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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS - On December 17, 1903, the Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. - Few great figures in American history are shrouded in more basic knowledge than Wilbur and Orville Wright. Their fame and popular stature is extraordinary, but their personal story and beginnings is largely unknown. -- Two men, working essentially alone and with little formal scientific

Approximately eighty-two percent of the world’s population have used airplanes as a means of travel (Negroni). Without the Wright brothers and their invention of the airplane this would not be possible. The Wright Brothers invented the airplane on December 17, 1903 (Wright Brothers). This flying machine is now essential to the modern world and is being used by many. Airplanes have been an essential part in wars. Aviation is being popular today because of the first World War when it was initially

The Wright brothers; two famous inventors that we think we all know, but do we really? My book, The Wright Brothers by Charles Ludwig, takes us back to where it all began. The book describes where Orville and Wilbur Wright lived, believed in ,and where they first came up with the idea of the airplane. The author also added the struggles they went through and how they solved them. There are two main characters to this book,Wilbur Wright and Orville wright. Wilbur and Orville were two inventors

Wright Brothers Invention Process “I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville, that man would not fly for fifty years.” A quote stated by non other than Wilbur Wright, brother of Orville Wright, inventors of the first controlled heavier than air controlled flying machine. In the beginning, and throughout the entire process, the Wright Brothers faced many challenges and hardships. But, even after going through all that they were still the first to build a heavier than air controlled aircraft

With the age all of the numbers were very close together, so I think most just guessed. Which is why the numbers are fairly consistent. With your father's occupation for me the pilot seemed plausible. Maybe it wouldn't seem very likely if we lived anywhere else but with the wright Patterson air-force base so close by it was a strong possibility that he could have been a pilot. Not just the Wright Patt, but with Ohio being one of the birth places of aviation, the possibility got stronger. At least

Alberto was born on July 20, 1873 in the town of Palmira in Brazil. This town is now known as Santos Dumont. Alberto was the youngest of the 7 children. His father’s name is Henrique Dumont, and his mother is Francisca de Paula Santos. His family owned a coffee plantation. When Alberto Dumont was 18 his father sent him to Paris where Santos Dumont worked on chemistry, physics, astronomy, and mechanics. In Alberto’s early career he built and flew hot air balloons and early airships. On October 19

The First Plane Did you know that planes are important to the world? Well, they are because people can travel place to place in plane than on ground because if you are in Florida and someone is in Ohio then, when you travel in car you will have to go on miles. But, if you are on plane then you will be in Ohio in a day or two. The individuals that made the first plane were the Wright brothers. They were Wilbur and Orville Wright. Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867 and Orville was born on August

A – Include a section in the article to explain history of the quest for flight. The human race has been trying to fly for centuries. Back around 400 BC, the Chinese discovered the first flying machine. The kite. Kites are very important because they were the forerunner to the first balloons and gliders. In the 1480s, Leonardo de Vinci made the first real studies of flight when he drew and illustrated his theories. De Vinci designed a flying machine called the Ornithopter. This machine was never

An airplane is classified as a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. (dictionary.com) The technological innovation idea of the airplanes was created two centuries before it actually was developed and working correctly. The first plane that was working successfully was made by the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur. The Wright Brothers tested the first ever working airplane on December

If you were asked who's your real life hero, who would you say? Some people might say. Their real life hero, or heroes are Orville and Wilbur Wright. Although most of the time people just say the Wright Brothers. The Wright Brothers made the first airplane in 1903. Wilbur Wright always liked finding out how things worked and building things. When Wilbur and Orville where kids they would oil an old sewing machine that their friends mom owned because, they wanted to learn how it worked.(Site)