The Wright brothers

Their fathr gave them once a toy helicopter with rubber bands.

They got excited and started to have an interest for designing and creating things.

They spent a lot of time obesrving birds flying in the sky. The key to the successful plane building was there!

they made wings for the aircraft

they made propellers that helped the plane move forward

they made the engine to power their plane

In december 1903

120 feet through the air

lasted for 12 seconds

on a new aircraft named: "Flyer II"

in November 1904

lasted for 5 minutes

people got inspired and had new ideas: they started making new planes that could carry passengers

travelling became easier and quicker

people could travel all over the world

the Wright brothers made the start to a new era for humanity

the two brothers continued building planes: their neext plane could stay in the air for 39 minutes and fly in circles

they made planes for the US army: aircraft that could fly more than an hour and carry a pilot and a passenger.

they opened a flight school in Ohio for training pilots to fly

modern design of plane wings are similar to theirs