The History of Flight 

WRIGHT BROTHERS SITES
The FIRST FLIGHT web site.
Lots of information about the early flights of the WRIGHT BROTHERS.  Click on the small picture to see a larger image.

HOW WE MADE OUR FIRST FLIGHT - BY the Wright Brother
There is lots of information and pictures.

Find out more about the WRIGHT BROTHERS

Pictures and a small video clip of what the first flight might have looked like.

Learn about some of the EXPERIMENTS the Wright Brothers did to learn to fly.

The Wright Brothers beginning - 1900

Orville Wright - biography information

Wright Brothers - information about their lives.  Nice pictures too!

Timelines of the lives of the Wright Brothers

Even more about the Wright Brothers!
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Here is some Information about the EARLY HISTORY of Flight.
Did you know that the invention of the Hot Air Balloon and the Glider helped people to learn about flight?
Read on.... and try to find out HOW the early flying machines such as balloons and gliders helped people to figure out how to build a plane.

The Florida Museum's Page about the Invention of Flight
See pictures of early planes, some movies, and lots of great information!
 

Time Line on the History of Flight
Did you ever wonder when people first began to fly planes, or when the airplane was invented? Check out this timeline for great information about the history of flight.
•Choose TWO people listed in the timeline, and find out about their lives.
•Write down three facts that you learn about each person.
•How did each of the people you chose influence the development of flight?
 

Great PHOTOS of early flights.
 

Visit this ON-LINE exhibit from the San Diego Aerospace Museum to see pictures of some of the earlist planes.
You may notice many similarities between their designs.
Engineers built upon one another's ideas.
Choose TWO planes to read all about.  Record what you learned in your science journal.
 

Read about the History of their first flight
Here you can find out about a new NASA project called the WRIGHT bothers On-Line!  You can ask questions, chat, and see models of their original plane.  You will know all about the history aftering visiting this site!