Up in the Sky: The Wrights Take Flight

The Wright brothers were born at Dayton, Ohio. As they grew older, so did their interest in mechanical things. Since the beginning of time people have been intrigued with a desire to fly. Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first to succeed in flying in a heavier-than-air, power-driven machine. What had begun as a hobby soon developed into a serious scientific study to build better vehicles for air travel. Within a few years the Wright brothers had created a plane that could fly a distance of twenty-four miles at a rate of thirty-five mph. Their tenacity and ingenuity changed the world of transportation.