The Wright Brothers and other early aviation pioneers like Alphonse Pénaud, Otto Lilienthal, and Samuel Pierpont Langley experimented with gliders and early aircraft designs. On December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers succeeded in achieving the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, flying their Wright Flyer four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The presentation provided biographical details on the Wright Brothers and other aviation pioneers who contributed to the development of flight.

1. The Wright Brothers
And other pioneers of flight
Demonstration presentation by Nathan Horowitz

2. Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948)

3. Alphonse Pénaud (France) invented a flying toy
Otto Lilienthal (Germany) invented a glider
that mostly worked
Samuel Pierpont Langley (USA) invented an
“aerodrome” that nearly flew

7. Alphonse Pénaud (May 31, 1850 –
October 22, 1880)

9. Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896)

14. Samuel Pierpont Langley
August 22, 1834 –
February 27, 1906)

25. December 17, 1903, four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

28. Any questions?