Storiascopio · Era 11 of 12 · lower secondary year 3
The first powered flight
1903 · Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States
In short
Orville and Wilbur Wright had a bicycle shop in Ohio, in the United States, and studied flight with gliders and a small wind tunnel. They built the Flyer, an aeroplane of wood and cloth with a light engine and two propellers. On 17 December 1903, on the dunes near Kitty Hawk, in North Carolina, Orville flew for 12 seconds. That same day Wilbur made a flight of almost a minute.
Why it matters It was the first controlled flight of a powered aeroplane heavier than air, the beginning of aviation.
Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, “1903 Wright Flyer”
Where we are in the era “Early 20th century”
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1903Event 1 of 25about 1950
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Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
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