Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers hailed from Dayton, Ohio; however, the accomplishments they made took them all the way to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. There, in the year 1903, the world would be changed forever. Around the turn of the 20th century, dozens of groups in Europe and America were scrambling to find the right formula for, what we refer to it today as, and airplane. The Wright Brothers found this formula after numerous trials and tribulations that they overcame.
A 25 horse power engine made all the difference. An engine that no automobile company would be able to supply because it didn’t offer the correct power to weight ratio the brothers were looking for. Before the year 1903 they began to experiment in 1896 in secret. Finally, on December 17th of 1903 they could test their product that they thought would work and did it ever. The airplane that they manufactured lifted 20 feet off of the ground and flew 852 feet as well. They also made more than one run at it with the fourth and final one being a crash. Wilbur, one of the brothers, was taking on a spin and after the usual ups and downs the plane took in the beginning, it started to settle down. Then at approximately 800 feet, the plane darted into the ground but miraculously on damaging the front rudder, not the main frame. I guess you could say after this day, the brothers made all of the “Wright” moves.
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