U.S. Air Service. Vol. I, No. 1 (Feb., 1919) - IX, 12 (Dec., 1924)., 1919-1948

Contents: Vol. VI, No. 5 (Dec. 1921): Article by Orville Wright, “The Airplane Eighteen Years Hence,” p. 8. Vol. VII, No. 11 (Dec. 1922): Article by Orville Wright, “Possibilities of Soaring Flight”, pp. 7-9. Vol. VIII, No. 12 (Dec. 1923): Article by Wilbur and Orville Wright, “The Wright Brothers’ Airplane,” pp. 27-32. Loose issues: Vol. X, No. 1 (Jan 1925) - XXXIII, 10 (Oct. 1948); XXXIV, 4 (April 1949) - XXXVI, 7 (July 1951). Contents: Vol. XIII, No. 3 (March 1928): Contains Orville Wright’s essay, “Why the 1903 Wright Airplane is Sent to a British Museum,” related to the Wright-Smithsonian controversy, pp. 30-1. Vol. 4, (April 1928): Contains Orville Wright’s essay, “An Independent Investigation Should Decide,” related to the Wright-Smithsonian controversy, p. 27. Vol. 12 (Dec. 1928): Contains an essay by Orville and Wilbur Wright, “The World’s First 160 Flights” (first reported in 1906 to the Aero Club of America). Vol. XXII, No. 12 (Dec. 1937): Contains Orville Wright’s essay, “How We Made the First Flight”, pp. 10-13. Vol. XXIII, No.1 (Jan. 1938): Contains news articles, “Orville Wright Forsees Great Progress in Next Decade”, p. 15. 5 (May 1938): Contains editorial and articles on Wright Brothers. Vol. XXIV, No. 7 (July 1939): Contains editorial on Wright Brothers’ wind tunnel, which had not been discussed in print before. 8 (August 1939): Contains editorial and article on the 1909 Ft. Meyer flight. 10 (Oct. 1939): Contains article, “Wilbur Wright Pays Grant’s Tomb a Flying Visit”, on the Hudson river flight, Oct. 4, 1909. Includes photograph. Vol. XXV, No. 9 (Sept. 1940): Contains news article on the dedication of Wright Hill, Dayton, Ohio. Vol. XXVI, No. 11 (Nov. 1942): Contains article by Charles G. Abbot, “Smithsonian Admits Wright Brothers were Inventors of the Airplane”, pp. 12-15. Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (Jan. 1943): Contains article, “39th Anniversary of World’s First Flight”, p. 19. 6 (June 1943): Contains review of Fred. C. Kelly’s biography, p. 13. 12 (Dec. 1943): A Wright Brothers commemorative issue, including excerpts from the 1900-03 Kitty Hawk letters. Vol. XXX, No. 9 (August 1945): Contains article “The Mythical Whitehead Flight”, regarding Gustave Whitehead’s ‘first flight’, August 14, 1901, reported in the Bridgeport [Conn.] Herald, August 18, 1901. Vol. XXXIII, No. 2 (Feb. 1948): Contains Orville Wright’s obituary, pp. 5-8.