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  • A Science Odyssey: Wilbur and Orville Wright - Short biography and photograph from PBS.
    www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btwrig.html
  • December 17, 1903: The Day Man First Flew - A detailed account of the first flight. From the State Library of North Carolina.
    statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/wright4.htm
  • How We Made the First Flight - The story of the historic flight as told by Orville Wright. Includes photographs.
    www.aero-web.org/history/wright/wriframe.htm
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright - Recounts the story of the December 17, 1903, maiden voyage.
    web.mit.edu/invent/www/inventorsR-Z/wright.html
  • Orville Wright - Sketches and brief history; information also available in RealAudio format.
    www.invent.org/book/book-text/110.html
  • Orville Wright: American Co-Inventor of the First Successful Airplane - Short sketch tells about the younger of the two inventors.
    www.lucidcafe.com/library/95aug/wright.html
  • Profile of Wilbur and Orville Wright - Tells how two brothers made history with a 12-second flight above the beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
    www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aviators/wright.cfm
  • Scientists and Thinkers: Wilbur and Orville Wright - Article tells about the brothers and self-taught engineers who invented the first working airplane. Includes timeline and photographs. From Time Magazine.
    www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html
  • The American Experience: The Wright Stuff - Presents the story of the pioneers of manned flight. Includes QuickTime movie and RealAudio interviews. From PBS.
    www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wright/index.html
  • The Wilbur and Orville Wright Story - A simple history of the brothers in printable coloring book format.
    vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/Wright1.html
  • The Wright Brothers - Photo-rich biography follows the brothers from their childhood years on. Includes timeline.
    www.hfmgv.org/histories/wright/wrights.html
  • The Wright Brothers: 1899-1903 - A detailed history of the events and experiments that led up to the first successful flight. Written for students.
    w3.one.net/~hughesj/wright/w_toc.html
  • Top-Biography.com: Wright Brothers - Includes overviews of Wilbur and Orville Wright's lives and work, along with timeline and quotations.
    www.top-biography.com/0023-Wright%20Brothers
  • Wilbur and Orville Wright - Scholarly biography written for young readers. Includes photograph of the first flight and related links.
    www.gardenofpraise.com/ibdwrigh.htm
  • Wilbur Wright: American Co-Inventor of the First Successful Airplane - Profile tells the story of the older of the two inventors.
    www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/wrightw.html
  • Wright Brothers - Student project explains how childhood experiments provided a foundation for the brothers' future invention.
    tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4027/wright_brothers.html
  • The Wright Story - Tells the story of the two brothers who changed the way people looked at the world. Also provides a history of their airplane business. Includes numerous photographs.
    www.wright-brothers.org/History/Wright%20Story/wright%20story.htm

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