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The wright brothers
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Wilber Wright was born
Wilber Wright was born in April 16, 1867 in a farm near Millville, Indiana. -
Orville was born
Orville was born in Agust 19, 1871 in Deyton, Ohio. -
Orville left high school
Orville left high school in 1888 to start a printing buissnes since his big enthusiasm was printing. -
Their mum died
Their mum died in 1889 because of tuberculossis.(a sicknes that attacks your lungs) -
The wright brothers built their first glider
The wright brothers built their first glider that used wing wraping in 1900. -
The brothers improved thir glider
In 1901the brothers improved their glider and gave another try in kitty hawk.
This time the improved glider broke the world record by reaching 389 feet, but they were still not satisfied and belived they could make it go higher and fly longer. -
The brothers had a new design
In 1902 the brothers had a new design that had ruder control withwing warping and proper roder movement, they could get more.
That way they could get a more stable flight.
This time they brocke another record,and the flight scored more than 600-feet. -
An American scientist, SamuelP. Langley, made one model that was powered by a small steam angine and flew three quarters of a mile witout a pilot
in 1903, an american scientist, samuel P.Langley, made one model that was powerend by a small angine and flew three quarters of a mile without a pilot. -
The American scientist tried his airplane, which was mounted on rails
The American scientist tried his airplane, which was mounted on rails fastened to the roof of a house boat.
The experiment unfortunately failed and the plane raced down the rails and dived into the water. -
The brothers tried their engine powered machine that they called flyev 1.
The brothers tried their engine powered machine that thy called flyer 1. At 10:30A.M. the brothers shook hands as the plane rumbled to life, history was about to be made.
Orville went on Flyer 1 face down along side the angine on the lower wing.
Orville gave the signal to Wilber that he was ready.Sudenly the plane rolled faster and faster, then finnaly rose of the ground; Orville was the first person to fly a plane. -
The brothers perfected an amazing airplane
In 1908 the brothers perfected an amazing airplane.It could fly 25 miles and stay in air for 30 minuts; it had a speed of 40 miles per hour.The pilot would have so much control it could fly in circles an do figures of eight. -
The wright brothers didnt get much atention
The wright brothers didnt get much atention until a news paper reporter witnesed a 1,000-foot high flight in 1908 and that same year Wilber had traveled to france and flew their plane befor European royalty. -
The Wright brothers built a factory
In 1909 the Wright brothers formed a Wright co.and opened a factory to manyfacture aircraft. -
Wilber Wright died
Unfortunatly Wilber Wright did'nt live long to see improvements on the plane;he died in 1912 from the typhoid fever.
