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The Wright Brothers flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on December 17th 1903 being the first flight for mankind.

Los hermanos Wright vol el primer avin en Kitty Hawk, Carolina del Norte el 17 de diciembre de 1903.

Books, Videos, DVD Movies, Models about the Wright Brothers first airplane.  Orville Wright lived from 1871 - 1948 and his brother Wilbur Wright lived from 1867 - 1912. 

They were the worlds first successful airplane engineers and made the first flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on December, 17th, 1903.  Even though there were a small number of airplanes which made powered flights before the Wright Brothers, none of them were controllable.  Therefore the Wright Brothers received the credit for the first controllable powered, heavier than air flight.  There was another reason that they received credit that was not very well known. they received credit because they had organized documentation in which, where anyone that was handy with tools, the airplane could be reconstructed and flown.  You can read more about the Wright brothers by looking at the books below.  These books show the Wright Brothers biography, the Wright Brothers first flight, other Wright Brothers Inventions and the Wright Brothers Plane.  Why was the Wright Brothers Famous, these are the facts about the Wright Brothers and the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel.  They are the guys who invented the first airplane, the first airplane invented.  They are the brothers who discovered the first airplane.

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Kitty Hawk and Beyond

The Wright Brothers and the Early Years of Aviation, a Photographic History. Geibert & Nolan. This is the story of the Wright brothers told through their photos. Learn how they went from operating a bicycle store in Ohio, to ushering in the Age of Flight; why Kitty Hawk was chosen as the site; and how Orville made the discovery leading to powered flight. Also documents the post-1903 events that contribute to the Wright Brothers legend. 160 pgs., 100+ B&W photos, 10"x 8", sfbd.
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Inventing Flight

The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors. Anderson, Jr. This concise and engaging account of the technical developments that pre-dated the Wright brothers' successful first flight show not only the Wrights' legendary accomplishments, it also reviews the research leading up to their success and explains the body of aerodynamics knowledge and flying machine technology they inherited, both useful and dead end. 192 pgs., 9 B&W photos, 13 line drawings, 5"x 8", sfbd.
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First to Fly
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First to Fly

North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation. Parramore. Beginning well before the Wright brothers' first powered flight, North Carolinians labored at the cutting edge of aviation technology from the late 1800s through WWI. Working with archival sources, patent records, and personal accounts, the author recounts this early history of aviation. It's a remarkable story, filled with dreamers, inventors and pioneering pilots. 372 pgs., 120 B&W photos and illustrations, 6"x 8", sfbd.
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Dawn Over Kitty Hawk
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Dawn Over Kitty Hawk

The Novel of the Wright Brothers
Boyne. Based on history and filled with the actual players, this is a fictional account of the race to powered flight. Some including Augustus Herring, Samuel Langley, and Alexander Graham Bell spent entire lives and fortunes chasing the dream, yet the Wrights were the first to succeed. Here you'll meet them as quirky individuals, passionate about the potential of flight. 400 pages, 6"x 9", hardcover.
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Into the Air
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Into the Air

The Story of the Wright Brothers' First Flight. Burleigh. Thanks to numerous failed flight attempts in the early twentieth century, people thought the idea of human flight ludicrous. Still, the Wright brothers pursued their dreams. They braved heavy winds and rain, sandstorms, and tough crashes - all in an effort to build the first successful flying machine. This engaging graphic novel re-creates a gripping tale of trial, error and triumph. 48 pgs., color illustrations throughout, 6"x 9", hdbd.
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Race to the Sky
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Race to the Sky

The Wright Brothers Versus the United States Government. Goddard. Few know that the Wright brothers engaged in a David and Goliath struggle with the government to achieve powered flight. Here, learn the story and see the raw ambition, high ideals, greed, and cloak and dagger tactics of each side. By 1903, years of efforts escalated when the battle - and the fame and fortune that would follow - was decided and the Wright brothers emerged victorious. 232 pgs., B&W photos, 7"x 10", hdbd.
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Aviation
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Aviation

Reaching for the Sky.
Berliner. This thorough yet accessible history of early aviation and its luminaries includes the Montgolfier brothers and their hot-air balloon, Henri Giffard and the dirigible, Otto Lilienthal and the glider, Samuel Langley and the Aerodrome, the Wright brothers and the airplane, Curtiss and the seaplane, and Sikorsky and the helicopter. Additionally, the timeline of aviation history, glossary and numerous photos and illustrations combine to create an engaging, informative book. Ages 10 and up. 144 pgs., 80+ B&W photos and drawings, 7"x 9", hdbd.
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Contact!
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Contact!

