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Century
, 360, 362

Cercle des Arts et Sports, 383

Chalais Meudon, 230, 320

Chamber’s Cyclopedia
, 78, 94

Chandler, Charles DeForest, 435, 446

Chantiers de France, 383

Chanut, Elise Sophie Debonnaire, 146

Chanut, Joseph, 146–47

Chanute, Annie, 248

Chanute, Kans., 148

Chanute, Octave, 56–57, 122, 146–56, 147, 164, 205, 375, 376

advice given by, 329, 379, 393, 420

aeronautical experiments of, 153–56, 160, 168, 179, 182

aeronautics promoted by, 290–91, 312, 318

celebrity of, 156

childhood of, 146–48

civil engineering career of, 56, 148–50, 152, 200–201

death of, 421, 433

early aeronautical interests of, 149–52

exaggeration and misrepresentation by, 251, 253–54, 276–77, 420, 423

family of, 248, 421

flight demonstrations missed by, 259, 300

information dispersed by, 229–35, 245–46, 253–54, 271, 276–77, 281, 296, 300

international contacts of, 247, 248–49, 251, 252, 256–57, 274, 291, 318

lectures of, 249, 251–52, 277, 318, 362, 416, 417

personality of, 146–47, 200–201

principles of, 200–201, 205

publications of, 152, 162, 165, 177, 181, 202, 253–54, 296, 318

technical understanding lacking in, 200, 251, 253–54, 302, 316, 318

Wilbur and, 160, 174, 181–82, 183, 200, 219, 253–54, 276–79, 293, 303, 316, 336, 419–21

Wilbur on, 146, 316, 419–21

Wrights’ correspondence with, 160, 174, 181–82, 183, 200, 201–2, 203, 206–7, 208, 214, 226, 229, 234–35, 236, 237, 245–46, 247, 248–49, 253–55, 258, 276–79, 311, 316, 340–41, 410, 419–21

Wrights criticized by, 278, 301–2, 316, 419–21

Wrights’ quarrel with, 419–21, 441–42

Wrights’ relationship with, 181–82, 196, 197, 200–202, 205–7, 211–12, 218–21, 229–35, 236, 251, 253–55, 259–60, 271, 302–3

Chanute-Herring glider (1896), 154, 155, 156, 160, 214, 233–34, 239, 260, 275–76, 280, 290, 291, 343. 352, 498

Charnley, Mitchell, 517–18

Chicago, 111., 150–52, 182, 248

Chicago
Tribune
, 154

Christian Amendment Convention, 51

Christian Conservator
, 69, 79, 82, 88, 96

Christian Cynosure
, 51

Church of the United Brethren in Christ, 12, 27–31, 33

Confession of Faith of, 28, 68, 79, 80, 81–82, 85

Constitution of, 29, 30, 52, 68, 78–80, 81–82, 85, 163

dissension within, 12, 41–43, 63, 67–69, 78–82, 119

educational institutions of, 31, 35, 37, 41, 60, 64, 89

General Conferences of, 28, 29, 41, 43, 51–52, 63, 65, 67, 68, 69, 78–80, 81–82

missionary circuits of, 35–38, 39, 40, 52, 54–55, 60, 63, 69, 78, 81, 86, 88, 90, 104, 128, 150–51, 157, 160

publications of, 43, 45, 51, 52, 63–64, 65, 68

Radical-Liberal split in, 12, 41–43, 51–52, 63–64, 67–69, 78–82, 84–87, 163–64, 484

reform movement in, 68–69, 78–82

Church of the United Brethren in Christ (Old Constitution):

establishment of, 82, 215

General Conferences of, 85–86, 216, 217–18, 302

litigation involving, 85–86, 91–92, 103, 217, 484

property disputes in, 84–86, 91–92

publishing board controversy in, 215–18

reorganization of, 83–87

Cincinnati Enquirer
, 272

Cincinnati
Post
, 300

Civil War, 26, 40, 41, 79, 148

Clément-Bayard, 416

cockpits, 258, 262, 324

Cody, Samuel F., 312, 353

Coe’s Collegiate Academy, 60

Coffin, Howard, 469

Coffyn, Prank, 11, 428, 429, 430

Cogswell, Dr., 196

College Park, Md., 408–9, 446, 451, 458, 507

Collier, Robert J., 409, 410, 455, 459, 465

Collier’s Weekly
, 280, 357, 409, 496, 519

Collier Trophy, 15, 459, 472–73, 520, 528–29

Collin, Frédérick, 323

Columbus, Christopher, 36

comic strips, 136

Committee on Military Ballooning, 289

Commodore
, 37

Commonwealth
, 248

Compagnie Générale de Navigation Aérienne, La (CGNA), 349, 383, 389, 405, 416–17, 433. 440

