Kejayaan Wright Brothers


Wright Brothers terkenal dengan kejayaan mereka melakukan penerbangan dengan kapal terbang ciptaan mereka sendiri. 

Boleh baca timeline kejayaan mereka di laman berikut - link.

1896 — The Wrights take an interest in the "flying problem."
1899 — Wilbur devises an aerodynamic control system for aircraft and builds a kite to test it.
1900 to 1902 — The Wright brothers fly gliders at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, refining their control system. At home in Dayton, Ohio, they build a wind tunnel and conduct research on wing shapes.
1903 — The Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained powered flights at Kitty Hawk.
1904 to 1905 — The Wrights develop a practical airplane near Dayton.
1908 — The Wright brothers demonstrate a two-passenger airplane in Europe and America.
1909 — The Wrights begin to manufacture airplanes.
1912 — Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid in Dayton, Ohio.
1915 — Orville Wright sells his airplane- company.
1932 — The Wright Brothers Monument at Kitty Hawk is dedicated.
1938 — The Wright Bicycle Shop and Wright home are opened to the public at Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village.
1948 — Orville Wright dies of a heart attack in Dayton, Ohio and the Wright brothers' first powered airplane, the 1903 "Flyer," is enshrined at the Smithsonian Institution.

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