The Famous Wright Brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright - Papers

Wilbur and Orville Wright made the world's first powered, sustained, and controlled flight in their heavier-than-air flying machine on December 17, 1903, thereby achieving one of mankind's oldest and most persistent dreams. On the morning of December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers took turns piloting and monitoring their flying machine in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville piloted the first flight that lasted just twelve seconds. On the fourth and final flight of the day, Wilbur traveled 852 feet, remaining airborne for 57 seconds. That morning the brothers became the first people to demonstrate sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine under the complete control of the pilot.

This set includes the pioneering aviation work of Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, with correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, printed matter, legal documents, patents, contracts, blueprints and so much more, ranging from 1881 to 1952.

(16,100 Pages Archived on 4 CDROMS)

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