The Partnership

Wilbur & Orville Wright

About the Wrights

• Dayton, Ohio to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
• Defined "resourceful" for Inventors
• Formed their own company
• Expert machinists with their own shop
• New breed of inventors
• Believed in family

The Inventions

• Many generations of gliders
• First airplane
• First air shows
• Principles of flight
• Principles of aeronautical engineering
• Revolutionary propeller design
• Significant enhancements to internal combustion engines

Secrets to Success

• Understanding of scientific principles of aeronautics
• Knowledge of prior work
• Hands-on knowledge from building gliders
• Persistence
• To be first
• Visionaries
• Death defying
• Associated with the best in aviation
• Careful and methodical
• Each step was planned