Interviewer
Susan Bennett
Date of Interview
2-11-1967
Length of interview and transcript
34 pages
Document Type
Transcript
Language
English
Description
This transcript is part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted with people who knew and interacted with Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright and/or Charles F. Kettering. In this interview, the subject discusses the Kettering "Bug," wind tunnels, first earth invector compass, a practical joke with a gyroscope, testing, patent and postwar developments on the "Bug," the Geman V-1 in World War II, a Smithsonian incident regarding the Wright brothers, Charles F. Kettering, and no-knock gasoline.
Repository
University Archives and Special Collections
Identifier
UASC-033_WrightJ
Rights
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eCommons Citation
Wright, John, "Interview with John Wright" (1967). Wright Brothers - Charles F. Kettering Oral History Project. 1.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/archives_wrightkett_oh/1
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Comments
John Wright was an electrical engineer and chemist who worked for Charles F. Kettering at Delco. He also knew Orville Wright.