WRIGHT BROTHERS
Science
Wilbur Wright
Born: April 16, 1867
Melville, Indiana
Died: May 30, 1912
Orville Wright
Born: August 19, 1871
Dayton, Ohio
Died: January 30, 1948
"No truth is without some mixture of error, and no error so false but that it possesses some elements of truth."
On December 17, 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright, taking turns, made four powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They experimented with several gliders, built from their own calculations, and ventured into an area no man had ever gone before: to build an airplane that could lift itself and fly. Orville made the first flight of 120 feet. Wilbur made the fourth and longest flight of 852 feet in 59 seconds. They continued to experiment and by 1905 Wilbur managed a flight of 24 miles. In 1908 the Wright brothers signed a contract with the U.S. War Department for the first army plane. The 1903 plane flown at Kitty Hawk is on display in the National Museum in Washington.
1. Man's first flight was sucessfully achieved by Wilbur and Orville Wright in _____ ____, North Carolina?.
2. They experimented with several _______, built from their own calculations, and built an airplane that could lift itself and fly.
3. The first flight traveled a total of ___ ____ and was piloted by Oville Wright. (number and unit of measurement)
4. Thier longest flight was __ _____ long. (number and unit of measurement)
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