The Wright Story: 1906-1912
Charles Wald

Wright pilot Charles Wald on a Model "B" with a Vertical Four
Image credit: Quenten Wald

Since Wright engines were manufactured in significant numbers in the US and Europe, there are still a number of original Wright engines in collections around the world.

The Horizontal engines are in the collections of the Air and Space Museum (1903 Flyer), Carillon Park (1905 Flyer III), and the Engineer's Club of Dayton (engine #3).

The National Air and Space Museum has four vertical engines: the 1909 Military Flyer engine (vertical four), the Vin Fiz Engine (vertical four), and two Wright six-cylinder vertical engines. Other Wright engines are in the collection of the Air Force Museum, the Franklin Institute, and the Musee de l'Air, the Connecticut Aviation Historical Society, the Scottish Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

Vertical Four #20 remains the only operating original Wright engine in the world.