About.com: Early Flight
The About.com Guide to Aviation has written a concise overview of early aviation from gliders and steam to the 1908 Grand Prix d’Aviation. Continue to Part 2 and Part 3. Airplane Database
Search for an airplane by its inventor and find: a short description, wingspan, flight date, longest flight, and wing area.
The Century Before Airplanes
This page has a timeline (through the links) of the century of people and attempts that led up to the Wrights' first flight. Flyer
Watch a movie of some of the first flights by the Wrights. Inventors Gallery
A glossary of inventors with short biographical sketches. For a few, there are additional pages that have more information. Just the Facts
Information about specific gliders, the Wrights' airplanes (up to 1914), and various engines and propellers. Movies of the Invention of the Airplane
Absolutely amazing! Watch some historic film clips of early flight. Each one takes a while to download but they're worth the wait. Women in Flight
From the About.com Guide to Aviation, this three-part article looks at the history and progress of women in aviation, from the golden girls of the Golden Age to the ferry pilots of WWII to the female jet jockeys bent on smashing the glass ceiling. Wright Flyer of 1903
How did the plane work? What did a movement of the pilot's hips do? This article from Britannica.com explains this first airplane. Wright Glider of 1902
The Wrights made approximately 1,000 flights with this glider, making longer flights at shallower angles than anyone before them.
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