Introduction: Soar into history to celebrate the Wright Brothers’ first airplane flight!

1. When Wilbur and Orville Wright were very young, their father gave them a ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________, which began their life-long fascination with the science of ________________________________________.

2. Many years later, after successfully running a ____________________ business, the brothers began building their first models of flying machines. The first of these was a small, pilot-less kite made of _____________________________, ____________________________________, and _______________________.
Find the answers at: www.time.com/time/time100/scientist/profile/wright.html

3. On December 17, 1903, the brothers finally got their chance to test a full-scale airplane glider. They called it the _______________________________. Orville took off first, flying for a total of ___________ seconds and a distance of _____________________ feet.

4. That first, famous glider was made of spruce and ash wood and covered with ____________. This made the aircraft ________________________, ______________________________, and __________________________________.
Find the answers at: www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal100/wright1903.html

5. On that December day at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the brothers made four historical flights, even though the weather was ________________________. At the end of the day, disaster struck: A gust of wind damaged the glider’s ____________________, ______________, and _____________________________________________.
Find the answer at: www.fi.edu/flights/first/during.html

6. Only 5 other people were present for the brothers’ historic flight. Many of those invited did not come because __________________________________________________.  The first person the brothers contacted after they flew was ___________________________________.
Find the answer at: http://sln.fi.edu/flights/first/after.html

7. The three elements of flight that the brothers’ glider had mastered were ____________________________________, ______________________________, and __________________________.  To learn even more about how flight works, the brothers observed ______________________________________.
Find the answer at: www.pbs.org/kcet/chasingthesun/planes/wrightfly.html

8. The Wright brothers never claimed they were first to fly.   ________________________, an Englishman, may have tried it before them. However, Wilbur and Orville were the first to make a ___________________, _________________________ and _____________________  flight.
Find the answer at: www.wright-brothers.org/History/History%20of%20Airplane/history.htm