Wright brothers......?

Question

I'm in school and I need help. Which president helped bring back the Wright brother's plane from London, England in 1948? Please help quick! A link to a website would be highly nice.

Answer 1

Well, Orville agreed to return the Flyer back to the US in 1943.  If that was influenced by any president it would be FDR, he was in office at the time.

Answer 2

It was probably Harry S. Truman, since he was President during that time.

Answer 3

Strech your answer is 100% dead on accurate and impressive. That wasn't the first issue the Wright Brothers had with the U S government. Did you know that the Wright Brothers after their 1903 flight ceased flying until 1906? The reason was the Wright Brothers were trying to notify the U S Government that they had solved the mystery of flight; yet the U S government did not believe them. It wasn't until a member of the armed forces actually went to Dayton to find them flying around a cow pasture before they were taken seriously. In fact they had signed contracts with Britain, Spain and Germany before the U S showed any interest.

  The book by Fred Kelly should be considered must reading for anyone interested in Aviation. It has copies of hand written letters from the Wrights to each other and what limited outside contacts they would deal with. And until his death Orville still considers their model wind tunnel as their greatest creation, even above the aircraft itself!

"First in Flight" by Fred  Kelly as recalled by Orville Wright is now the next reading assignment for all of you! The copy I read was published in the 50's, so good luck and happy library hunting!

Truly fascinating characters!

Answer 4

Orville continued a long, running battle with the Smithsonian that had begun with  their duplicity in the Curtis patent suit. After the First World War, the Smithsonian exaggerated Langley's contributions to aeronautics while seeming to belittle the Wrights. Friends of Orville set the record straight, but the Smithsonian kept on. In retaliation, Orville sent the 1903 Wright Flyer, the airplane in which he and Wilbur had made the first powered flights at Kitty Hawk, to the Science Museum of London in England.  In the 1930s, Charles Lindbergh, the first aviator to fly from New York to Paris nonstop, attempted to mediate the feud, but to no avail. It wasn't until 1942 that Orville Wright's friend and biographer, Fred Kelly, convinced the Smithsonian to back down and publish the truth. That done, Orville sent word to England that the Flyer was to be brought home to America. Its return was delayed by the Second World War, but it was finally returned in 1948.

Harry S Truman 1945-1953