THE WRIGHT BROTHERS And The Evolution Of Aviation | Upscaled Documentary

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[@scottkinnebrew7924]

This is the kind of stuff that makes the internet great. Thank you so much for this!

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[@careerscoop5241]

@@Dronescapes any movie of wright brothers ?

[@electronad]

@@careerscoop5241 Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention

[@tevvya]

Amazing to hear directly from these famous names of early aviation. If it were not for the all the technology on screen, the soundtrack alone would put this documentary firmly in its time period of the early 50's. Thanks for pulling this out and posting it. It was a hoot! (Had to use a phrase of the period!)

[@dogfacedponysoldier87]

The Wright bros have always fascinated me. America needs to keep its inventive spirit going.

[@alcald2000]

That's for sure!

[@cattnipp]

we have to fight DEI - its kills inventive spirit

[@colinborn1740]

I am waiting for Hollywood to reenact this amazing moment. Let’s go!

[@careerscoop5241]

any movie of wright brothers ?

[@29erallday]

​@@cattnippamen brother, dei is racism straight out and has no place in America

[@rodpettet2819]

A brilliant docu. I loved all the cleaned up black and white film of important people of the time and events. The development of instrumentation was particularly interesting along with the interviews of the test pilots. This is for me at least something to be watched several times or more. Once again thanks to all involved!

[@lajosvarga6431]

I agree. However, those interviews seem just too good to be true. They are so seamless and high resolution, so I suspect Deep Fake. Anyway, this program is great.

[@antonioascari3294]

only fly those who take off from the ground with their own means. This feat belongs to a Brazilian .

[@dovardross7336]

There was a time in my youth during any activity, with or without friends, looking up whenever hearing and seeing a jet plane in the sky. That was a marvel event in my youth.

[@MikeSmith-bm8fm]

This is the best aviation documentary I have ever seen. i have been in aviation maintenance for going on for 43 years. I feel this should be seen by all people gitting into aviation maintenance for the great history. Thank you very much. I will keep this one!!!!!

[@Dronescapes]

Wow, thank you!

[@mysticalvomit]

Yes. Thanxs for your brown nosed fake comment.

[@johnrogan9420]

The years 1900 to 1999 were truly a large step for mankind.

[@katelynjohnson8587]

It's SO mind boggling

[@Dave5843-d9m]

It was the second Industrial Revolution powered by internal combustion instead of boilers and steam engines.

[@Mrbfgray]

And to be dwarfed by the first 3 decades of this century.

[@patkennedy2620]

@@stacyhamilton2619 A truly meaningless post. Why did you waste your time? 😡

[@patkennedy2620]

@@julianneale6128 I agree; it was ; a truly incredible time . 👍

[@Playsinvain]

This is a remarkable museum piece of history from just the desks and furniture to the interviews ….remarkable

[@aloesecretinc]

I love this! Orville & redenbacher were great pioneers in the era of flight. 💟💟💟

[@cattnipp]

Garth Brooksendunn is good too.

[@SirLucidThoughts]

It doesn't show you that they invented popcorn too😂

[@stratocaster1greg]

I have a lathe and shaper from Nichols Bros. bicycle shop in Chickasha, Ok. They built the Albatross just a few years after the Wright Bros. I use those machines after restoring them regularly. Great video!

[@skyloveglobalnelsonbarbonc8009]

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[@patkennedy2620]

I’ve just finished David McCullough’s fascinating book on the Wright Brothers- well family really ; so this video is marvellous! I feel I know them all personally now as friends! Thank you! 🤩

[@Dronescapes]

Wonderful!

[@pup1008]

There was a piece in our local paper years back saying that the ancestral family came from a town where I used to live in South Essex UK. I think they were quite "well to do" & titled. I think they were a branch of the family the boys originated from and went to the States in the 1700's or something? Did it mention anything of that in the book?

