Jan 30 1948
From The Space Library
Orville Wright died in Dayton, Ohio, at the age of 76, thus ending his 28 years as a member of the NACA. In his lifetime, the speed of the airplane had been increased from 0 mph to almost 1,000 mph.
Heinz Hermann Koelle's new chapter of the Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung is formerly registered with the occupational authorities in Stuttgart.