Wright brothers

The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), are generally credited with the design and construction of the first practical aeroplane, and making the first controllable, powered heavier-than-air flight along with many other aviation milestones. However, their accomplishments have been subject to many counter-claims by some people and nations at their start, and through to the present day.

External links

• Kitty Hawk - Kill Devil Hills Wright Brothers Photographs 1900-1911 - Library of Congress
• Plane truth: list of greatest technical breakthroughs in manned flight
• Video clips about the invention of the airplane
• About Santos Dumont first flight in Paris, with the "14-bis"
• The Pioneer Aviation Group web site contains many pictures of early flying machines and a comprehensive chronology of flight attempts.
• HTML version of the Wright brothers' original patent.
• Analysis of Wright Brother work
• First to Fly .com
• U.S. Centennial of Flight 2003 celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first flight
• AeroSpace Show - RTP-TV 2003 Video Tour of Wright Brothers Monument at Kill Devil Hills
• New Scientist Magazine Scientific Firsts: Print of Wright Flyer in France 1907
• PBS Nova: The Wright Brothers' Flying Machines
• 1905 Wright Flyer III

Patents

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• US821393 -- Flying machine -- O. & W. Wright