The PPT is about #Wright #Brothers who are known to have perfected the Aircraft. The #Duo are known as #first #flyers and are the ones who abandoned myth about flying. The #invention of modern day's aircraft, airbus, helicopters etc can be credited to the Invention of #Wright #Flyer.

1. The first flyers
1

2. 2

3. Ø Wright Family
ØParents
Ø Milton Wright –Father
Ø a church minister, teacher and missionary
Ø Editor of the church newspaper, Religious Telescope.
Ø Was Promoted to Bishop
Ø Susan – Mother
Ø Bishop Kids
Ø Reuchlin, six
Ø Lorin, four.
Ø Wilber
Ø Orville
Ø Katherine
Ø Family was settled in Ohio after Moving 12 times
3

4. Ø The Famous Duo Who Invented Aircraft
Ø Wilber – Born on 16th
Apr 1867 – Birthplace - Millville Near Indiana
ØOrville - Born on 19th Aug 1871 – Birthplace – Ohio
Ø Wilbur Diary Revealed
Øthat they lived together, played together, worked together and even thought together.
ØEverything they achieved was the result of conversations they’d had or things they’d
done together.
Ø Duo’s Father Library Was Huge
Ø Duo Was Avid Reader and loved Adventure Genre encouraged them to explore new ideas
Ø Duos Most Loved Stories
ØGreek hero, Daedalus, who flew too close to the Sun and had his wings scorched.
ØKing Kaj Kaoos of Persia, who attached eagles to his throne so he could fly around his
kingdom.
ØBirdman of Ulm, a German tailor who made himself a pair of wings and threw himself
into the wind from the spire of the city’s cathedral, falling to his death.
4

5. ØCeltic myth
Ø the Slaugh were a group of evil spirits that haunted the living and hunted the souls of
sinners.
ØChinese legend
Ø Yu-ren was an immortal man covered in feathers, which helped him to fly.
Ø Smaj, the guardian of Serbia, is a winged man who spits fire.
ØKanae, in Polynesian mythology, was a semi-spirit with the power to transform
himself into a flying fish.
ØSheikh Ali was a Malaysian king who ruled 3 kingdoms:
Ø the kingdom of flying horse,
Ø the kingdom of flying lions, and
Ø the kingdom of flying elephants.
ØRoman Mythology
Ø There was Mercury, the Messenger of the God
Ø wore sandals with wings of them and a winged helmet
5

6. üDUO’s First Helicopter Toy -
ü an invention by the French aeronautical pioneer, Alphonse Pena ud.
ü It was made of-
ü paper,
ü bamboo and cork,
ü with a rubber band that you could wind up to twirl its blades.
ü It was no bigger than a adult’s hand.
üDUO broke the toy which they need to make on their own
6

7. 7

8. üLeonardo da Vinci,
ümade the first real studies
of flight in the 1480s.
üHe studied birds and made
over 100 drawings
illustrating his ideas.
üHis Ornithopter was never
built
üPopular Belief is that his
study originated Helicopter
Invention
8

9. Inventors of Hot AIR BALLOON
Ø The French brothers Joseph
and Etienne Mongolfiers’
Ø Used the smoke from a fire to
blow a hot air into a silk bag
attached to a basket.
Ø The hot air then rose and
allowed the balloon to be lighter
than air.
Ø In 1783, first passengers were
Ø sheep,
Ø rooster
Ø duck!
9

10. Ø In the 1880s, the German
engineer Otto Lilienthal’s was
the first person to design a
hang glider that could fly a
person over long distances.
Ø Did 2500 Trials
Ø After failures he finally
made it but died due to
strong wind current while
driving the glider
10

11. ØDUO wanted to make perfect
Machine
Ø Studied that BALANCING the
flying machine is important
Ø Kitty Hawk
Ø was destined to fly the perfect
flying machine
Ø Chosen due to Strong and High
Wind Current
Ø Soft Sand was there for rough
landings
ØPilot Less Trials:
ØPrototype was flown with
sandbags and chains
Ø Used a boy as weight
ØWas a straight Flight
ØFlight time was 1 Minute
11

12. Ø Can Move Circular Flying as well
Straight Line
Ø First Circular Flight time – 1.5
Minutes
Ø Second Improved Prototype
Flight time – 30 Minutes
Ø Can Fly Maximum 8 people
Ø Further Improvisation was done
Ø Wright Brothers received patent
in 1906
12

13. Ø Orville Demonstrations were
given to
Ø Military to US Army
Ø Trials became disasters as it
crashed
Ø Crash Happened due to
propeller fault
Ø One Passenger Dies and Orville
broke his leg
Ø Wilber
Ø demonstrated to French
Government
Ø First Buyers were French
Government
13

14. Ø Orville
Ø Sold shares in Wright Company
Ø Became Committee Member of
NACA, Now NASA
Ø Helped setting up Guggenheim
Fund used to promote
aeronautics
Ø Member of US Naval Consulting
Board
Ø Balance time he used to inspire
Inventors
Ø DUO’s Left behind after Their
Death on 30th
Jan 1948:
Ø 11 huge scrapbooks bulging
with newspaper snippets as
well as cartoons, guest badges,
posters, telegrams and
aerostamps.
Ø Many diaries, notebooks and
papers that told of their
research and invention of the
first powered, controllable
heavier-than-air machine.
14

15. 15

16. A. MILTON WRIGHT
B. KATHERINE
C. SUSAN WRIGHT
D. REUCHLIN
16

17. A. FRANCE
B. GERMANY
C. INDIANA
D. OHIO
17

18. A. FOAM
B. STEEL
C. PLASTIC
D. PAPER
18

19. A. 100 DRAWING ILLUSTRATIONS
B. 10 DRAWING ILLUSTRATIONS
C. 99 DRAWING ILLUSTRATIONS
D. 130 DRAWING ILLUSTRATIONS
19

20. A. SHEEP, ROOSTER, DUCK
B. PIG, LION, ZEBRA
C. EMU, OSTRICH, KIVI
D. SHEEP, MONKEY, PANDA
20

21. 21