THE INVENTION: THE FIRST POWERED

PLANE

Orville Wright was born on Aug. 19,

1871, and Wilbur Wright was born on
April 16, 1867 in Dayton, Ohio.

Wilbur y Orville Wright

THE INVENTION: THE FIRST POWERED

PLANE
1892
The Wright brothers founded the Wright
Cycle Company
1896
The brothers began their
experimentation in fligh financed by
their company
1902
They went to the Kitty Hawk beach with
their glider and made more than 700
successful flights.

WHAT HAPPEND DURING THE EVENT?

Date: On December 17, 1903
Where: in a wind-swept beach in
North Carolina
Time: 12 seg.
Elevation: 20 feet
Distance covered: 120 feet

Record flight
Time: 59 seg.
Distance: 852 feet

Orville Wright

WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THIS EVENT?

PASSION

Improving
German Otto
Lilienthal (18481896

HOW WRIGHT BROTHERS CHANGED WORLD

Effects and importance of their
invention for the history

Technological contributions: Threeaxis control

Travel between large distances easier

1040 km/h

HOW WRIGHT BROTHERS CHANGED WORLD

Paved the way for modern travel

Changed war by adding a new

dimension to it

WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF THAT

EVENTION DIDNT HAPPEN?