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Where is the first airplane ever made now?
The original Wright Flyer can be seen at the air and space wing of the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC.There are also many replicas on display at various museums around the country.THis is the first successful aircraft FLOWN, not built. -Many aircraft were invented and built before this.
Where is the 1903 Wright Flyer located now?
The Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
Did Alexander Graham Bell make an airplane too?
yes he did with a companies help the company was called AEA.A group of early designers formed the Aircraft Experiment Association that would exchange ideas and work together to design a better airplane. The group included Glenn Curtis, Casey Baldwin, and Lt. Selfridge. They took turns building a design by one member of the group. Alexander Bell's design was a wing made of triangular shapes that was supposed to produce more lift but it didn't fly.In the meantime, the Wright Brothers continued to issue patents to protect their design and held very few public demonstrations of their new airplane.
Where is Charles Lindbergh's aircraft now?
The Spirit of St. Louis, the plane Charles Lindbergh flew on the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight in 1927, is in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
How have airplanes changed since the first airplane?
You could fill several volumes listing ALL the differences between the wright flyer and a modern-day airplane... But here are a few of the major differences. The wright flyer was constructed with wood and canvas whereas most modern planes are made of aluminum or modern composite materials. The wright flyer was of a canard-type design. With the elevators on the front of the aircraft. Most modern aircraft put the elevators on the tail of the aircraft. The wright flyer, rather than having ailerons like modern aircraft, simply warped the lightweight wings to achieve banking control. The wright flyer used a sprocket chain-drive like a bicycle to power to propellors from a single engine. This configuration is never used in modern aircraft. The wright flyer required a set of rails (made from 2x4s) to launch from rather than the wheeled landing gear you see on modern airplanes. Pilots flying the wright flyer lay head-first in a prone position. There was no cockpit as such, this is obviously much different than any modern aircraft. The wright flyer was controlled by the pilot using an odd "cradle" arrangement attached to his hips to actuate roll and yaw simultaneously. Modern aircraft use a yoke or a stick and rudder pedals.
Where are the the wright brothers now?
The Wright brothers are both dead.
How did the Wright brothers' invention of the plane influence people's lives?
well now people could take a crap while air born
Were the wright brothers poor?
i do not now
How old are the wright brothers now?
There are 2 Wright Brothers, Orville, and Wilbur.
How many people like the ask dot com website?
everyone because this site thinks a mouse helped the wright brothers build the first plane :-) go to ask.com now for better answers than answers.com!
How did the wright brothers change America with transportation?
They flew/made the first airplane. Therefore, we now can fly to different places.
Do you still use the wright brothers planes?
no now its not useing
When was the oldest airplane built?
It dates back to 1900 when Orville and Wilbur Wright first built an aircraft. (Their 1903 plane "Wright Flyer I" is now at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC)
Where did the Wright brothers build their plane?
It was generally built in their shop in Dayton, Ohio, which is now preserved as the Wright Cycle Company Complex unit of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. The parts got shipped to North Carolina for final assembly before flight.
Wht did Wilbur and Orville wright invent?
The Wright Brothers invented what is now known as the Airplane, and further pioneered in air travel.
How did the wright brothers change are lifes?
because it is now easier to get from one country to another
How many flights did the wright brothers make the first day?
They made 4 flights that first day (December 17, 1903). Orville flew twice and Wilbur flew twice. December 17 is now commonly known as Wright Brother's Day, or National Aviation Day.
