In 1901, after more than 500 glider flights at Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers returned to Dayton defeated. Their glider rolled uncontrollably, and Wi…
On December 17, 1903, around 10:30 in the morning, a man lay prone on the lower wing of a fragile machine of wood and fabric, facing into a wind blowing at twenty-one miles per hour. He was Orville Wright, and beside him, his older brother Wilbur watched from the sand. The machine moved along a … Read more