The Wright Brothers started out in an average family where they moved several times until they finally settled in Dayton, Ohio. Wilbur and Orville's int rest in flight came early to them when their father, a bishop in the United Brethren Church, brought home a toy helicopter. Their family always encouraged learning. Sometimes his family would even allow the boys to leave school early so they could "pursue their own intellectual int rests" (1). The family owned their own library where the kids would study anything they wanted. By age eleven, Orville was already making kites and selling them to friends.
Wilbur was planning on attending Yale, but because he and his mother beginning to develop health problems he decided not to. Luckily his health improved, but he felt that college "would be money and time wasted" (1). Since they were a close family they looked closely after their mother and read "voraciously" (1) in their spare time.
Orville decided to join his friend, Ed Sines, in the printing business. Orville, with the help of Wilbur, "designed and built a professional press from a damaged tombstone, buggy parts, and other recycled odds and ends," (1).
1. The Wright Story. 29 Jan. 2007. Wright Brothers Aeroplane Co. of Dayton, Ohio.
2 comments:
It seems that you have found yourself and resourceful...umm resource lol. The Wright Brothers are definitely one of the key players of the aeronautics field. Try looking up some of DaVinci's contributions as well, like his rough sketches of aircrafts and things of that sort. So far so good though, keep it up.
Shelly,
Wow you have come a long way since this post. I need to catch up with my comments so it has been a long time since I have seen your blog and you have really focused and your concentration since this post. Knowing what I know of your topic now and having read your papers for peer review I really cannot say much for this post besides nice job!
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