![]() 10:35 A.M. on 17th December in 1903. Observed by only 5 village people, "Flyer", on which the younger of the bicycle-selling Wright Brothers, Orville, rode, floated lightly in the air. For 12 seconds it flew and then landed. The flight distance was 36.6m. Here, humanity's long-held dream came true. It was really a beautiful, stable flight. |
The Wright Brothers prepared very well. They studied Lilienthal's glider and the bird's gliding principle. Under the advice and encouragement of Langley, the brothers invented a mechanism called the "Bent wing" to control the posture of flight. Devising this mechanism and a light engine of 81kg, they put natural principles and artificial systems together. |
![]() On this successful day, at the fourth flight, the elder brother, Wilbur, piloted and the duration of flight was 59 seconds over a distance of 259.7m. It was exactly a perfect flight. |
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