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Inventors Ladder · Middle school · Grade 6–10

Flight

How two bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio, studied birds, built a wind tunnel, fixed the tables everyone used, and flew in 1903.

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Unit 1 The Wright Brothers

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From kites and gliders at Kitty Hawk to a wind tunnel in Dayton and the first powered flights.

  1. The Wright Brothers: Gliders and the Wind Tunnel
  2. The Wright Brothers: The 1903 Flyer and After