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MANAGEMENT IN AVIATION HISTORY BENCH MARKS


Giovanni Caproni, the Italian aeronautical engineer and builder of aircraft, and Russian-born aircraft inventor Igor Sikorsky. Several record-making pilots included WWI ace Reed Landis and Charles Lindbergh. Also present was pilot Wilmur Stultz who had made the fi rst non-stop fl ight between New York and Cuba that March. In June he had captained the trimotor “Friendship” with Amelia Earhart on board — this is when she became the fi rst woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. Although not one of the American delegates, Earhart’s presence was important as a signal that women were part of aviation. Word spread of the impending conference. Within months, attractions were added on to the week of varied events that participants could elect to attend. Before the ICAC began in Washington, D.C., many delegates


traveled mostly by train to attend the International Aeronautical Exhibition in Chicago. By itself the Chicago exhibition must have been remarkable. According to historian Charles F. Downs, “The show featured American aircraft and technology, including nearly every American airplane in production, motors and accessories, special exhibits, and displays of foreign aircraft.” The enthusiastic group thereafter endured a grueling but happy agenda that included tours and banquets (in Dayton, OH). From Chicago, this group returned to join the rest of the conference attendees for opening ceremonies in D.C. on Dec. 12. Meetings, workshops and presentations were assigned an aeronautical theme over the next three days. Extra day and evening events included a reception at the White House, a private screening of an aviation documentary fi lm, an air show and a banquet. The organizers who had intended to make Orville comfortable


with lavish hotel accommodations also expected him to have an entourage of assistants. Instead, the guest of honor came alone and took all phone calls forwarded to his room in person. To their disappointment, he also declined to give a speech. He agreed to but one photograph of himself to be used in promotional materials, but he was not opposed to interviews.


THE QUIET LITTLE MAN FROM DAYTON Wright found himself interviewed by Allene Sumner, a female journalist best known for her articles in Woman’s Day magazine. Sumner asked Wright if it was true that he had not piloted an aircraft in more than ten years. “The vibration of the stick is too much for my sciatica,” replied Wright. “I can’t drive my own plane anymore. That’s the way life goes, isn’t it? I can ride though, and I do — as often as I can.” Sumner asked Wright about the future of aviation, to which he replied that he did not feel the airplane would be making regular trans-oceanic fl ights, despite the success of Lindbergh’s 1927 cross-Atlantic solo. Inevitably Sumner queried Wright about the role of women in aviation, to which he chided her for asking “another of those popular silly questions. Why generalize? There’s too much talk, too much generalization, too much boasting.” Undaunted, Sumner remained charmed by the gentleman whom she described as “the quiet little man from Dayton, Ohio,” and a man “with humility and a distaste of kowtowing.” Wright ended their interview with a smile and sage remarks.


14 DOMmagazine.com | dec 2016 jan 2017


Orville Wright consented to only one photograph taken during the ICAC for promotional purposes but invited journalists to interviews such as this one written by Allene Sumner. The Olean Evening Times, New York, December 18, 1928


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