The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville ... that Wilbur read of the tragic death of a famous German glider pilot, sparking an interest in flight. A letter to the Smithsonian Institution followed ...

Orville and Wilbur Wright were inspired by Otto Lilienthal, a German glider pioneer. Though he crashed to his death in 1896, the Wrights were obsessed the technical problems involved in flight.

The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history ... 1908 Wright Flyer National Air and Space Museum Wingtip, Glider, Wright, 1902 National ...

WILBUR WRIGHT TO HIS FATHER KITTY HAWK, October 4, 1908 We have increased our time for length of flight [with glider] to 43 seconds, which is 1 and two thirds over last year's record and about ...

Crouch: When the Wrights designed their first glider in 1900 ... It was an important day, of course, for Wilbur and Orville Wright. They knew that this would be the culmination of everything ...

Not Wilbur and Orville Wright. The brothers rose and dressed in suits ... developed here in 1902 has withstood the test of time and has been used in every man-made flying machine since the Wright ...

They began with glider experiments from atop Big Kill ... 120 years ago #Today, two Ohio brothers – Wilbur & Orville Wright – made the first bonafide, crewed, heavier-than-air powered ...

“Lilienthal was without question the greatest of the precursors, and the world owes to him a great debt,” Wilbur Wright would ...