The Wright Brothers

Why couldn't we fly before the Wright brothers? Historic Wikipedia articles about the birth of airplane technology which defined the 20th century along with computer technology. On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer became the first engine powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard. Learn how two small town businessmen with a bicycle shop invented a technology that would define the 20th century. Chapter titles: Wright brothers, Wright Glider, Early flying machines, Huffman Prairie, Wright Brothers flights of 1909, Airplane, Aircraft, Canard (aeronautics), Flight, Wright Flyer, Wright Flyer III, Charlie Taylor (mechanic), Alberto Santos-Dumont, Glenn Curtiss, AEA June Bug, Henri Farman, Clement Ader, Percy Pilcher, Augustus Moore Herring, Leon Delagrange, Alphonse Penaud, Louis Bleriot, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Wright Brothers National Memorial, Wright Brothers Medal, Katharine Wright, Curtiss-Wright, Wright Flying School, Lockheed Constellation, The Winds of Kitty Hawk, List of aerospace museums