1871-1948

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1871-1948

Wilbur and Orville Wright

the flight to adventure
1983
Focuses on the childhood of the Wright brothers and the inventiveness they displayed from their earliest days.

On great white wings

the Wright Brothers and the race for flight
2001
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.

Wilbur and Orville Wright

young fliers
1986
Presents the boyhood of the brothers who flew the first airplane in 1903.

The Wright brothers and the invention of the aerial age

2003
Archival photographs and text profile the Wright brothers and their pioneering first flight.

The Flyer flew!

the invention of the airplane
2006
Provides an account of the invention of the airplane by Orville and Wilbur Wright in the early twentieth century.

Take me out to the airfield!

How the Wright brothers invented the airplane
1976
A picture-book biography of the Wright brothers who made the first successful motor-powered flight in the history of mankind.

Can you fly high, Wright Brothers?

2006
Answers twenty questions on the Wright Brothers, discussing their childhood hobbies, study of flight, and first powered flight, and includes three experiments.

Touching the sky

the flying adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright
2003
A look at how the Wright Brothers became the first celebrities of the twentieth century through their 1909 public flying exhibitions in New York City and Germany.

The wondrous whirligig

the Wright Brothers' first flying machine
2003
Inspired by a model helicopter and encouraged by their parents and sister, young Orville and Wilbur Wright attempt to build a life-size helicopter from scrap.

The Wright brothers

2002
A biography of the brothers responsible for developing the first airplane, featuring excerpts from their journal entries, letters and drawings.

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