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http://www.aero-web.org/history/wright/first.htm
History of the glider flights.
The Wright Brothers
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/wright/
A brief history of the Wright brothers.
U.S. Centennial of Flight
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/
Examine how our world has changed as a result of the Wright Brothers´ first powered flight on December 17, 1903.
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation
http://www.first-to-fly.com/
An online museum of the Wright brothers, including a biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the history of the invention of the airplane and early aviation.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, by Gary Bradshaw
http://www.wright-house.com/wright-brothers/Wrights.html
A brief biography of the Wright brothers: Wilbur and Orville Wright, inventors of the airplane and photographs.
First Flight
http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/
Try a flight-sim of the 1903 Flyer, and carry out the experiments that put the Wright Brothers ahead.
TIME 100: Scientists & Thinkers - Wilbur & Orville Wright
http://www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html
Site tells about the brothers and self-taught engineers who invented the first working airplane and has a quiz and slide show.
Kitty Hawk - Kill Devil Hills
http://www.outerbanks.com/wrightbrothers/wrightlc.htm
Wright Brothers Photographs 1900-1911.
The American Experience: The Wright Stuff
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wright/
Has a QuickTime movie, Realaudio interviews and bio on the brothers.
The Wright Brothers in Photographs
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/wright_brothers/dmc.html
A collection of digital images from Wright State University Libraries´ Wright Brothers Collection.
Brian Floca
http://www.breakfastserials.com/authorDetail.asp?authorID=21
Information about the author of this series.
Wright Brothers National Memorial
http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/
Information on the memorial park.
Wright Experience: Reconstructing the Wright Brothers´ Legacy
http://www.wrightexperience.com/
Recreating the Wright brothers´ experience.
EAA´s Countdown to Kitty Hawk
http://www.countdowntokittyhawk.com/
Countdown to Kitty Hawk features an interactive touring pavilion and the world´s most-accurate 1903 Wright brother´s first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on December 17, 2003.
Wild Blue Wonders
http://www.wildbluewonders.org/
The experience of flight.
EAA Young Eagles Aviation Website
http://www.youngeagles.org/
Official site of the Young Eagles.
Chip Tracer on Assignment: Episode 1 - Wright or Wrong
http://www.newseum.org/chiptracer/assign.htm
Chip must uncover the real truth behind the very first flight, battling her nemesis Vyrus every step of the way.
Paper Airplanes
http://www.paperplane.org/
Ken Blackburn held the Guinness record for time aloft for paper airplanes from 1983 to 1996 and have just regained the Guinness record with a flight of 27.6 seconds during an attempt on 10/8/98 in the Georgia Dome.
Invention at Play
http://www.si.edu/lemelson/centerpieces/iap/index.html
Examines how play connects with the creative impulse.
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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