The Wright Flyer leaves the ground
Orville and Wilbur Wright flew a powered, controlled, sustained heavier-than-air machine for twelve seconds at Kitty Hawk.
Why it matters
Control — roll, pitch, yaw — was their real invention, from bicycle-shop wind-tunnel data. Within one lifetime, flight went from twelve seconds to around the world and to the Moon.
People
Orville Wright · Wilbur Wright
Threads
This event sits on Transportation.
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Sources
- Encyclopædia Britannica — Wright brothers