1. wright brothers
The next few weeks were spent building the new plane and hiding from the rain and mosquitoes. The new plane was almost twice the size of the previous flying machine. To solve some of the lift problems that they had noticed in 1900, the new plane was built exactly to the sizes specified by Otto Lilienthal's lift calculations. On July 27, they began. The first few trials were almost disasters. The plane nearly crashed. Wilbur was puzzled. The 1900 glider had worked better. He decided to take the wings apart and rebuild them. They tried again and had fantastic glides of 389 feet.
In the fall of 1901, Wilbur became a scientist. He began to experiment with models in order to create his own calculations. He was ready to change the world. Then, they decided to begin a "series of experiments to accurately determine the amount and direction of the pressure produced on curved surfaces when acted upon by winds at the various angles from zero to ninety degrees." To do this, they built a wind tunnel. The tunnel was a long rectangular wooden box with one end open for a fan to make the wind. It was six feet long, sixteen inches wide and 16 inches deep. They put a pane of glass in the topside of the box so that they could see inside. The fan had two blades and was powered by a belt and pulley system attached to the ceiling. The air from the fan blew at twenty-five to thirty-five miles per hour and passed through a metal grid which straightened it.
Within a few months, the Wrights had the world's best collection of lift data. Years later, Orville reflected on the wind tunnel experiments and said, "I believe we possessed.more data on cambered surfaces, a hundred times over, than all of our predecessors put together.".
Their 1902 glider had a wingspan of thirty-two feet and a chord of five feet. It was the biggest flying-machine ever built. Their wind tunnel tests had convinced them that these measurements should work.
The Wright Brothers real names are Wilbur and Orville Wright. ... Orville laid down on the lower wing of the glider and pushed a small lever while Wilbur ran along side the glider holding the wing to keep it balanced while moving down the track. The glider rose high above Wilbur. ... Orville and Wilbur Wrights plane is in The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. ... Even though Wilbur died of fever on May 30 1912 Orville still continued to experiment and help advance the cause of aviation. ...
The Wright Brothers The Wright Brothers were two intelligent young men at an early age. Orville and Wilbur's parents were extremely education oriented. ... On Wilbur's fourth flight, he went 852 feet. ... While Wilbur was in France, Orville made successful flights in the United States. ... Orville returned to Ft. ...
Wilbur and Orville Wright were two of the many great inventors of the past two centuries. ... Wilbur and Orville Wright were the sons of Milton and Susan Wright. ... ("The Wright Brothers" 1) Wilbur and Orville's family moved back to Dayton Ohio in 1885. ... ("The Wright Brothers" 1) At the ages of 22 and 18, Wilbur and Orville began a printing business. ... ("Wilbur and Orville Wright" 1) Soon after this achievement, the brothers returned to Ohio to begin building a propeller and an engine so that they could build a moterized aircraft. ...
This was the location where the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, successfully flew the first heaver-then-air self-propelled airplane. ... Wilbur and Orville were brothers that were fascinated with anything that could fly. ... While the brothers were still in high school, Orville built his own printing press which later became the press that both Wilbur and Orville used to print a weekly newspaper, although neither of the brothers went on to college. ... In 1899, both Wilbur and Orville Wright decided to dedicate there lives to the study of flying. ... Later in 1909 the US Army bought ...
After several failed attempts at constructing an aerial mode of transportation, Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully flew their Wright Flyer in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. ... Historian Timothy Warnock notes, "Orville personally trained or oversaw the training on Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, of at least 115 individuals.... These historical attempts would not have been remotely possible without the Wright brothers. ... "In 1925, Orville attempted to persuade the Smithsonian to recognize his and Wilbur's accomplishment by offering to send the Flyer to the Science MuseumÂ...
The eldest brother, Wilbur, was born in 1867. ... His youngest brother, Orville, was born in 1871. Much more than his brother Wilbur, Orville, fit the "stereotype of a budding inventor" (The Wright Brothers). ... Wilbur and Orville relied on "each other's strengths and compensated from each other's weaknesses" (The Wright Brothers). ... "It was the emotional anchor provided by their strong family" that continued to help Wilbur and Orville to have "strong beliefs" in themselves, enabling them to persevere with the difficulties they faced (Th...
On December 17,1903, Orville Wright became the first person to successfully fly an engine-driven, heavier-than-air machine. ... Except for a few inventors, most people took little notice of the Wright bothers" achievement. ... In 1908, Wilbur Wright made the first official public flight in France and amazed the world with the plane's flying ability. ... Orville Wright was keeping it very simple and had successfully flown three laps over the parade ground at an altitude of 150 feet. ... Both Orville and Lt. ...
