Thursday, December 16, 2010

Wright Brothers Day


Dec 17, 1903- Orville and Wilbur Wright, brothers and bicycle shop operators, inventors and aviation pioneers, after three years of experimentation with kites and gliders, achieved the first documented successful powered and controlled flights of an airplane.
For more info, "The Wright Brothers" how they invented the airplane by Russell Freedman. Located in our nonfiction area.

No comments: