Early Life & Inspiration
Gliders & Experiments
Outer Banks Adventure
The First Flight
After the Flight
Fun Facts & Legacy
100
The Wright brothers grew up in this city
What is Dayton, Ohio
100
The Wright brothers tested gliders before building what
What is The Wright Flyer or Airplane
100
The Wright brothers traveled to this state for their flying experiments
What is North Carolina?
100
Name this plane
What is the Wright Flyer?
100
After proving that flight was possible and returning to Ohio, the Wright Brothers did this
What is they kept improving and building better airplanes?
100
This famous museum now displays the Wright Flyer
What is The Smithsonian (Air and Space Museum)?
200
The Wright Brothers ran this type of business before building airplanes
What is a bicycle shop?
200
Early gliders had this problem
What is they didn’t produce enough lift?
200
These reasons are why the brothers choose the Outer Banks area.
What are strong winds, open space, and soft sand for safer landings?
200
This date is when the first flight took place.
What is December 17, 1903?
200
The Wright brothers told their family they had succeeded by doing what?
What is they sent a telegraph?
200
The Wright Family had this many children
What is 7?
300
This childhood toy inspired their interest in flying
What is a rubber-band helicopter
300
This machine was built to study wing shapes?
What is a wind tunnel?
300
This nearby town became the name most people used for their experiment location
What is Kitty Hawk?
300
The first flight lasted this long
What is 12 seconds?
300
The Wright brothers didn't become famous right away due to this reason
What is many people didn’t believe the flight was real?
300
This famous engineer and mentor supported the Wright brothers’ work in flight
Who is Octave Chanute?
400
They encouraged the Wright brothers to be curious, read, and experiment when they were young
Who are their parents?
400
The brothers discover the published lift data was
What is it was inaccurate?
400
This local group of men helped the Wright brothers by providing supplies, support, and even witnesses for flights.
The U.S. Lifesaving Station crew (local lifesavers) and Kitty Hawk residents
400
The Wright brothers decide which one would try flying the Flyer first by doing this
What is flipping a coin?
400
This country showed the most interest in the Wright Brothers
What is France?
400
This nickname is given to Orville and Wilbur because of their achievement
What is The Fathers of Flight?
500
Wilbur wrote his famous letter.
What is a letter to the Smithsonian Institution?
500
The invention of a major control system is called
What is Wing warping?
500
This sandy dune area was the true site of the first powered flight in 1903.
What is Kill Devil Hills?
500
This brother flew the first successful flight
Who is Orville?
500
Their invention changed transportation forever because
What is it led to modern airplanes and air travel?
500
The Wright brothers’ story teaches this lesson about failure?
What is failure helps you learn and improve?