Welcome to the Bonus Links page for Aeroplane: The Wright Brothers, published by Knowledge Keepers Bookstore. This page is an accompaniment to the free study guide download.
Chapter 1: Childhood and Chapter 2: Background
- The Wright Family genealogy at WrightBrothers.org
- Read more about the Penaud flying toy here, and order a modern version here
- Visit the Wright Brothers museum in Dayton, Ohio
Chapter 3: Bicycles and Printing
- Woodcuts: How they are made (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
- Watch this 6-minute YouTube video of a woodcut process
- Visit the Wright Cycle Company in Dayton, Ohio
- Read more about the Wright bicycles at WrightBrothers.org
Chapter 4: First Thoughts of Flight
- Researching the Wright Way
- Watch this unique animation of all the original photographs of Otto Lilienthal’s historic flights on YouTube
- In 1899, Wilbur came up with the idea of the biplane kite. This link describes it in detail, and includes a video.
Chapter 5: Gliding at Kitty Hawk
- Vintage Everyday has a great series of photographs from the Wright Brothers’ experiments at Kitty Hawk.
- Visit Kitty Hawk, NC
Chapter 6: First Powered Flight
Thanks to the invention of moving pictures, the first flight was captured on film! Watch the video on YouTube:
Chapter 8: Experiments of 1904-1905
Chapter 10: The Army Not Interested
Contrast the attitudes in this chapter with just a decade later, when airplanes were in use in 1915 during World War 1.
History.com looks at the first war to feature aircraft
Chapter 11: Europe Discovers the Wrights and Chapter 12: The Wrights in Europe
Read an article from the French aeronautical magazine L’Aérophile at the website Early French Flight.
Chapter 13: A Deal with the U.S. and Chapter 14: End of Disbelief
Read about the deal the U.S. Army made with the Wright Brothers at National Archives Text Message.
Watch this YouTube video of the 1909 test flight at Fort Meyer:
Chapter 17: In the Aviation Business
Read The Airplane Business at WrightBrothers.org
Chapter 18: Patent Suits
Visit the United States Patent and Trademark Office kids page!
Watch this series of videos make for kids on intellectual property:
Chapter 19: Why the Wright Plane was Exiled
- Read more about the Smithsonian controversy at WrighBrothers.org
Thankfully, the Smithsonian (now National Air and Space Museum) corrected its ways, and they have a fabulous display, which you can tour virtually with this YouTube video:
Human Flight
After the Wright Brothers succeeded in solving the problem of human flight, airplanes quickly became a part of everyday life in the 20th and 21st centuries. Check out more websites:
WrightBrothers.org primary sources
History of Flight: Encyclopedia Britannica
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