Did the Wright Brothers keep flying?

Thu May 17, 2007 12:17 am

I'm guessing Wilbur flew up until his death in 1912, but what about Orville?
He lived until 1948, served at NACA for 28yrs, but did he keep flying?

Regards,
Mike

Thu May 17, 2007 1:15 am

There is a great shot of Orville flying right seat in a Connie circa 1947 or so that I saw at the AFM in Dayton.

Jim

Thu May 17, 2007 7:40 am

JimH wrote:There is a great shot of Orville flying right seat in a Connie circa 1947 or so that I saw at the AFM in Dayton.

Jim

I've also seen this pic before. It's the only one that shows him in a plane. I thought he might just be along for the ride???

Regards,
Mike

Thu May 17, 2007 10:53 am

All I know is that my grandfather's pilot's license was signed by Orville. you talk about way cool!
Scott....

Thu May 17, 2007 12:49 pm

RNDMTRS4EVR wrote:All I know is that my grandfather's pilot's license was signed by Orville. you talk about way cool!
Scott....

I met a gentleman around 25 years ago that had one of those; he was the first pilot to fly a Piper Cub. Also referred to Charles Lindbergh as “Chuck”.

Does anyone recall who I’m talking about? I don’t remember his name.

Thu May 17, 2007 3:15 pm

The story I heard was that he was just a passenger and when the captain heard that Orville was on the plane , the capt. invited him up front. I heard that he only flew it for about 10 minutes, straight and level. Later, he commented that it flew very nicely or something similar.

Very vaguely, drawing on distant memory.... I think Orville quit flying as PIC
not too long after Wilbur passed away.

Thu May 17, 2007 3:26 pm

I wrote Paul Garber many years ago and received a very nice letter in return with the details of his last flight and now for the love of me , I can't find it!

I think it was close to what Cubs said about the passing of his brother.

Gotta keep looking!

Thu May 17, 2007 6:28 pm

I have read that when Orville had flow the airliner for a few minutes he told them that they should be using and angle of attack indicator instead of just an airspeed indicator. I wonder if it had Wright engines?

Thu May 17, 2007 8:24 pm

Did any Connie ever fly with anything but Wright engines ?