Wilbur wright biography flight of the conchords
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Wilbur wright biography flight of the conchords
On 17 December 1903, the Wright brothers - Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) - achieved the world's first manned, sustained, controlled, powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine, with Orville Wright at the controls of the Wright Flyer.
Their achievement was founded on years of wind-tunnel experiments on wing surfaces of various configurations, and with their own kite and glider designs.
These they flew at the four hills of Kill Devil, near the village of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, selected by the Wrights for its favourable winds. During 1900 to 1903 they travelled there from their home in Dayton, Ohio.
Wilbur and Orville were successful and experienced mechanical engineers when they decided, in 1896, possibly inspired by Lilienthal’s death in that year, to investigate this new form of transport.
As might be expected, they researched all the best information that could be found in America and attempted to apply to the task the knowledge - often confusing and contrad