The Wright Brothers | The Art of the Bird | 1

The Wright Brothers | The Art of the Bird | 1

In the late-1890s, two brothers from Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, became obsessed with what Wilbur described as “the problem of flight.” With no formal training or funding, they threw themselves into studying the mechanics of birds, determined to design a new method of flying for humans. They soon began building a glider in the small workshop above their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio.

It wasn’t long before the Wright brothers would travel to North Carolina’s Outer Banks to test their glider. Facing swarming mosquitoes and biting winds, they would risk their lives in their quest to be the first pilots to the sky.

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Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Three Shots in Dallas | 4

Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Three Shots in Dallas | 4

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