TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roach,Edward J.
TI  - The Wright Company: From Invention to Industry
SN  - 9780821444740
AV  - HD9711.U64 .R633 2013 
U1  - 338.7/629130973 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Athens, OH
PB  - Ohio University Press
KW  - Wright, Wilbur,-1867-1912
KW  - Wright, Orville,-1871-1948
KW  - Wright Company-History
KW  - Aircraft industry-United States-History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One " We Will Devote . . . Our Time to Experimental Work": Creating the Wright Company -- Two Bringing an Aeroplane Factory to Dayton -- Three "A Substantial, Commodious, Thoroughly Modern Factory": The Wright Company Enters the Market -- Four "Our Machines Are Sold on Their Merits": Patents, Profits, and Controversy -- Five World Records for Wright Aviators: The Exhibition Department -- Six To Change or Not to Change: Creating New Airplanes and New Pilots -- Seven Turning Buyer Attention the Company Way: Advertising -- Eight Managing the Wrights' Company -- Nine "It Is Something I Have Wanted to Do for Many Months": Exit Orville -- Epilogue: The Wright Company's Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - A fascinating window into Wilbur and Orville Wright's legendary Wright Company, its place in Dayton, its management struggles, and its effects on early U.S. aviation
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