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The Wright Brothers Wilbur Wright was born in 1867, and Orville Wright was born in 1871. They were born in Dayton, Ohio. At that time the new bicycle was invented. When Wilbur was 22, and Orville was 18, they opened a bicycle shop.TRANSCRIPT
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The Wright Brothers Created by Jonathon Murphy The Wright Brothers
Wilbur Wright was born in 1867, and Orville Wright wasborn in They
were born in Dayton, Ohio. At that time the new bicycle was
invented. When Wilbur was 22, and Orville was 18, they opened a
bicycle shop. The Idea While working in the bicycle shop Wilbur was
reading the newspaper. He saw that Otto Lilienthal had died. Otto
was a person who studied human flight. That was when Wilbur got the
idea to follow Ottos ideas. The Brothers' First Glider
Thebrothers made their first glider as a controlled kite and a
pilot flown glider. The pilot lay face down. He controlled an
elevator by his hands. His feet controlled the wings. Kitty Hawk To
test the glider the brothers went to Kitty Hawk, NorthCarolina
because there is a lot ofwind and there is sand for soft landings.
They first flew it like a kite.Then Wilbur was the pilot and flew
it. Bigger and Better Plane
After going back to Dayton, Ohio the brothers decided to make a
bigger and better plane. By 1902 it was done and it was also the
biggest glider ever built. This time thepilots hips controlledthe
wings. The Flyer The brothers made a glider that they called the
flyer. The flyer had an engine so it could go forward. The brothers
made 2 propellers for their flyer. The pilot was Wilbur. He won the
brothers coin toss. The flights didnt work out very well. Success
The brothers tried again and got it right. Wilbur was up in the air
for a minute. Flyer 2 The brothers made another plane named flyer
2. Wilbur broke the record of5 min. to 39 min. in the air. Then the
brothers again made another plane. This time it had seats and
levers for steering. Splitting Apart The brothers split apart.
Orville went to show the U.S. army and Wilbur went to France.
Showing The World The French loved the flying. Wilbur made the
headlines of the French and German newspaper while Orville also
did. But while Orville was flying with a passenger a propeller got
caught on a wire. He cut the engine and took a nose dive. Orville
got injured and the passenger was killed. Selling The Plane After
Orville got hurt, Wilbur came quickly onto the scene. When Orville
was back in shape, he flew again. This time the army said, We will
pay you $25,000, and, if you can reach up to 40mph, we will give
you $5,000 extra. Orville did it. Hisaverage speed was 42 mph.
Wilbur Dies After selling the plane, the brothers make a company
called The Wright Company. Suddenly, Wilbur went down with typhoid
fever. He died on May 30, The funeral was huge! Even President
William Howard Taft was there! He hailed Wilbur as the father of
new science. Orville Dies After a while, Orville became rich and
moved into a mansion. Orville had a heart attack on Oct. 10, After
being in the hospital for a while, Orville came home. Then on Jan.
27, 1948 he had a 2nd heart attack and died 3 days later in the
hospital. He was 77 years old. The Wright Brothers Remembered
Even though the Wright Brothers are gone, their ideas, thoughts,
and history are still with us. THANK YOU Wilbur and Orville
Wright!