The Story of the Early Aviators. Villard. Thanks to extensive research and lively characterizations, the many inventors, pilots and other personalities involved in the history of aviation spring to life in this celebration of flight. Aviators from around the world are featured including the Wright brothers, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Glenn Curtiss and others. Historic photographs enhance the tales of these visionaries and their determined pursuit of flight. 304 pgs., 84 B&W photos, 8"x 11", softbound.
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Skylark
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Skylark

The Life, Lies, and Inventions of Harry Atwood. Mansfield. Recounts the bizarre life of a daredevil pioneer pilot, trained in the Wright Brothers' school, who became a visionary inventor, entrepreneur, spellbinding salesman, showman, engineer, manipulator, liar and deadbeat. In short, it is an honest look at an eccentric genius who was a little-known but key player in the development of modern aircraft. 324 pgs., 6"x 9", hdbd.
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Canton's Pioneers in Flight
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Canton's Pioneers in Flight

Kenney. This book examines the rich aviation history of Canton, Ohio, and its earliest pioneers of flight, including Frank S. Lahm, who founded the Aero Club of Ohio; his son, Frank P. Lahm, who worked with the Wright brothers on some of their earliest test flights; William Martin, who invented the first single-wing airplane in the world; Almina Martin, the world's first female pilot; and others. 160 pages, 60 B&W photographs, 6"x 9", softcover.
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Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers
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Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers

Michael Abrams. The Wright Brothers were wimps. Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals: the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds. This thrilling, hilarious, and often touching chronicle of obsessive inventors and eccentric daredevils traces the story of winged flight from its doomed early pioneers to their glorious high-tech descendants, who've at last conquered gravity. 320 pages, 6"x 9", hardcover.
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Pioneer Aviators of the World
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Pioneer Aviators of the World

A Biographical Dictionary of the First Pilots of 100 Countries
MaThews. Some of aviation's earliest pioneers remain obscured behind the achievements of the Wright Brothers. Yet they also have remarkable stories, such the pilot of the first flight in Australia who never flew again or the events surrounding the first flight in Spain that led to religious riots. Meet the pilots here through their biographies and flight statistics. 216 page, 111 photographs, 7"x 10", hardcover.
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Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation
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Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation

Otto Lilienthal. This is the work of the creative genius who inspired the Wright Brothers to investigate the problem of human flight. Lilienthal's observation, analysis, ingenuity and daring enabled him to build a series of gliders in which, from 1891 to 1896, he made over 2,000 glides - bridging the gap between those who dreamed of flying and those who flew. This is an unabridged facsimile of the original edition first published in 1889. 175 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
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Conquer the Sky
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Conquer the Sky

Great Moments in Aviation. Rabinowitz. From the myth of Icarus to the seminal flight of the Wright Brothers, and from the first flying aces to the development of the stealth bomber, this gripping volume - produced in conjunction with the renowned Bettmann Archive - traces our technological advances and the stories of the men and women who made the miracle of flight possible. 208 pgs., 400 color and B&W photos, 8"x 11", hardbound.
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A Century of Triumph
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A Century of Triumph

The History of Aviation. Chant. For one hundred years, man has been obsessed by flight. From the Wright Brothers' experiment in 1903 to the Stealth Bomber, we have perserved in our effort to fly. Aviation's first full-century is an astonishing story of innovation, heroic pilots and achievements. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of detailed drawings and cutaways by renowned aviation illustrator John Batchelor. 400 pgs., 250 line-drawings and 100 B&W photos, 10"x 10", hardbound.
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The Wright Brothers

