wright, orville

Tells the story of the Wright brothers' invention of the first successful airplane. Describes their youthful dreams of flying machines and how they worked on many models before their success at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Also discusses how they promoted flying and made a business out of it.

"Take to the skies with Flying Machines! Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they were to make their famous flights. In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright Brothers were among the first innovators of heavier than air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright Brothers' journey. Though they weren't as wealthy as their European counterparts, their impressive achievements demanded attention on the international stage. Thanks to their carefully recorded experiments and a healthy dash of bravery, the Wright Brothers' flying machines took off"--Amazon.com.

"[Profiles the lives and achievements of] Orville and Wilbur Wright ... Inspired by a fierce worldwide competition to become the first to invent a machine that could fly and be controlled by a passenger, the brothers invented several prototypes. At last on December 17, 1903, the pioneering flight was achieved. The brothers went on to found the Wright Company, which built airplanes for the rising new industry of commercial aviation"--Provided by publisher.

"Katharine Wright embodied the worldly, independent, and self-fulfilled New Woman of the early twentieth century, yet she remained in many ways a Victorian. Torn between duty and love, she agonized for months before making a devastating break with her world-famous and intensely possessive older brother Orville to marry newspaper editor Harry Haskell, the man she loved. Written by the grandson of Harry Haskell, Maiden Flight is imaginatively reconstructed from personal letters, newspaper reports, and other documents of the period--in particular, Katharine's lively and extraordinarily revealing love letters to Harry. Above all, the book celebrates Katharine's abundant store of what she called "human nature"--her lively and perceptive outlook on life, her great capacity for both love and indignation, and her acute and sometimes crippling self-awareness"--.

After discovering that the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is much smaller, has no Spirit of St. Louis airplane or Apollo 11 command module, and is filled with balloons, blimps, and dirigibles, four schoolmates travel through time to try and restore the Wright brothers to their well-earned place in history and learn about aerodynamics and other aviation principles along the way.

Presents Katharine Wright's role in her brothers' struggle to make the flying machine practical, to present it to a skeptical world, and to forestall claims of rival inventors who professed to have flown first.

Traces the path of Orville and Wilbur Wright as they pursue their dream of aviation.

Provides a biography of Orville and Wilbur Wright, from their childhood years to their invention of the first successful airplane.

"Take to the skies with Flying Machines! Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they were to make their famous flights. In an era of dirigibles and hot air balloons, the Wright Brothers were among the first innovators of heavier than air flight. But in the hotly competitive international race toward flight, Orville and Wilbur were up against a lot more than bad weather. Mechanical failures, lack of information, and even other aviators complicated the Wright Brothers' journey. Though they weren't as wealthy as their European counterparts, their impressive achievements demanded attention on the international stage. Thanks to their carefully recorded experiments and a healthy dash of bravery, the Wright Brothers' flying machines took off"--Amazon.com.