[@tomray8765]

The LAST Plane that Orville flew was a CONSTELATION in 1946. He was picked up in Dayton and then was allowed to take the yoke in the cockpit for a short time. Then the plane was put on autopilot. Orville commented "I always thought a plane should be able to fly itself." Amazing progress in only 43 years.

[@jdsguam]

To think my own Dad was a pilot in WWII, only 24 and in an aircraft, not even thought possible, less than 50 yrs before. Human progress is amazingly quick.

[@manfromks]

Wilber died before that

[@tomray8765]

@@manfromks Sorry a typo/brain hiccup ;)

[@madisonhanes5736]

Anyone who watched this documentary knows this fact it's well said at the start 😅

[@WeMol]

I'm from srilanka . And we have king rawana

[@khcopter]

Wow, cool video you had Charlie Taylor speaking!! that’s amazing! Didn’t know there was any footage of him!! pretty cool thanks for sharing the video!!

[@metteholtheeriksen7826]

Hello from Norway. My family and and I spent some years in Dayton, Ohio, USA with the Norwegian Airforce, due to the updating of F 16 aircraft. Thank you for a great video.

[@cbwilson2398]

This is one of the very best historical accounts I've ever encountered, with the very witnesses to the revolution in the air speaking for themselves.

[@russell-di8js]

Men ahead of their time, true pioneer's!! Wright Bros. RIP

[@kennedysingh3916]

Watched from Jamaica, great documetry, the interviews with the pionares move me.

[@rogerturner5504]

Absolutely first-rate documentary. Very well put together - a fascinating history.

[@Dronescapes]

Thanks for listening

[@ChrizMagadia]

"I started repairin' bicycles.... in the 80s" (1880s) - Charlie Taylor. Gives me goosebumps to think a century isnt that far as we think it is, specially as we get older.

[@RebeccaTaylor-y4p]

I just want to say thanks, the resolution of some of these interviews is so amazing and human. EDIT: You can't convince me that guy isn't drunk. You know the one.

[@barcodenosebleed5485]

That or barbiturates. Blasted on something for sure.

[@rodgerraubach2753]

The Wright's were more than simple "bicycle mechanics," and were what we would today call ENGINEERS! They did experiments and built a wind tunnel to test the lift characteristics of different airfoils, as well as building a gasoline engine that worked very well.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

True.

[@antonioascari3294]

They just couldn't prove they were the first because there were no witnesses. Those American voices lost to a Brazilian who flew in front of dozens of French people.

[@ryanreedgibson]

I don't believe the label really matters. Their most important attribute was tenacity. Most have and did give up long before.

[@John-ih2bx]

@@ryanreedgibson Perfectly logical and true statement. I had also heard that the French may have been the first. But as you stated so well, the Wright Brothers spent many years perfecting their designs, with all the issues of not being academically "qualified" to do so (they were just bicycle mechanics), they put the academics to shame. Long live the spirit of the Wright Brothers, and all those who venture into the unknown, with great planning, thought, dedication, and risking their own lives, not others' lives. One (out of many) notes in the documentary, it was only Kitty Hawk weather/? service that had responded by mail to them about the local environment, and the folks were so hospitable. Way to go NC! No, I am not from NC, but it is a great state.

[@giantgeoff]

If you read David Mc,Collough's biography of them you would know that Wilbur had been accepted to Harvard they had been home schooled to a more advanced level than they would have been in a conventional High school. So let's stop denigrating their educational level A more accurate description of their qualifications was that they were the most highly qualified aeronautical engineers in the world at the time.

[@gowthamsuhas8370]

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were true pioneers of aviation. Their relentless pursuit of powered flight, culminating in their historic flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, revolutionized transportation and opened the skies to humanity. Their ingenuity, perseverance, and vision have left an indelible mark on history, inspiring generations to dream of soaring higher and farther.

[@tski3458]

Amazing. Looking at all the planes in the sky right this minute on flight aware. The Bros would be in awe. Now back to the flight sim.

[@jdsguam]

Man I wish we had the internet when I was growing up! Great Presentation!