compasses, 398

Congress, U.S., 390

Congress of Religions, 151

Conklin, D. B., 448–49

“Connecticut Night Watchman Thinks He Has Found Out How To Fly,” 498

Connor, T. J., 37

“Conquête de l’Air par Deux Marchands de Cycles” (Coquelle), 308

Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, 441

Constitutional Association, 69, 79

Contact
, 495

control systems, 166, 167–70, 318, 441–42

automatic stabilizing, 443–45, 459–60

gyroscopic, 459–60

lateral, 251, 317, 324, 353, 384, 40J-2, 419–20, 442

Coolidge, Calvin, 506

cooling systems, 244, 245

Coquelle, Robert, 308–9, 327

Cordley, Frank R., 328, 329, 333, 335, 339, 346

Cosmopolitan
, 328

Cosmos Club, 371, 392

Coupe d’Aviation Ernest Archdeacon, 317, 321–22, 325, 344

Coupe Michelin, 377, 384–85, 459

Cox, James M., 390, 503

Crane, George D., 216

Crane, John, 499–500

Crane, Spencer, 427

Crane, Zenas, 522–23

Creecy, Richard, 374

Crisp, W. Benton, 462, 466–67, 484

Cross of Gold, 135

Crozier, William, 346

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 313–14, 327, 384, 422, 443, 449

aircraft manufacturing of, 313–14, 351–52, 361, 399, 400–405, 407, 415

exhibition team of, 428–29, 431–32, 485

first plane sold by, 399

flights of, 353, 362–63, 364, 373, 374, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406–8, 424–25, 432

flight training by, 428–29, 459, 485

flying boats of, 457, 459–60

Langley Aerodrome reconstructed by, 485–87, 489, 492–95

speed record set by, 404, 432

Wrights’ competition with, 407–9, 432

see also
Herring-Curtiss Company

Curtiss, Lena, 415

Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, 415, 457, 461–67

infringement suits brought by, 466

research and development at, 464

Wright Aeronautical merged with, 467

Wrights’ patent war with, 456–67

G. H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company, 313–14

Curtiss Model C-2, 460

Curtiss Model E, 457, 458

Curtiss Model J, 464

Curtiss Model JN-4D “Jenny,” 464, 470, 510

Curtiss-Wright, 467

Cutler, Edward, 509

Cygnet
, 351–52

Cygnet II
, 399

Daily Mail
(London), 357, 384

Dandrieux butterfly, 57

Daniels, John T., 264, 266, 267, 268,
268
, 269, 454

Danner, John, 98

“Darius Green and His Flying Machine” (Trowbridge), 137

Dauphine, La
, 192

Davis, J. W., 427

Dayton, Ohio, 11, 19, 43, 52, 65–66, 90, 157–59

centennial celebration of, 158–59

1912 flood in, 452–54

Wright Brothers’ Celebration in, 390–91, 392–94,
393

Dayton Airplane Company, 469

Dayton
Daily Herald
, 100, 118, 272

Dayton
Daily Journal
, 68, 100, 271, 282, 300

Dayton
Daily News
, 272, 300, 508

Dayton Engineering Laboratories (DELCO), 468–69

Dayton Metal Products Company, 469

Dayton Street Railway, 46

Dayton-Wright Company, 469–71, 489, 492

sale of, 471, 472

Senate investigation of, 471

Dayton-Wright R.B. Racer, 471

Dean, Ed, 271

de Bausset, Arthur, 138

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
(Gibbon), 78

Deeds, Edward A., 468–69, 471, 521–22, 523, 524, 526

Deeds Carillon Park, 523,
524

DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft, 470

Delagrange, Léon, 343, 345, 349, 362, 368

de Lambert, Charles, 383, 386, 433

Dennis, Emma, 123–24

Detroit
Tribune
, 106

Deutsch-Archdeacon prize,
see
Grand Prix d’Aviation

Deutsch de la Meurthe, Henri, 249–50, 251, 307, 308, 317, 322, 333–35. 336, 342, 349, 362, 381

Deutsch Prize, 250, 251, 336

Dewey, Orville, 48

Dicken, George P., 381

Dickie, James, 499

Dienstbach, Carl, 306–7, 395–96

dirigibles, 101, 250–51, 252, 282, 361, 405, 425

Disney, Walt, 497

dive bombers, 15, 472

Dive of Death, 431

Dix, Dorothy (Elizabeth M. Gilmer), 136

Dog-Fennell Gazette
, 24

Dominguez Field, 424–25, 429, 434

Dosher, Joseph J., 182–83, 189, 190, 270

Dough, W. S., 260, 264, 266

Douglas, James, 508–9

Douglas DWC World Cruiser, 511

Douglas SBD Dauntless bomber, 472

drag control, 176–77, 200, 201, 238–39, 241

Drew, “Uncle Dan’l,” 149

Dreyfus Affair, 334

Drinkwater, Alpheus, 267, 357, 358

Drury, A. W., 67, 86

Drzewiecki, Stefan, 317

Dumont, Henriques, 250

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 95, 101, 109

Dunne, J. W., 312

Durand, William F.,
474

Duryea, Charles, 136

Duryea, Frank, 136

Earhart, Amelia, 506

Early Birds, 508

Early Powerplane Fathers
(Zahm), 500

Eddy, Ulysses D., 328–29

Edison, Thomas Alva, 360, 508, 512

Edison Company, 136

Edison Institute, 508

Edward VII, King of England, 385, 386

Eiffel Tower, 250, 282

Einem, General von, 340

elevators, 167–68, 173, 179, 180, 188, 199, 201, 209–12, 255, 267, 286, 295–97, 312, 322, 324, 464

