WRIGHT FLYER

The world's first successful airplane was the Wright Flyer, invented by the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur. On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they achieved the first sustained, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight. The Wright Flyer remained aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its first flight.  Here are some key details about the Wright Flyer:  Inventors: Orville and Wilbur Wright. First Flight: December 17, 1903. Location: Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Type: Biplane with a canard (forward elevator). Engine: 12 horsepower gasoline engine. Propellers: Two pusher propellers. Control: Wing warping for roll control, front elevator for pitch, and rear rudder for yaw. The Wright Flyer marked the beginning of the aviation era and paved the way for modern aircraft design. The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation. The aircraft is a single-place biplane design with anhedral (drooping) wings, front double elevator (a canard) and rear double rudder. It used a 12 horsepower (9 kilowatts) gasoline engine powering two pusher propellers. Employing "wing warping", it was relatively unstable and very difficult to fly. The Wright brothers flew it four times in a location now part of the town of Kill Devil Hills, about 4 miles (6 kilometers) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The airplane flew 852 ft (260 m) on its fourth and final flight, but was damaged on landing, and wrecked minutes later when powerful gusts blew it over. The brothers shipped the wreckage back to Dayton, and the aircraft never flew again. Orville later restored it and displayed it on several occasions. The Flyer joined the Smithsonian Institution's collection of historic aircraft in 1948 after the end of a long and bitter dispute between Orville and the Institution over its refusal to recognize the Flyer as the first successful airplane. Today, it is on display in a place of honor in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
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