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The Wright Brothers:
The Invention that
Changed the World
By: Melody Ip
2004-2005
Timeline
Wilbur is
born
Wrights
begin
creating the
airplanes
1867
1871
Orville is
born
Wrights made
four short flights
with powered
airplane
1900
1903
1902
Wrights created
first controllable
aircraft in world
1904
Flew first
complete
circle
Timeline Continued
Wrights
offered first
Experimental airplane
period ended model
1905
1910
1908
Orville sells
Wright
Company
1915
1912
Wilbur and Orville Wilbur dies of
let the world know typhoid fever
about their
invention
1948
Orville dies
of a heart
attack
Orville
Orville was born in Dayton,
Ohio on August. 19, 1871.
It was Wilbur’s idea to
create the airplane, but
Orville’s enthusiasm that
carried them through the
difficult technical problems.
Wilbur
•Born on April.16,
1867 on a farm 8 mi.
from New Indian
Castle.
•Could isolate himself and “shut out
the world” when he chose.
Researching and Problems
3 problems-
• a set of lifting
surfaces of wings
•a method of
balancing &
controlling the
aircraft
•a means of
propulsion
Used wing warping to fix
some problems
Wing Warping
•Wing warping is
•If wing on one side
when you twist (or
met on coming flow
warp) the actual wing
of air at greater
structure.
angle than opposite
wing, it would
generate more lift
causing airplane to
bank
1900
•Created biplane
and tested it
•Biplane responded
quickly and
precisely to Wilbur’s
commands
•Began to build a
full sized glider after
the biplane proved
successful.
•Recorded data from
wind tunnel on scraps of
wallpaper
•tested as many as 200
wing shapes
1903
•Dec. 17, 1903,
Wilbur and Orville
made four brief
flights at Kitty Hawk
with powered
airplane
•Called it the Wright Flyer
• Wrights
perfected
airplane at this
time
• No one knew
they had
created the
airplane
• In fall of 1905,
experimental
period ended
1904-1905
1906-1907
• Aeronautical
activity picked up
significantly
during these
years
• Europeans
made several
short flights in
1906-1907
1908
• Debated
the sale
of the aircraft in
1908
•In August, Wilbur
made first public
flight of airplane in
France
•Made more than 200
flights in Europe over
the year of 1908
1909
•On Oct 4, 1909
Wilbur made a 20
mi. flight up the
Hudson River to
Grant’s Tomb and
back in 33 min
•Biggest
homecoming
celebration Wrights
had was at Dayton
1910-1911
•Artists,
writers, and
composers
got
inspiration
in aviation
•There were
many images of
the Wrights-not
all of them
flattering
1912
•Tired and stressed
out, Wilbur
contracted typhoid
fever and died at
age 45 on May 30
•Was front page
news all over thew
world
•During the funeral,
all activities in
Dayton stopped
1920-1930
• During this time,
lots of memorials
were built were
the Wrights had
worked or flown
•Grandest one
was erected at
Kitty Hawk in
1932
1912-1948
•The spark in
Orville seemed to
die with Wilbur
•Died at age 76 on
Jan 29, 1948
•Lived his later life
as the elder
statesman of
aviation and a folk
hero
I was born on Aug. 24,
1992 in Northern
California. When I was 1,
we moved to New Jersey
and when I was 4, we
moved back to Southern
California. In Christmas of
2003, I moved back to the
east coast-North Carolina.
When I lived in Southern
California, I lived in the
L.A. county.
I love horses and
dogs though I
don’t have a dog
of my own. In the
Chinese Zodiac,
I was born in the
year of the
monkey-very like
me!
Me!
Bibliography
•World Book, 2003 edition. The Wright Brothers. April. 25,
2005
•Website: http://www.nasm.si.edu/wrightbrothers/ April 27,
2005
•The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane.
Russell Freedman.Holiday House, New York. April 27, 2005