By: Sarah Brown
December 17, 1903 -- Orville and Wilbur Wright, American brothers and flying enthusiasts, have invented the world's first airplane and successfully made the first controlled human flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C.
The Wrights began by building a biplane kite with a 5-foot wingspan. They noted that as the wings warped, the kite would change directions. They used that model to create their glider planes which were tested beginning in 1900 at Kitty Hawk because of the airflow from the Atlantic Ocean and the cushy sand to land upon.
Their models became bigger and better when they created a plane that could be controlled by the occupant and powered by a propeller and engine. After numerous engine and propeller failures, Orville finally took flight at 10:35 a.m. and lasted for about 12 seconds and gained a speed of 6.8 miles per hour.
"We are very pleased with our outcome. We have finally done it," Wilbur announced later that day.
The Wright brothers have paved the way for many new and unending prototypes to get humans flying high.
Very good job! Lead is strong (great summary).
ReplyDeleteOne way to build on this would be to move info about the flight itself above background about the history of the development of the plane. that is, took off, time, speed above how they began with a kite, moved on, etc.
Keep it up!