[@code3responsevideos872]

I love how that old guy said he first started working on Bicycles in the 80’s! Not the eighties I think about in my memory.

[@noahway13]

@@TheCrystalShip51 1880's

[@johnjaw19]

Me too, excellent how he said it just as we would but a century later

[@veetors]

I haven’t seen any of your videos for a while and I was excited to seen one pop up and even more excited to see it was about Walter Brennan. Really made my day, thank you Jerry Skinner

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Welcome back!

[@arturoeugster7228]

5:38 The rate of turn in degrees per second is 20 times the angle of bank divided by the true airspeed in knots....At 25 knots and 20 degrees of bank the rate of turn is 16 degrees per second, exactly.

[@jurgeysamuel]

That end credit with Frank Lahm made me cry, we truly stand on the shoulders of giants. He reminds me of my grandpa. Whom I miss everyday. I could watch it a hundred times. 1:50:36

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[@jeremyvance2437]

Thank you so much for all of your videos!!! You are inspirational to all student pilots in the community!!!!!

[@mysticalvomit]

And to human trafficking entrepreneurs.

[@itsxstarz9056]

Imagine flying in 1900s were so used to seeing planes but back then to be first to fly is something incredible that 59 seconds probably felt like 10 mins but also 10 secs wish I could experience that

[@louistracy6964]

First helicopter was "a fine machine only it couldn't fly" is what is great about engineering.

[@sheilahammond4260]

Amazing! The Wright Brothers deserve every praise for not only their invention, but for their determination and resiliance too. Every one of us owe them a debt of gratitude for their perseverance. Its hard to imagine how our world would be had it not been for air travel. It certainly would have been a lot slower, thats for sure, and far fewer of us would have visited far off shores and explored exotic destinations. Thats without mentioning all the other benefits that flight has brought. Of course there are some drawbacks, but not yet enough to warrant the stopping all flights at present, to my knowledge..😊

[@watchguy7986]

This is so amazing. So happy I found this thank you

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You're so welcome!

[@arturoeugster7228]

Best video presentation thank you! The roll instability is due to the negative dihedral, like on most birds. 11:40

[@John-ih2bx]

Wonderful documentary. Thank you.

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Our pleasure!

[@delfincruz6786]

That is very admirable, which it goes to show you, that persistence and determination has it’s reward, ❤❤

[@thelonious-dx9vi]

Outstanding. Cheers.

[@Dronescapes]

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[@9867144706]

Thank you so much for this, it's PURE UNFILTERED KNOWLEDGE 👍👍👍👍

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Glad it was helpful!

[@rod1148]

Wilbur made the last flight of the day (Dec. 17) but did not crash the plane at the end of the flight. The brothers were planning on additional flights but a strong gust of wind blew the plane over seriously damaging it preventing further flights.

[@johnwelsh2769]

The front elevator was broken at the end of the 4th flight. They were going to fix it and possibly fly again, and then the wind had its way with the flyer.

[@rod1148]

@@johnwelsh2769 i stand corrected. Thank you.

[@johnwelsh2769]

@@rod1148 A minor detail on that glorious day.

[@luisboza-u3c]

GLORY AND ADMIRATION. THEY DESERVE OUR MOST RESPECTFUL HOMAGE. BLESSINGS.

[@machielhoogenes3158]

Beautifull work guys love it. Please consider a layer of kevlar on the inside for safety. Keep up the good work best regards Machiel from the netherlands

[@unsere_achtziger_80s-4-U]

what really got me was that Wilbur died only one year before Yeager broke the sound barrier. What a leap! Have we really wrapped our heads around that?

[@cardinalRG]

Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947. Wilbur Wright died in 1912, and his brother Orville died in 1948.

[@m.lecollie3565]

Great documentary. To actually hear from the men who were there! Good stuff!!

[@rod1148]

I thought it was Wilbur who won the coin toss for the first attempt that damaged the plane. That would make Orville the one to make the first flight at 10:35 on December 17. the first 12 seconds of powered flight.

