Wright_Brothers

Wright Brothers The Wright Brothers Greatest Invention The Wright Brothers were great inventors, businessmen, and inspirationist led to an easier way of life and transportation. The Wright Brothers invention of the motorized plane gave the world a new and faster way of transportation and a new way of life for the future. The Wright Brothers real names are Wilbur and Orville Wright. They were born in the late 1800’s. As they grew up they were highly interested in mechanics and the idea of flight. In 1893 when bicycling became popular the brothers opened their own bicycle shop doing repairs. Which they eventually started building bicycles. Orville also owned his own printing business, which he opened years earlier. Since they were so interested in flight and they owned their own business and were making enough money that they did not have to worry about much they started experimenting with box kites. They followed the ideas of Otto Lilienttal in Germany and Octave Chanute in the United States. They started by building gliders that looked like large box kites with wings called Flyer I. They wanted to fly it but they knew they would need a strong wind, so the asked the United States Weather Bureau. wright, brothers, plane, glider, engine, wilbur, way, started, orville, fly, about, wings, own, over, kitty, hawk, enough, called, built, back, wind, weather, try, took, out, new, made, life, invention, hill, flyer, flight, even, building, box, better