The Wright Brothers: The Invention that Changed the World By: Melody Ip

1867 Wilbur is born 1871 Orville is born 1900 Wrights begin creating the airplanes 1902 Wrights created first controllable aircraft in world 1903 Wrights made four short flights with powered airplane 1904 Flew first complete circle Timeline

1905 Experimental period ended 1908 Wilbur and Orville let the world know about their invention 1910 Wrights offered first airplane model 1912 Wilbur dies of typhoid fever 1915 Orville sells Wright Company 1948 Orville dies of a heart attack Timeline Continued

Orville was born in Dayton, Ohio on August. 19, It was Wilbur’s idea to create the airplane, but Orville’s enthusiasm that carried them through the difficult technical problems. Orville

Born on April.16, 1867 on a farm 8 mi. from New Indian Castle. Wilbur Could isolate himself and “shut out the world” when he chose.

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 Researching and Problems

Wing Warping Wing warping is when you twist (or warp) the actual wing structure. If wing on one side met on coming flow of air at greater angle than opposite wing, it would generate more lift causing airplane to bank

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. 1900

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

Aeronautical activity picked up significantly during these years Europeans made several short flights in

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

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

During this time, lots of memorials were built were the Wrights had worked or flown Grandest one was erected at Kitty Hawk in 1932

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

Me! 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!

Bibliography World Book, 2003 edition. The Wright Brothers. April. 25, 2005 Website: April 27, 2005 The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane. Russell Freedman.Holiday House, New York. April 27, 2005