[@edmundmaher2045]

You thought correct. I am flabbergasted we live in an age where information is readily available and the amount of inaccuracies in this documentary is inexcusable

[@arturoeugster7228]

22:52 there is no sound barrier, transition to supersonic flight is imperceptible. The myth started with the Prandtl Glauert linear prediction, which indicated infinite drag at mach 1 D = rho×V²/2 × cdo × Area ÷ √(1-M²) division by O ! In 1925 Ackeret predicted the drag and lift above Mach 1, Cd = alpha² / √ (M² -1) also infinite at Mach 1 Thus both equations predicted a barrier at Mach one. It was Ackeret which named the ratio of flight speed to speed of sound the Mach number after Ernst Mach. I graduated under Prof Ackeret, who built the first supersonic wind tunnel, 1933, still in use, where measurements disproved the barrier, just a smooth rise in lift and drag followed by a continuous decrease in drag and lift as asymptotically the equations predicted, hence the name transsonic flow.

[@dukecraig2402]

No kidding, it's only a saying, and it only became a saying in the first place because of typical sensationalistic newspaper men inventing the saying just to hype up stories.

[@barcodenosebleed5485]

Well, I suppose it depends on how you define barrier. Even though there wasn't a physical one, the belief it existed certainly constituted a psychological barrier that hindered progress for a time such that a fictional barrier had real effects. Perhaps that's why the term has stuck around. Good example of the need to keep pushing science forward dispassionately and keep asking questions.

[@arturoeugster7228]

@@barcodenosebleed5485 a good point, but it was Ernst Mach who investigated the crackling noise of rifle bullets and determined the conical shape of the shock fronts at 3 times the speed of sound a = √(1.4 × 287 × T) in m/s T = 273.15 + t °C R gas constant for air = 287 It was the reason Ackeret called V/a the Mach number in this context, the speed of the bullets could be measured as a function of the charge and no deviation from a smooth transition was evident, so Ackeret was motivated, why his prediction failed, so built the first supersonic wind tunnel, 1933, in the Maschinen Laboratorium, next to the main building of the ETH. But none of his Phd students were able to built a transsonic theory to match the test data . There were no computers at the time..just MADAS calculators....Glamorous Glennis astonished Chuck Yeager with the fact that Mach 1 transitions were indicated only with the Mach meter.

[@arturoeugster7228]

The speed of sound next to the surface of the airplane body and wings has locally well passed the speed of sound before the entire airplane flew at the speed of sound. The condition where the speed of the flow on the upper side of the thickest part of the wing reaches the speed of sound is called the critical Mach number, occurs on a B 747 wing root at Mach 0.845 or evel lower.

[@herculydia]

Everything above is what I was going to say.

[@媧]

Thank the great Wright brothers

[@1biggerrynv]

Trying to find any kind of video or audio interview with Orville before he died. He died in 1948 seems to be there should be plenty of time. Some documentarian could’ve done a documentary and interview him of those first few days of flight.

[@BarryKellysinger]

Love it Rob 😀

[@Eiazkhan-u9m]

Very amazing video

[@Dronescapes]

Glad you think so!

[@mijyadoc5374]

Well done....

[@pup1008]

There was a piece in our local paper years back saying that the ancestral family came from a town where I used to live in South Essex UK. I think they were quite "well to do" & titled. I think they were the branch of the family the boys originated from and went to the States in the 1700's or something? The family home is still there, it's a massive mansion called "Kelvedon Hall."

[@alexanderdavila4087]

That was amazing

[@akachiazubuike1109]

Great Great doc!!

[@Louis-kk3to]

All my life, im 60 , but this is the greatest story ever told ❤

[@wilburcowart9590]

Do offset the weight of the engine had to keep the balance balanced 4 1/2 but also left to the right

[@shayanchamas60]

The field where the Ingenuity copter made its first flight from on Mars is now called Wright Field....deservedly so! There are also pieces of the Wright Flyer on both Mars and the Moon.

[@hertzair1186]

Lilienthal was no failure! The German was the first with a successful manned glider and had hundreds of successful flights.

