ALinda,
During April of 1909 the Wrights were in Rome to deliver a Flyer to
the Aeronautical Society of Rome and pick-up $10,000, the three of
them (Wilbur, Orville and Katharine, sister) were in Rome while
Wilbur trained the Aeronautical Society of Rome's pilot. The
aircraft was a Flyer and Wilbur did all the flying, they later build
a Type B, but they didn't call any of the their planes a Type
A. Coming to Rome from Le Mans, and near Pau, Orville and
Katharine's train hit a slower moving train, but neither were hurt.
Sorry, I just finished Wilbur and Orville by Fred Howard this morning.
Richard
N99904
MTJ
