to 6
• Orville Wright to Agnes Lilienthal 4354
• Orville Wright to Charles A. Moran 11-May-1917
• Orville Wright to diary 1003
• Orville Wright to diary 1021
• Orville Wright to diary 1024
• Orville Wright to diary 1028
• Orville Wright to diary 968
• Orville Wright to diary 970
• Orville Wright to diary 977
• Orville Wright to diary 980
• Orville Wright to diary 981
• Orville Wright to diary 987
• Orville Wright to diary 989
• Orville Wright to diary 991
• Orville Wright to diary 994
• Orville Wright to diary 996
• Orville Wright to diary 998
• Orville Wright to Elisha N. Fales 24-Oct-1916
• Orville Wright to Glenn L. Martin 19-May-1917
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 10-Oct-1913
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 13-Apr-1914
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 16-July-1913
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 17-Oct-1912
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 19-Nov-1913
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 2-Mar-1914
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 20-Mar-1914
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 22-Apr-1913
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 23-Jul-1912
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 27-Oct-1914
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 31-Aug-1912
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 31-Jan-1913
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 4-Aug-1913
• Orville Wright to Griffith Brewer 9-May-1914
• Orville Wright to Katharine Wright 14-Oct-1900
• Orville Wright to Katharine Wright 23-Oct-1902
• Orville Wright to Katharine Wright 292
• Orville Wright to Katharine Wright 575
• Orville Wright to Patrick Alexander 17-Nov-1905
• Orville Wright to publication 5
• Orville Wright to Sterling P. Fergusson 24-Jun-1916

Letters received by Orville Wright

• Agnes Lilienthal to Orville Wright 4376
• Griffith Brewer to Orville Wright 11-Jan-1913
• Griffith Brewer to Orville Wright 13-Feb-1914
• Griffith Brewer to Orville Wright 18-Jan-1913
• Griffith Brewer to Orville Wright 24-Apr-1914
• Griffith Brewer to Orville Wright 31-Mar-1914
• Griffith Brewer to Orville Wright 9-Aug-1913
• Gustav Lilienthal to Orville Wright 3531
• Gustav Lilienthal to Orville Wright 3556
• Wilbur Wright to Orville Wright 15-Aug-1908

Names	Orville Wright
Birth date	1871-08-19
Death date	1948-01-30
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Occupations	Entrepreneur, Industrialist
Tech areas	Airplane, Wings, Design, Frame, Gliders
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