THE INVENTION OF THE AIRPLANE

1905 - 1914

http://wright.nasa.gov

ORVILLE WILBUR

Part 3: Airplane Business

1904

1904 – Hired Patent AttorneyHarry A. Toulmin

1905 – World’s First Practical Airplane

1906AND BEYOND

Europe1906

1906 Santos-Dumont Flies 14bis

1906-1907 Europe - Fliers or Liars ?

1908-1909 International Acclaim

1908 Edith Berg – 1sT Woman to Fly

1909 Flight School - Pau

USA1907

Langley Aerodrome

1907 Aerial Experiment Association

1909 -1912 Litigation

1908 Fort Myer Trials

1909 New York City

1910 – 1914 Wright Airplane Company

QUESTIONS?

THE ONLY SURVIVING PIECE OF ANY OF THE WRIGHT’S THREE GLIDERS IS THIS WING TIP, SCAVENGED AT KITTY HAWK

YEARS LATER.