[@aaronperdue8979]

He failed. His tables were wrong kraut boy. You lost. Sit down and shut up you germán duechbag.

[@jonathanstancil8544]

Lillenthal only "flew" because his gliders had enough wing area to be held aloft by wind resistance. His designs do not generate true lift and are largely uncontrollable. Nevertheless, he IS considered the first man to fly, though when you add power to his designs they do not fly, they are held aloft by wind resistance and the engines would harm the overall effort because his wing designs do not generate true lift. The Wrights put it all together with true lift, a working engine and propeller system for thrust and an effective control system to achieve the first TRUE powered and controllable heavier than air aircraft.

[@dano8613]

@jonathanstancil8544 wow! Nicely stated! I knew about half of what you said and learned the other half just now. I liked how you gave credit where it was due while explaining the difference.

[@thomasdameron4095]

The Brazilians say the same thing

[@donald8354]

@@jonathanstancil8544 I like the way you explain it and accurate. What do you think about some people claim that Santos Dumont was the first to fly.

[@JoshuaTraffanstedt]

Say what you want, but these guys are a couple of the most important men that ever lived. They also had balls the size of boulders.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Fitting their familial name perfectly. "What heritage is Wright? English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) 'craftsman', especially 'carpenter, joiner'.

[@soultraveller5027]

who invented the angled flight deck and the steam catapult and landing aids ?

[@dukecraig2402]

The British. So what's your point? This wasn't a video about the history of naval aviation, if it was I'm sure they'd have started out with the fact that the first time an aircraft took off from the deck of a ship and the first time an aircraft landed on one it was in America, which is something else not mentioned in this but why would they because this isn't specifically about the history of naval aviation. If you want to hear about that I'm sure there's plenty of videos about the history of naval aviation that point that out.

[@Helm-w1q]

I have had a passion for early aviation. Its the reason I became an aircraft mechanic. I have always thought that a real good movie about the Wright Brothers should be made. Most of the time we see pictures of these twovin high nevk starched collars, but the truth of these guys was yhey eere sleeve rolled up badasses. They not only had to buily that airplane, they had to teach themselves something no one knew how to do. Fly an airplane.

[@imanashkani8551]

Awesome 🥰👏👏👏👏

[@Dronescapes]

Thanks 🤗

[@slingerssecretlaboratory]

Most interesting

[@donphilp7511]

Thank God Curtis figured out how a plane is really supposed to be controlled or we'd all be leaning left and right in our seats in a 7:47

[@badcornflakes6374]

People who only thought about it said it couldn't be done. These two engineers said "Watch this."

[@nighthiker8872]

The Wright brothers were just 2 people. With simple common sense and the drive to succeed. Able to build a lite weight engine to operate 2-propellers.

[@nighthiker8872]

NO way they believe their flying machine would ever get any bigger. But could be sold to the army.

[@rogertwitchell8197]

"Orville flew for the last time in 1918" I guess means as a pilot. I gather he was in the copilot's seat in a ride in a Lockheed Constellation close to 1948. In the image of the photo of it I saw Orville had a huge grin from it.

[@jondeere5638]

The radial engine was among he most reliable engines ever used. They would have several cylinders damaged and still keep flying.

[@noahway13]

North Carolina was the place of the first heavier than Air flight South Carolina was the place of the first practical submarine that sunk a warship.

[@pup1008]

I live about 3 miles from where the Wright ancestral home was in Essex UK - *Kelvedon Hall.*

[@billbissenas2973]

These dudes were epic

[@bobturner3388]

I believe They invented the propellor also which the design is still in use

[@johnr423]

Correct !

[@garneauweld1100]

I would have to give credit to the French and Germans based on early examples on display for viewing in select museums.

[@stevekoch6816]

My ex wife and I had a custom framing shop years ago. One of our customers brought us an original check written in 1908, drawn on a bank in Dayton, OH, made out to the Patterson Tool and Supply Co. for $86. It was signed by Orville Wright. All I kept saying was....WOW!

