By Seth

Early life

The Wight brothers were born in Dayton Ohio

Childhood When they were young their father gave

them a helicopter toy. They made different small models and made them bigger when they worked. Orville told his 2nd grade teacher he was going to make a flying machine.

Major event in Adulthood

The Wright brothers owned a bike shop but they were very interested in flying. They first built gliders that they could fly like kites.

Major event in Adulthood

They had to learn to control the gliders. Wilbur noticed how a box twisted and that gave him an idea for how to steer the glider.

Major event in Adulthood

In 1900, they let a person fly in their glider. They had lots of crashes but were not hurt.

How did they change the World? They invented the airplane and

successfully flew it in 1903. The farthest they flew the first day was 852 feet.

Click here for a video about the Wright Brothers