14 DECEMBER 2009

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Article from BTNews 14 DECEMBER 2009

Wright Brothers descendent in London

THE ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY (RAeS) was established in 1866 and is still very much around today as a professional body with an international network of 63 branches.  Its prestigious headquarters are in Park Lane, next door to the Intercontinental Hotel.  In 1909 Wilbur & Orville Wright came to London to receive the Society’s first two Gold Medals.  Orville Wright (Wilbur died in 1912) always had an affinity to London, the original Wright Flyer on display at the Science Museum London from 1928 until 1948 after a row with the Washington’s Smithsonian.  To mark this 100th anniversary the Society invited Amanda Wright Lane, family keeper of the Wright name, and great grand niece of the brothers, to this year’s ceremony held last week.  A Gold Medal, this time around, was awarded to Emirates President Tim Clark.  Ms Wright Lane brought with her the original medal which is now on display at the RAeS together with the Silver Medal awarded to Samuel Cody in the same year.  An American by birth Cody was the first man to conduct a powered flight in Britain, on 16 October 1908. www.raes.org.uk

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