1871-1948

Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.

Presents a short biography on aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright and profiles their early fascination with gadgets that led to the greater challenges of powered flight.

Argues that Wilbur and Orville Wright were not just amateurs who got lucky with their airplane, but were true engineering geniuses whose feats equaled those of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and other giants of the age of invention.

Examines the inventions of the Wright brothers, who turned the dream of human flight into reality. See them test their ideas for gliders, propellers, and airplane engines, resulting in the first powered airplane, dubbed The Flyer.

The story of the American inventors who were the first to attain power-driven, heavier-than-air flight.

Uses animation to dramatize the Wright brothers' development of the airplane and to explain some basic concepts of aerodynamics.

The boyhood of the brothers who flew the first airplane in 1903.

Describes the patient efforts of the Wright brothers to build a flying machine.

An easy-to-read biography of the two brothers who built and flew the first powered airplane in 1903.