Virtual Whistler

Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright were brothers born to Milton Wright, a Bishop of Dayton, Ohio USA. One day he brought a toy which spurred the brothers to build to a large sized model of the same so that they could climb on and reach the clouds.

Naturally, the idea was superb. The toy was flying up to the ceiling of the room. It was made of paper, bamboo and cork. A rubber band rotated a propeller and made the toy to fly straight in the air.

Wilbur noticed in his shop where the used to work, a box which had bent edges. He felt that the wings of the flying plane could be made in this form. He thought that wings should be designed in such a way that they could be moved up and down during the flight.

The brothers made a model of a plane in 1899. It was kite shaped. They went to Carolina for conducting its trial. Then for four years they continued the trials.

It was December 17, 1903 Orville Wright made the first controlled successful flight. He took it off from Kill Devil Hill at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina on 12 horse power by plane. It was built by the brothers.

The plane reached a height of 10 feet and covered a distance of 37 meters. The fourth and last flight made by Wilbur flied a distance of 850 feet in 60 seconds. But a gust of air crushed it.

However Wilbur made many flights up to a height of 91 meter. He died in 1912. Orville continued his work and made 57 flights. On his self built plane he reached a height of 27 meters.

He lived till 1947 when the flying machine or aircraft had already started flying at supersonic speeds. Today we travel in aero planes to long distances with comfort at the speed of the sound .

These two inventors are remembered as the Wright Brothers.