They Gave Us Wings Then UP! UP! And Away

Flight # 394 now boarding at gate 38 on route to San Francisco California. Yes, today, in airport terminals from all over the world, we hear these broadcast several times a day of departing flights to destinations throughout our nation and throughout the world.

Today we can soar above all those trails blazed by the pioneers in a matter of a few hours time. Think of those wagon trains when men, women, and children would set out from the East Coast to make a new start in life on the West Coast. Traveling through rough terrain, (many walking along side the wagon) sometimes they would have to fight off Indians, hunger, and thirst. Not too, mention the every day hassles they had to cope with on their journey.

Times certainly have changed by means of our transportation. First, came the automobile and then came the impossible. I can still hear those old timers today. “If God would have meant for us to fly he would have given us wings"

Well he (God) perhaps did not attach wings to our body’s but he gave us Orville and Wilbur Wright who gave us those wings attached to a flying machine, which would carry us UP, UP and away.

 The “Wright brothers," “Orville" (August 19, 1871–January 30, 1948) and “Wilbur" (April 16, 1867– May 30 1912),

                                                     

                                                Orville and Wilbur Wright

Were two Americans who are generally credited with building the world's first successful fixed-wing aircraft airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air Flight # Mechanical flight human flight on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, they developed their aircraft flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made mechanical fixed wing flight practical.

                                             

                                   First successful flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

The brother’s fundamental breakthrough was their invention of "flight dynamics three axis-control," which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium. This method became standard on fixed wing aircraft of all kinds From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers focused on unlocking the secrets of control to conquer "the flying problem," rather than developing more powerful engines as some other experimenters did. Their U.S. patent 821,393 does not claim airplanes in general, but rather claims airplanes that are controlled by what were later termed “ailerons."

Their careful wind tunnel tests produced better aeronautical data than any before, enabling them to design and build wings and propellers more effective than any before.

They gained the mechanical skills essential for their success by working for years in their shop with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and other machinery. Their work with bicycles in particular influenced their belief that an unstable vehicle like a flying machine could be controlled and balanced with practice.

 The Wright brothers' status as inventors of the airplane has been subject to counter-claims by various parties. Much controversy persists over the many First flying machine competing claims of early aviators.

                                                

                                        You’ve come a long way baby

                    This excerpt below is not entirely related to the main article.

 On December 13, 1890, Dunbar and an associate, Preston Finley, published the first issue of Dayton Tattler, a black-oriented weekly newspaper printed by Wright & Wright Printers, owned by Orville and Wilbur Wright.

                                                          

                                                  Paul Laurence Dunbar

In high school, Paul was popular among his fellow students and remained close friends with Orville Wright from the beginning of intermediate school throughout high school and into adulthood. He was chosen president of the "Philomathean Society," a literary organization.

For a full biography of

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from las vegas nv 4 years 128 days ago.

How can I get a list of the members of the wright bros. fan club?

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