wright, orville

Describes how the Wright Brothers came to build and fly the first powered aircraft.

A biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright, highlighting the early years up to the first flight at Kitty Hawk.

A biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the first airplane.

Briefly describes the life and accomplishments of Orville and Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneers.

Chronicles the lives of the Wright brothers, describing the many trials that led up to their epic achievement of being the first people to fly on December 17, 1903.

Presents the boyhood of the brothers who flew the first airplane in 1903.

Archival photographs and text profile the Wright brothers and their pioneering first flight.

Provides an account of the invention of the airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright in the early twentieth century.

A picture-book biography of the Wright brothers who made the first successful motor-powered flight in the history of mankind.

Answers twenty questions on the Wright Brothers, discussing their childhood hobbies, study of flight, and first powered flight, and includes three experiments.