Wrightbrothers

From Fails To Flight

  • Opened Wright Cycle Exchange

  • Wrote Letter To Smithsonian Asking For Information On Aeronautics

  • Moved To Kitty Hawk To Begin Manned Flights

  • Added Power To Their Glider

  • Built The Wright Flyer II

  • granted U.S. Patent 821393

  • U.S. Army Signal Corps issued Specification #486

    this invited bids for construction of a flying machine under military contract
  • The Wright Company was incorporated

  • Period: to

    Wright Brothers Flying School at Huffman Prairie trained 115 pilots who were instructed by Orville and his assistants

  • The Wright Company transported the first known commercial air cargo