The Wright Brothers The Wright Bro’s Orville Wright was born in 1871 and died in 1948 Wilbur Wright was born in 1867 and died 1912 Wilbur is the bald one The Wright Family The Wright family owned a bicycle store Where Wilbur and Orville got most of there supplies If they couldn’t find it there they just built it themselves The Wright brothers started building there glider in 1902 The glider which cost only about 15 bucks that time had a 32 foot wing span Flying The Glider • The Wright Brothers finished there glider In 1903, and flew it in Kitty Hawk NC The glider only flew for a few seconds And there was only few people to witness the spectacular event • They picked that event because it had rolling hills and good winds • Before they went there though they tested it on there wind tunnel which they made themselves • It took many tries to get the “right” stuff going to fly the glider and finally now they did it Gliders of Today • We wouldn’t probably accomplish our aviation history without the Wright Brothers • Some people doubted them, and thought we wouldn’t fly for couple hundred years • But all that mattered is that they accomplish there dream though Without there accomplishment we wouldn’t probably fly across countries today  ... Wilbur and Orville got most of there supplies If they couldn’t find it there they just built it themselves The Wright brothers started building there glider in 1902 The glider which cost only about.. .The Wright Bro’s Orville Wright was born in 1871 and died in 1948 Wilbur Wright was born in 1867 and died 1912 Wilbur is the bald one The Wright Family The Wright family owned... span Flying The Glider • The Wright Brothers finished there glider In 1903, and flew it in Kitty Hawk NC The glider only flew for a few seconds And there was only few people to witness the spectacular