Witness/Narrative: Wilbur Wright
Witness/Narrative : Wilbur Wright
Hook: *1 or 2 sentences*
"I confess that in 90 I told my brother Orville that man would never fly for fifty years" said by me Wilbur Wright, father of modern aviation! And that design above you and I is what my brother, Orville and I did.
Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info., relevant relationship info., etc.): I was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana, the middle child in a family of 5. My father, Milton Wright, a priest. And my mother Susan Koerner was usually at home. May her soul rest.
What led up to the main event?:
My father's preaching usually took him out on the road a lot. But when he returned he often brought back toys for my brothers and sisters. One day however, he brought home a small toy helicopter design, oh if I remember correctly it was made from..(pause for a few second) bamboo...paper...and it was powers by a rubber band to twirl its blades..the designer was …show more content…
We observed birds to see how they fly and they use it for control and balance. We started closely following a German aviator Otto Lilienthal. As many die for their research, he died when his glider crashed. Now we were determined to make the first successful plane, we later moved to Kitty Hawk, North California because of its known strong wings.
We were set for work! Oh we developed a concept called "wing warping!" And when we added a movable rudder, we were almost there and we could feel it! On December 17, 1903 we did it. WE DID IT! The first free, controlled, power-driven plane. A rather extraordinary achievement, if I do say so myself. I flew for 59 seconds and over 852 feet. Death/What I am currently doing
Though my life was great, like all, some aren't lucky. I fell ill on a trip to Boston in April 1912. Typhoid fever is what I got. May 30, 1912 I died at my family home in Dayton,
Hook: *1 or 2 sentences*
"I confess that in 90 I told my brother Orville that man would never fly for fifty years" said by me Wilbur Wright, father of modern aviation! And that design above you and I is what my brother, Orville and I did.
Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info., relevant relationship info., etc.): I was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana, the middle child in a family of 5. My father, Milton Wright, a priest. And my mother Susan Koerner was usually at home. May her soul rest.
What led up to the main event?:
My father's preaching usually took him out on the road a lot. But when he returned he often brought back toys for my brothers and sisters. One day however, he brought home a small toy helicopter design, oh if I remember correctly it was made from..(pause for a few second) bamboo...paper...and it was powers by a rubber band to twirl its blades..the designer was …show more content…
We observed birds to see how they fly and they use it for control and balance. We started closely following a German aviator Otto Lilienthal. As many die for their research, he died when his glider crashed. Now we were determined to make the first successful plane, we later moved to Kitty Hawk, North California because of its known strong wings.
We were set for work! Oh we developed a concept called "wing warping!" And when we added a movable rudder, we were almost there and we could feel it! On December 17, 1903 we did it. WE DID IT! The first free, controlled, power-driven plane. A rather extraordinary achievement, if I do say so myself. I flew for 59 seconds and over 852 feet. Death/What I am currently doing
Though my life was great, like all, some aren't lucky. I fell ill on a trip to Boston in April 1912. Typhoid fever is what I got. May 30, 1912 I died at my family home in Dayton,