wright, orville

Presents a brief introduction to Orville and Wilbur Wright, and describes the development of their first airplane.

Provides a brief introduction to Orville and Wilbur Wright's efforts to build a plane that would fly.

Describes the Wright brothers' lifelong involvement with powered flight and their successful development of the first airplane.

A simple biography of the brothers who launched the air age in 1903 when their flying machine stayed in the air for twelve seconds.

Sketches the lives of the two men responsible for the first flight of a machine powered aircraft on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

On a windy day in Kitty Hawk, N.C. in 1903, the Wright Brothers attempt to make history as they prepare the "Flyer" for the world's first engine-powered flight.