(Orville , American pioneer aviator, 1871-1948) Typed Letter signed to J.F. Victory, The National Aeronautic Association, Washington DC., 3pp., sm. 4to, Dayton, Ohio, 25th March 1831, giving information on their early flights, "I regret that Wilbur and I did not make a better collection of newspaper clippings in the days of our early experiments . Our first flight accomplishing a closed circuit was made on the 20th of September, 1904. The only witnesses on the field at the time this flight was made beside Wilbur and myself were Mr. A.I. Root, now deceased "; and 2 others, comprising another TLs from Orville Wright and a printed statement by the Wright Brothers published by the Aero Club of America, folds, browned (3).