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Kitty Hawk

(Encyclopedia) Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk, part of an offshore sandbar on Cape Hatteras, NE N.C., E of Albemarle Sound. Nearby is Kill Devil Hill, where the Wright brothers experimented successfully (…

San Rafael

(Encyclopedia) San RafaelSan Rafaelsăn rəfĕlˈ [key], residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913…

The Wright Brothers Centennial

A Century of Flight The Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio Orville Wright, Major John F.…

Brewer's: Wright of Norwich

Do you know Dr. Wright of Norwich? A reproof given to a person who stops the decanter at dinner. Dr. Wright, of Norwich, was a great diner-out and…

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright is considered the most influential American architect of the 20th century. His legacy is an architectural style that departed from European influences to create a purely American…

Recreating the Wright Stuff

Full scale replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer in a 40 foot by 80 foot wind-tunnel. A full-scale replica of the historic 1903 Wright Flyer was constructed and delivered to NASA's Ames…

Bartlesville

(Encyclopedia) Bartlesville Bartlesville bärˈtəlzvĭl [key], city (2020 pop. 37,290), seat of Washington co., NE Okla…

Wright, Willard Huntington

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Willard Huntington, pseud. S. S. Van Dine, 1888–1939, American art critic and mystery story writer, b. Charlottesville, Va. He attended college in California and later studied…

Wright, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Charles, 1935–, American poet, b. Pickwick Dam, Tenn. While in the army in Italy (1957–61), he began reading Pound's Cantos, which, along with his Southern roots and ancient…

Racine

(Encyclopedia) RacineRacinerəsēnˈ [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 84,298), seat of Racine co., SE Wis., on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Root River; inc. 1848. It is a port of entry, and its…