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Kelly.
Softbound Book
Originally published in 1943, this classic biography of the Wrights is the definitive account of their lives as well as the wonders, accomplishments, and even  controversies that surrounded their gliding and powered flights. Fascinating reading.  Illustrated, 368 pgs., 5½"x 8½", softbound.
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The Wright Brothers
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The Wright Brothers
The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World.
Mackersey. This intriguing new biography of the eccentric brothers, whose genius unlocked the secrets of mechanical flight to realize one of man's oldest dreams, "…turns their heady science into a gripping intellectual thriller and recounts a family saga on a par with The Magnificent Ambersons." - The Guardian. 560 pages, 45 B&W photographs, 5"x 8", softcover.
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Wilbur and Orville : A Biography

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A Biography of the Wright Brothers 
by Fred Howard 
This highly regarded volume, considered by many to be the definitive  study of the Wrights, tells the full story of the brothers' lives and works: from their  early childhood and initial fascination with flight, through the years of experimentation with gliders, to their perfection of the design for the initial flyer. The book also relates in detail the bitter patent fight and exhausting legal battles that  followed, Wilbur's untimely death, and Orville's later years. 543 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.

The author, Fred Howard, is an expert on both early aviation technology and the lives and work of the Wright brothers. As a member of  the team that edited the Wright Papers in the Library of Congress, he is uniquely equipped to bring the brothers and their discoveries to  life. 
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The Flyers
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The Flyers

In Search of Wilbur & Orville Wright
Adams. See the Wright Brothers as never before in this book by NPR's Noah Adams. Join him in tracing the Wrights' footsteps at Kitty Hawk and in France, and visit a pilot who is building the world's most-accurate replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Through his own investigations as well as through original reports, letters, diaries, and other primary source material, the author uncovers the talent and intensity of the brothers and their family. 224 pages, 16 B&W photographs, 5"x 8", hardcover.
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The Aeronautical Annual Set

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The Aeronautical Annual Set 1895, 1986, 1987

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Means, ed. These are precise reprints of the Aeronautical Annuals of 1895, 1896, and 1897, which are among the most important pre-aviation books ever published. Used by the Wrights to research human flight, these books present plans, dreams, and schemes written by great aviation visionaries such as Leonardo da Vinci, Ben Franklin, Samuel P. Langley, Sir Hiram Maxim, Augustus Herring, Octave Chanute, and Otto Lilienthal. Each softbound volume contains B&W photos, illustrations and tables, and measures 5"x 8".
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Pioneer Aircraft

Pioneer Aircraft
Early Aviation to 1914
Jarrett, ed. From the earliest experiments with lighter-than-air craft to the use of kites and models for development and testing, this book explores the quest to understand aerodynamics from the dawn of flight to the beginning of World War I. Includes the Wright brothers, Bleriot, Farman, Voisin and others to explain why human flight took so long to achieve and how it was truly a collaborative effort. 256 pages, 210 B&W photographs and drawings, 7"x 10", hardcover.

The Airplane

The Airplane
A History of Its Technology. Anderson. Contrary to popular belief, the Wright brothers did not invent the airplane. Rather, they invented the first successful airplane based on hundreds of years of research that enhanced their own designs. Written for both the casual reader and the technically minded, this detailed history explains the research the Wrights inherited and how it's evolved into today's aircraft. 369 pgs., 115 B&W photos, 143 line drawings and tables, 8"x 11", hdbd.

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Miracle at Kitty Hawk
The Letters of Orville & Wilbur Wright
Kelly, ed. With little formal education and even fewer business skills, Wilbur and Orville Wright solved the scientific mystery that defeated countless others. This collection of 600 letters between the two brothers traces the genesis of their flying machine, from their initial frustration to their bursts of discovery and the thrill of success. Witness the resourcefulness, good humor and sheer pluck of America's most famous brothers. 512 pages, 5"x 8", softcover.

The Unwelcome Assistant

The Unwelcome Assistant
Edward C. Huffaker and the Birth of Aviation. Hensley & Hensley. Best known for assisting the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk in 1901, Huffaker was a skilled mathematician and teacher whose studies of Bernoulli's principle led to theories of aerodynamic lift years before anyone else made the connection. Based on his letters and personal recollections, this is the untold story of an aviation pioneer. 208 pgs., B&W photos, 6"x 9", hdbd.