Ellehammer, J. C. R., 324

Ellet, Charles, 149

Ellington, Eric, 458

Ellis, Ed, 74, 116, 118, 391

“Empire of the Air” (Mouillard), 162

Encyclopedia Britannica
, 78

Engelhard, Paul, 442

engines:

air-cooled, 244

Antoinette, 325, 342

Bouchet, 343

compressed-air, 233–34

Curtiss, 313–14, 352, 361, 487

Hispano-Suiza, 466

horsepower delivery of, 167, 241, 242, 244, 253, 257, 260, 280, 324, 325, 404, 412, 458

internal combustion, development of, 166–67, 244, 249_50, 257, 462

Langley, 488

Liberty, 470

Peugeot, 324

rocket, 474

Rolls-Royce, 470

steam, 138, 139, 141–42, 166, 169, 175, 258, 260, 275, 321, 462

Wright, 244–46,
245
, 253, 261, 267, 273, 274, 276, 280, 313, 314, 328, 412, 458, 488

England, 247, 274, 289–90, 312, 451

aeronautical research in, 289–90, 306, 311–12

aircraft production in, 470

War Office of, 294–95, 304–6, 311–12, 388

Wright production contracts in, 389, 410, 435, 442, 451, 488

Wrights’ negotiations in, 291–92, 294–95, 302, 305–6, 307, 311–12, 314, 330, 333

English Channel, 384, 385, 399, 431

equilibrium, 115, 167–70, 172–73

Erie Railroad, 148–49

Esnault-Pelterie, Robert, 318–19, 323, 336, 349, 353, 384, 416, 441. 457

Etheridge, Adam, 263–64, 266

evangelism, 28, 29

Evening Standard
(London), 343

“Experiences d’Aviation” (Ferber), 251

Experiments in Aerodynamics
(Langley), 140, 162

“Experiments of a Flying Man, The”

(Wright), 281

Ezekiel Flying Machine, 138

Fabre, Henri, 457

Fairfield Air Depot, 511

Fanciulli, Jerome, 429

Farman, Henri Edgar Mumford, 155, 343–45, 349, 362, 364, 368–69, 384

airplanes of, 413, 416, 431

Farman, Thomas, 343

Feight, George, 256

Feight, John, 74

Ferber, Ferdinand, 232–33, 248–49, 251, 252, 274–75, 306–7, 309, 317, 319–21. 323–24, 336

Ferris, George, 150

Fetters & Shank, 116, 226

“Fifty Years of American Science” (McGee), 106

Figaro, Le
, 368

Findley, Earl, 475–76, 496, 517–18, 519, 526

Fish, Frederick, 448

Fiske, “Jubilee Jim,” 149

Fiske, Wilbur, 40

Fitz, Reginald Heber, 108

“flaming coffin,” 470

“Fliers or Liars,” 315

flight simulation, 436–37

flight training, 338, 373, 387–88, 402, 405, 510–11

by Curtiss, 428–29, 459, 488

by Wright Brothers, 383, 385, 386, 408, 426–28, 427, 429, 435–37, 438, 439

Flint, Charles Ranlett, 328–30, 331, 360, 406

Charles R. Flint & Co., 328–30, 334–35, 337–38, 342. 346, 359. 440. 451–52

Flips and Flops, 515–16

Floyd, Halleck, 79, 82, 217

Flugmaschine Wright Gesellschaft, 405, 433–34

flying boats, 249, 456, 457–58, 459–60

flying bombs, 470

flying circus, 434

flying machines:

bat-winged, 260, 441

bicycles and, 114–15, 169–70, 171, 243, 302, 353

design and construction of, 139, 140, 141, 143–44, 152–53, 154–55, 165, 166–70 early experiments with, 137–45, 153–56, 162

humorous skepticism about, 136–38, 159, 231, 429

model, 139–42, 143, 153, 168

multiwing, 153–54, 168, 239

predictions about, 114, 137, 138, 213

rubber driven, 140, 153, 155, 168–69

spiral winged, 138

steam-powered, 138, 139, 141–42, 166, 169, 258, 260

successful early flights of, 141–42, 144, 153–56

toy, 56–57, 159, 164, 362, 515

see also
airplanes; gliders;
specific aircraft

“Flying Machines and the War” (Kelly), 519

“Flying Man, The,” 159, 362

Fokker, “Bird of Paradise,” 511

Foraker, Joseph Benson “Fire Alarm Joe,” 99–100

Forbes, A. Holland, 391–92

Ford, Edsel, 509

Ford, Glenn, 497

Ford, Henry, 136, 461–62 restoration project of, 44, 507–10

Ford Hour, 509

Fordyce, Arnold, 309, 310, 327, 334, 335, 336–37, 339, 340, 381

Fordyce, Emma, 58