you would have found yourself transported back almost a century to the days when Wilbur and Orville Wright were testing their gliders. For Wright glider pilots, the rule is "lighter is better." ...

Right: Wilbur Wright in 1905 at age 38 Library of Congress ... Wilbur then built a glider, in his workshop above the brothers’ bicycle repair shop, and shipped it to Kitty Hawk.

Not Wilbur and Orville Wright ... has withstood the test of time and has been used in every man-made flying machine since the Wright brothers’ 1902 glider,” says historian Collins. “That doesn’t ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright were inspired by Otto Lilienthal, a German glider pioneer. Though he crashed to his death in 1896, the Wrights were obsessed the technical problems involved in flight. They ...

WILBUR WRIGHT TO HIS FATHER KITTY HAWK, October 4, 1908 We have increased our time for length of flight [with glider] to 43 seconds, which is 1 and two thirds over last year's record and about ...

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories ... 1908 Wright Flyer National Air and Space Museum Wingtip, Glider, Wright, 1902 National Air and Space Museum ...

Crouch: When the Wrights designed their first glider in 1900 ... It was an important day, of course, for Wilbur and Orville Wright. They knew that this would be the culmination of everything ...

Younger brother Orville, who "was always very optimistic," as their grand-nephew, Wick Wright, tells THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, finally coaxed Wilbur out ... they built a glider with wings that ...

The Wright Brothers' early glider trials in the Outer Banks Discussing early flight achievements is impossible without mentioning the great Orville and Wilbur Wright. These brothers performed ...

Join the First Flight Society on April 16th to celebrate Wilbur Wright's 158th birthday with a special luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn Outer Banks/Kitty Hawk. Featuring engaging speakers, a silent ...

“Lilienthal was without question the greatest of the precursors, and the world owes to him a great debt,” Wilbur Wright would write ... in August 1896, his glider pitched forward, sending ...