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  2. Wright Flyer - Wikipedia

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    The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, [3] [4] Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—an airplane—on December 17, 1903. [1] Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation.

  3. File:1903 Wright Flyer - 3D model by The Smithsonian ...

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    English: 3D model (STL file) of the 1903 Wright Flyer, the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft, which took flight on December 17, 1903. (Click the "3D" icon to rotate and zoom.) (Click the "3D" icon to rotate and zoom.)

  4. Charlie Taylor (mechanic) - Wikipedia

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    Charles Edward Taylor (May 24, 1868 – January 30, 1956) was an American inventor, mechanic and machinist. He built the first aircraft engine used by the Wright brothers in the Wright Flyer, and was a vital contributor of mechanical skills in the building and maintaining of early Wright engines and airplanes.

  5. Wright Flyer II - Wikipedia

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    The design of the Flyer II was very similar to the original 1903 Wright Flyer, but with a slightly more powerful engine and construction using white pine instead of the spruce they used in the 1903 machine and the gliders of 1900–1902. An important change was reducing the wing camber to 1-in-25 from the 1-in-20 used in 1903. The brothers ...

  6. Wright Glider - Wikipedia

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    One of his 1902 replicas is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Wright Brothers gallery. The Virginia Aviation Museum [8] at Richmond International Airport is home to the Wright 1899 Kite, the 1900, 1901 and 1902 gliders and the 1903 Flyer, all built by Young. In 2011, Young researched and built a Wright 1911 glider ...

  7. Wright brothers - Wikipedia

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    A Wright engine, serial number 17, c. 1910, on display at the New England Air Museum. In 1903 the brothers built the powered Wright Flyer, using their preferred material for construction, spruce, [61] a strong and lightweight wood, and Pride of the West muslin for surface coverings. They also designed and carved their own wooden propellers, and ...

  8. File:Wrightflyer.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. File:Wright First Flight 1903Dec17 (full restore 115).jpg

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