o Wilbur: born April 16, 1867 in New Castle, IN o Orville: born on August 19, 1871 in Dayton, OH o Parents: Susan and Milton o Lived in Dayton, OH o 1878: Toy helicopter from father

 Thinking- fly with engine in a glider  Worked on building a real plane  Wright brothers form the American Wright Company  Wilbur died in 1912 at age 45  Orville died in 1948 at age 77

Likes  Tinkering with things  Seeing what could fly  Flying in flying shows  Teaching people how to fly Dislikes  Inventions don’t work

 1892 bike shop in Dayton, OH was opened  Wilbur and Orville built huge kites and gliders in 1900  1900: brothers began thinking about machines that fly

 Wilbur & Orville always wanted to know how things worked  Orville got caught tinkering with wood in 2 nd grade when he was supposed to be working  Gliders turned into airplanes  Katherine- sister in Germany

 WB National Memorials – Kill Devil Hills, NC {Dedicated in 1932}

 Risk Takers: Flew up in airplane  Creativity: Created the plane  Thinker: LOTS of thinking to come up with the plane

 Reflection: reflected on the airplane to make it better  Change: change the airplane so it would go faster  Function: to get people places faster  Connection: airplane is another form of transportation

 Elle: Did you have a pet?  Julia: Is Katherine younger or older than them?  Johnny: Why did you build what you built?  Christian: Why did you like stuff that flew so much?

Thank you for flying with the Wright Brothers!