The Wright brothers were interested in flight from a young age after their father gave them a toy helicopter. They began experimenting with gliders to understand wing design and aerodynamics. Wilbur and Orville built a wind tunnel to study how air flows over wings. In 1903, they successfully tested their motor-powered airplane, called the Flyer, achieving the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight. Their achievement at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903 marked a major breakthrough in aviation history.

1. Wright Brothers

2. Admission
Wilbur Wright was born on the 16 of
April in Indiana in 1867 (1912 dies in
Dayton, Ohio)
His brother Orville was born on the 19
of August in Ohio in 1871. (1948 dies
in Dayton, Ohio)
The Wright brothers built the first
airplane that had a motor.

3. Dreaming of Flying
Wilbur and Orville were happy boys.
They loved to read, learn and loved to
make things. One day, their father gave
them a toy helicopter. They made their
own toy helicopter. Wilbur was eleven,
Orville was only seven.
The brothers liked to watch birds fly .
The brothers wanted to fly ,too. How
could they fly? They were good at
building things. What could they build?

4. GLIDER
They could build a glider! A glider is a kind of
airplane. It does not have a motor. It uses wind
to fly. The gliders were hard to steer. The
Wright brothers wanted to build a better glider.
They learned more about how birds fly. They
learned how birds move their wings to change
directions. They used what they learned to build
a better glider. They could steer it well

5. A WIND TUNNEL
The Wright brothers wanted to learn
how wings worked in the wind. So
they made a wind tunnel from a
wood box. They put wings from a
model airplane in the tunel. They put
a fan at the end. The fan blew wind
through the tunnel. The Wright
brothers studies what happened to
the wings. The wind tunnel helped
the brothers learn more about flying.

6. ,, The Flayer’’
The brothers made a new plane. It had a motor. They
called the plane ,,THE FLAYER’’. They took the
plane to a field at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Who
would try out the plane? The brothers tossed a coin
to deecide. Wilbur won. He got in the plane. The
plane flew for about three seconds. Then it crashed!
It took three days to fix the plane. When it was ready,
Orville got on the plane. On December 17, 1903 the
plane flew! It stayed in the air for twelve seconds.
Then it safely landed on the ground. It was a
wonderful first flight.

7. CONCLUSION
Wilbur and Orville Wright were great
inventors. They loved to learn new
things. Their flight at Kitty Hawk
changed the world. You can see the
plane that flew at Kitty Hawk. It is in a
museum in Washington, D.C.

8. Authors: MAJA & OLIWKA
Primary School No 5,
Bielsk Podlaski,
Poland