Wright Flyer

The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I or 1903 Flyer) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17 1903 near the Kill Devil Hills about four miles south of Kitty Hawk North Carolina U.S. The U.S. Smithsonian Institution describes the aircraft as ... the first powered heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled sustained flight with a pilot aboard.

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A copy of the 1903 Wright Flyer blue-prints were purchased from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. These blue-prints provide all the information needed to get the surface geometry of the Wright Flyer.9
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he flew the Wright flyer 12 seconds, and 540 feet! Man had flown a heavier than air machine! Sources How We Made the First Flight by Orville Wright 15
Orville and Wilbur Wright, the Wright Flyer took to the skies in December 1903 and opened the age of controlled flight.16
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It is the successor of the Wright Glider ,

Wright Flyer is the predecessor of the Wright Flyer II.Wright Flyer III.

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The original front view of the 1903 Wright Flyer, drawn by Louis P. Christman in 1950, just after it was enshrined in the Smithsonian.22
The USU Wright Flyer will be constructed of graphite/epoxy, fiberglass/epoxy and some Kevlar/epoxy composite materials.23
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The Wright Flyer I in Which the First Powered Flight is Made at Kill Devil Hills North Carolina The Wright Flyer I in Which the First Powered Flight is Made at 25
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The Wright Flyer was essentially a wood and cloth structure with metals serving necessary supporting roles. Orville was the materials man.27
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Wright Flyer, but sometimes referred to as the Kitty Hawk Flyer, was the product of a sophisticated four-year research and development program conducted by Wilbur and Orville Wright in which they pioneered many 35
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Jet Or Prop
prop
Designer
Wright brothers
Predecessor
Wright Glider
Length Alt
6.43 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
745.0
Power Alt
9
Range Main
n-a
Height Alt
2.74 m
Type Of Prop
water-cooled piston engine
Crew
One
Loading Main
1
Power/mass Main
72.0
Developed From
Wright Glider
Power/mass Alt
30
Height Main
274.32
Max Speed Main
30 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
338.0
Ceiling Main
30.0
Number Built
1
Successor
Wright Flyer II
Wright Flyer III
Retired
1904
See Also
* First flying machine
Area Main
510.0
Span Alt
12.29 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Inline-four engine
Status
on display in the Smithsonian's National Air & Space museum in an exhibit titled The Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age.
First Flight
1903-12-17
National Origin
United States
Climb Rate Main
n-a
Power Main
12 hp
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
274.0
Variants With Their Own Articles
Wright Flyer II
Wright Flyer III
Length Main
642.62
Span Main
1229.3600000000001
Area Alt
47 m²
Max Speed Alt
48.0
Related
* 1902 Glider * Flyer II * Flyer III
Empty Weight Main
605.0
Category
Aircraft in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution
Articles containing video clips
Biplane aircraft
Canard aircraft
Category:History of Dayton
Ohio
Individual aircraft
Prone pilot aircraft
Propeller aircraft
Pusher aircraft
Single-engine aircraft
United States experimental aircraft 1900-1909
Wright brothers
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