▪ Research Question

▪ Literature Review

▪ Method

▪ Findings

▪ Conclusion

▪ Researcher Commitment to the Project/Passion

▪ Response to Research—How and to Whom Did They Communicate Findings? Audiences?

▪ How can humans take flight? How can we fly?

▪ Creation of a machine that permits humans to fly

▪ “For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life. I have been trying to arrange my affairs in such a way that I can devote my entire time for a few months to experiment in this field.”

--Wilbur Wright, May 13, 1900

▪ “If you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial.”

▪ Wilbur, 1901

▪ Series of Experiments and Observation

▪ Location

▪ Research and Testing Phases –1900-1903

▪ Initial Reports in Press

▪ Continued engagement with other researchers, Academic Conferences

▪ Government Interest

▪ Where was their discovery of flight best received?