Interviewer
Susan Bennett
Date of Interview
3-4-1967
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 Orville Wright, James Jacobs Sr., the 1924 Dayton air race, the Barling Bomber, Dayton-Wright Airplane Co., General Motors, landing flaps, engine cowlings, seaplanes, seat belts, safety, Lorin Wright, model airplanes, Horace Wright, and Capt. Burt Skeel.
Repository
University Archives and Special Collections
Identifier
UASC-033_JacobsJ
Rights
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eCommons Citation
Jacobs, James Wilbur, "Interview with James Wilbur Jacobs" (1967). Wright Brothers - Charles F. Kettering Oral History Project. 11.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/archives_wrightkett_oh/11
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Comments
James Wilbur Jacobs' father, James Jacobs Sr., was an engineer who worked for and with the Wright brothers.