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THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
Conquering the Sky
On a bitterly cold day in December, 1903, on a beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, a "flying machine" rose ten feet into the air and stayed there for almost twelve seconds. That hardly seems like much of an accomplishment today, but this was the first airplane ever to fly under its own power. Its inventors, two brothers named Orville and Wilbur Wright, had finally achieved what men and women had dreamed of for centuries-the power of flight.
They Gave Us Wings
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS: Conquering the Sky is the exciting story of two brothers who never stopped believing that their dream of building a flying machine could come true. While skeptics said it was impossible, Orville and Wilbur Wright persevered through countless test runs until they solved the problems that had made other inventors fail. Their momentous first flight at Kitty Hawk was the crowning achievement in lives that were filled with determination and excitement.
