WRIGHT BROTHERS
Aeroplane Company
ere are some photos and drawings that will help you to tell the story of the Wright
brothers and the invention of the airplane. These visual aids are shown below in
low resolution, but you can download high resolution
images with much more detail for prints and posters. Right click on the low-res
photo or drawing you want and choose "Save
Target As" (in Explorer) or "Save Link As" (in Navigator) from the pop-up
menu that appears. Save the file to a folder on your hard drive. The
high-res images are large files -- some as much as 600K -- so they may take a while
to download depending on the speed of your modem.
There are 12 photos shown below, click "Next" for another page of 12 more.
 Wilbur's drawings of the 1899 Kite, the Wright brothers' first aeronautical experiment. |
 The 1900 Wright Glider being flown as a kite in Kittyhawk, North Carolina. |
 Launching the 1901 Wright Glider. |
 The 1901 Wright Wind Tunnel. |
 The 1902 Wright Glider in flight. |
 The plans for the 1903 Wright Flyer 1 that the Wright brothers drew on a piece of brown wrapping paper. |
 The 1903 Wright Flyer 1 on it's first flight, December 17, 1903. |
 The Wright brothers and the Wright Flyer 2 at Huffman Prairie near Dayton, Ohio in 1904. |
 The world's first practical airplane, the Wright Flyer 3, in flight in 1905. |
 Orville demonstrates the first military airplane at Fort Meyer in 1908. |
 Wilbur demonstrates the Wright Model A in Europe in 1909. |
 Orville (left) and Wilbur (right) at an air meet in 1909. |