The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only solved a long-studied technical problem, but helped ...

Younger brother Orville, who "was always very optimistic," as their grand-nephew, Wick Wright, tells THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, finally coaxed Wilbur out ... with an ingenious plan: They created ...

So he offered to try to get Andrew Carnegie to supply funds. WILBUR WRIGHT TO OCTAVE CHANUTE December 23,1901 As to your suggestion in regard to Mr. Carnegie, of course nothing would give me ...

At the controls of the spruce-and-muslin aircraft was Orville Wright; he flew 120 feet in twelve seconds, at an altitude of ...

Younger brother Orville, who "was always very optimistic," as their grand-nephew, Wick Wright, tells THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, finally coaxed Wilbur out ... with an ingenious plan: They created ...