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The brothers had opened a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio in 1892, but soon became fascinated and frustrated by the slow progress being made toward powered flight. Wilbur, four years older than Orville, was the leader in the brothers' ambition, but their combined engineering talents and their confidence that they had as good a chance an anyone were key to their success. After studying wind speed information from the Weather Bureau, Orville and Wilbur chose the remote location of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, as their testing grounds. The dunes provided elevation for glider flights, there were no trees to get in the way, the sand made for soft landings, and the winds were strong and constant. The realization of their dream--the fruit of four years of dedication--opened the doors to air travel which, in just two generations, has progressed to flying faster than the speed of sound and traveling to the moon! |
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From the Dover coloring book History of Flight by A.G. Smith |
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) "Wilbur
and Orville did many tests with kites and gliders to help them understand
how to make a very good airplane. They also made a wind tunnel to see how
wind goes over wings of different shapes. They had lots of mistakes, but
they kept trying because they believed they could make an airplane that
would fly."--Amanda |
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Many people were trying to figure out powered flight, but not having much success. The Wright brothers discovered that being able to control the aircraft was very important.
"The Wright Flyer had controls for three things: pitch, yaw and roll. Pitch is controlled by pointing the nose of the plane up or down. Yaw means horizontal rotational direction and is controlled by turning the plane left or right. Roll refers to the angle of the wings (right up, left down, etc.) and is adjusted by changing the shape of the wings with a twisting action. Being bicycle shop workers, they had a good sense of mechanics that was useful in creating the first successful airplane."--Harrison |
First
Flight : The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers (An I Can Read
Chapter Book) |
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) "I'm
standing at the first flight marker. This is where the first airplane ended
it's first flight of 120 feet, lasting 12 seconds and piloted by Orville.
The second attempt lasted about 12 seconds and covered about 175 feet with
Wilbur at the controls. Flight #3, by Orville, stretched about 200 feet,
lasting 15 seconds. The fourth and last flight of the Wright Flyer flew
852 feet and was 59 seconds long, piloted by Wilbur. They were so excited,
congratulating each other, that they forgot to hang onto the plane and a
gush of wind turned it over, wrecking it. It was later repaired by students
at MIT and now it hangs in the National
Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C."--Harrison
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From the Dover coloring book History of Flight by A.G. Smith |
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"They
have done it! Damned if they ain't flew!" The excitement of
this onlooker of the first flight on December 17, 1903 is understandable.
Many had tried, and failed. But the creative and persistent Wright brothers
had finally succeeded! 
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The
Wright Brothers : Pioneers of American Aviation (Landmark Books)
This
Is America, Charlie Brown V. 2 - The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
Not
Rated. 
Classic
Airplanes : Twenty-Two Aircraft That Made History 
Aviation
: A Smithsonian Guide (Smithsonian Guide)