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Wright Brothers: A Promise of Flight Fulfilled
Far from being hailed as successful innovators for their achievements at Kitty Hawk, Orville and Wilbur initially faced the widespread disbelief of the public.
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How Toy Planes Inspired the Wright Brothers
Aviation pioneer Orville Wright never lost his capacity for finding inspiration in aerial playthings
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David McCullough on the Wright Brothers — and 50 Years of Writing History
The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer combed through a thousand pages of letters and diaries to show readers the real Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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Book Review – The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2015, $30. As […]
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Charles E. Taylor: The Wright Brothers’ Mechanician: Book Review
Charles E. Taylor: The Wright Brothers’ Mechanician, by Howard R. DuFour with Peter J. […]
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Planophores and Flying Clowns: The Toys That Made Orville Wright a Household Name
Orville Wright, the shy Wright brother who loved to prank, was guided throughout his life by his inquisitive nature and a drive to tinker.
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The Power of a Picture: The Wrights’ First Flight
Despite what we’ve been told, this famous photograph doesn’t show the first powered, controlled flight.
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Early Bird continues to challenge the Wright’s claim of the first powered flight
For more than a century, historians have generally agreed that Wilbur and Orville Wright […]
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The Man Who Almost Beat the Wrights Into the Air
More than 100 years ago, Samuel Langley’s team of specialists from the Smithsonian Institution proved to a small group of astonished observers that powered flight was possible. But they still had to prove that their Aerodrome could safely carry a man into the sky.