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Up in the Air:
The Story of the Wright Brothers
Chapter Five: Control (July 1899)
Wilbur Wright has decided that the three things needed to build a flying machine are: wings that will create lift, a light and powerful engine, and a way to control the machine in the air. The first two problems Wilbur considers solved. To solve the third, he has been studying birds.
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2. This chapter points out that many times Wilbur was the “thinker” and Orville the “doer” in the family. Find and clip articles from The News-Journal that illustrate both types of personalities at work. Discuss with classmates, friends or family the positive and negative side of each.
ON THE WEB: The Life of Birds -- Flight, feeding, adaptation and evolution are the themes of these lessons designed for students in grades 6-12. Adaptation suggestions for younger students are also provided. These avian activities allow students to create a feeding frenzy, conduct field studies, and explore the aerodynamics of wing design.
ON THE WEB: The Wright Brothers´ Invention Process -- The first step in any new program or project is research. The Wright Brothers first performed a literature search to find out the state of aeronautical knowledge at their time. They read about the works of Cayley, and Langley, and the hang-gliding flights of Otto Lilienthal. They corresponded with Octave Chanute concerning some of their ideas. They recognized that control of the flying aircraft would be the most crucial and hardest problem to solve.
Serial Story: UP IN THE AIR -- The 18-part serial story ran in the Daytona Beach News-Journal each Monday from January 13 through May 19 (except for April 14). Text and illustrations for the serial copyright © 2003 by Brian Floca. Sponsored in part by Inventing Flight, Dayton, Ohio. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc. www.breakfastserials.com.
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