Photo
The Wright
Brothers testing the first military aircraft
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Orville
Wright and Wilbur Wright - Inventors of the First Engined Airplane
Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur
Wright (1867-1912) requested a patent application for a "flying machine"
nine months before their successful flight in December 1903, which Orville
Wright recorded in his diary. As part of the Wright Brothers' systematic
practice of photographing every prototype and test of their various flying
machines, they had persuaded an attendant from a nearby lifesaving station
to snap Orville Wright in full flight. The craft soared to an altitude
of 10 feet, traveled 120 feet, and landed 12 seconds after takeoff. After
making two longer flights that day, Orville and Wilbur Wright sent this
telegram to their father, instructing him to "inform press."
Earlier in 1900, Wilbur Wright wrote
to French aviation pioneer Octave
Chanute (1832-1910) and expressed the belief that "flight is possible
to man...[and] I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of
money if not my life". More on the Wright
Brothers' invention of the airplane.
Drawing:
Patent drawing from Wright brothers' patent
Early
History of Flight
A timeline
of the history of the airplane up to the Wright Brothers.
Wilbur
Wright and Orville Wright - Airplane Invention
Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
invented the airplane, which they patented as a "flying machine". The first
engine-powered airplane to fly was the Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903.
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