The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright

The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright
Click Here, for the first time, are nearly seventy of Wilbur and Orville Wright's published writings brought together into a single, annotated reference. Composed with clarity, these published pieces offer a wealth of detail and insight on over four decades of work - from the design and testing of the Kitty Hawk to the brothers' commentary on the future of commercial aviation, sport flying, air safety, and military aviation. 368 pgs., 59 B&W photos, 6"x 9"

The Wright Brothers

The Wright Brothers
Kelly. Originally published in 1943, this classic biography of the Wrights is the definitive account of their lives as well as the wonders, accomplishments, and even controversies that surrounded their gliding and powered flights. Fascinating reading. Illustrated, 368 pgs., 5"x 8", sfbd.

Wilbur Wright's Flights in FranceWilbur Wright's Flights in France
Leon Bollee's Photographic Record, 1908-1909. Kandebo & Dewey, ed. This beautiful collection re-creates a photo album presented to Orville Wright in 1920 by the widow of French industrialist Leon Bollee, which contained photos taken during Wilbur Wright's visit to France in 1908-1909. With 127 rare duotone images of the Wright Brothers and their aircraft, it's a glorious reproduction from aviation's infancy. 88 pgs., 13"x 11", hdbd.
From the Webmaster:  When we think of the Wright Brothers, we commonly limit our thoughts to their first flight and Kitty Hawk, but their first flight wasn't the end of their legacy, it was only the beginning.  This book takes you beyond their first flight and into their future.  C. Jeff Dyrek
The Wright WayThe Wright Way
7 Problem-Solving Principles from the Wright Brothers That Can Make Your Business Soar. Eppler. In ushering in the age of flight, the Wright brothers overcame obstacles other scientists hadn't even begun to tackle. This book defines essential problem-solving principles they used to accomplish this feat, and shows you how to apply them to common business problems. A combination of management guidance and historical adventure, you'll learn to make your business soar when others can't even get off the ground. 224 pgs., 6"x 9", hdbd.

From the Webmaster:  This is a very interesting look at the Wright Brothers.  Not a history of the Wright Brothers, but a look at the ideology of the Wright Brothers business and problem solving methods and how you can apply this to make your own life and business grow.  The author undoubtedly was very innovative himself. C. Jeff Dyrek

The Wright Brothers Legacy

The Wright Brothers Legacy
Orville and Wilbur Wright and Their Aeroplanes.
Burton & Findsen. Composed of photographs of the Wright brothers and their aircraft, vintage postcards, posters, stereopticon images and toys, the never-before-published images in this book are drawn from the most extensive private Wright Brothers collection, which includes photos by the Wright's personal photographer, William Preston Mayfield. 240 pages, 240 color illustrations, 10"x 11", hardcover.

The Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation

The Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation
Garber. A wonderful story about the power of individuals and the scientific method, this is a comprehensive, step-by-step account of the engineering methods used by the Wright brothers to solve the problems of flight. Fully illustrated with 250 B&W photographs, figures and drawings and filled with hundreds of quotations from historical documents, it is truly an engineer's perspective on the technological savvy of the famed brothers. 272 pages, 250 B&W photographs, 7"x 9", hardcover.

Wings Like Eagles

Wings Like Eagles
A History of Soaring and the SSA. Schweizer. Newly reprinted, here is the story of soaring - starting with the Wright brothers' first soaring flight in the world and on through modern soaring. "Like a powerful and seemingly endless thermal on a clear summer day, this 'flight' is hard to put down," AOPA Pilot. Also includes the history of the first 50 years of soaring and the Soaring Society of America (1932-1982). 380 pgs., 195+ B&W photos, 8"x 10", sfbd.

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First in Flight a book by Kirk.
The Wright Brothers in North Carolina.  When Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived on North Carolina's Outer Banks in 1900, they were unknown bicycle mechanics who dreamed of powered flight. Even after they achieved the first heavier-thank-air, powered flight in 1903, they remained obscure. But by Orville's last flights in North Carolina in 1911, they were two of the most famous men in the world. This book explores the undeniable influence that the landscape and people of the Outer Banks had on the Wright brothers' quest for flight and the subsequent lasting effect that their success had on the once-desolate region. Through lively and often humorous text, you'll partake in the Wright's North Carolina experience and the birth of powered flight. 346 pgs., 64 B&W photos, 5"x 8", sfbd.

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