[@stevekoch6816]

And in case you're wondering....it was museum mounted using only archival materials, UV filtered glass, the works. A precious piece of history preserved forever. I did take a picture of it (no flash), but have no idea where that picture is. 😒

[@JohnBerry-q1h]

Back around 1900, how did the Wright Brothers make the links for bicycle chain? Did they have an equivalent of the *punch press,* back then? Without a punch press, I don't see how anyone could make consistently identical chain links, let alone get the cost of such manufacture down to a reasonable price.

[@edmundmaher2045]

To answer your question they sourced their bicycle chains eternally including the ones specially designed for the 1903 flyer

[@jondeere5638]

From the book on the Wright brothers, the copycat manufactures were asked in court what was the function of certain features on their planes were supposed to accomplish. They didn't know. They just blindly copied the Wright brothers design.

[@josefonseca5540]

Wasn't the Brazilian Santos Dumont who invented the airplane?

[@mytube001]

Nope, not even close.

[@rogerturner5504]

It is highly unlikely that he would have had any control over that enormous box-kite thing of his.

[@Dayzr16]

​@@rogerturner5504 you are wrong, the 14 bis was recreated in recent years and it was perfect flyable. So yeah Santos Dumont is the inventor of the airplane.

[@Dayzr16]

​@@mytube001 cope harder

[@christiancamacho5887]

it would be awesome to get into this...i want to build.

[@JohnKSedor]

Sorry guys, the first to fly was Gustave Whitehead in 1901 in Bridgeport Connecticut, 2 years before the Wright Bros. (the "Wrong" Bros.). And Whithead may have flown as early as 1899.

[@mytube001]

Absolute nonsense. You've been had by people who don't know how flying and aircraft work. The Wrights were first, and for good reason. They tested and understood what worked and what didn't.

[@rogerturner5504]

Many people 'flew' well before the Wright Brothers if you include gliding downhill in a weight-shift glider as did Octave Chanute, Otto Lilienthal many hundreds of times and possibly Whitehead. However, the accepted definition for controlled flight is three-axis control (over roll, pitch and yaw) and a flight which landed at a point no lower than the take-off point. There is zero evidence that Whitehead achieved this.

[@JohnKSedor]

@@rogerturner5504 Sorry, these late-coming definitions are invented ideas fit around & trying only justify the VERY WRONG BROTHER'S false claim as to they're being "First In Flight". That honor goes to Gustave Whitehead for the first manned, powered, controlled flight which was proven on 2 different CONTINENTS that flew 2 DIFFERENT REPLICAS of Whitehead's Monoplane, both in Germany and Connecticut. You're thinking is typical backward logic by arm-chair "do-nothing" self claimed experts a hundred years after the fact that Whitehead FLEW FIRST!!!! IN BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT!! NOT THE WRONG BROTHERS!!

[@JohnKSedor]

Absolute Truth. The WRONG BROTHERS were LIARS AND THIEVES and write furiously against Whitehead because they knew how to work the System against a German immigrant between 2 World Wars with Germany. They stole Whiteheads work. EVEN THE PARK RANGERS IN THE KITTY HAWK MEMORIAL IN NC PERSONALLY TOLD ME THEY KNEW WHITEHEAD BEST THE WRIGHT BROTHERS BY FLYING IN 1901. He may have e an flown as early as 1899!!and

[@mrminer071166]

3:05 WE HAVE LEFT DAYTON, OH!

[@JIm-w1b]

Something that's always puzzled me about the Wrights, is how for about the first 10 years, they put the elevators out front, what made for a highly unstable airplane. Why it didn't occur to them, that every bird in the world, has its elevator feathers in the tail?

[@jackevans7665]

Probably due to weight distribution. From what I remember the engineer and props were behind the centre of mass, so to counter it they added extra weight to the front to keep it balanced.

[@rogerturner5504]

They wanted to be able watch the elevator in action and how its movement related to the resultant pitch of their various kites and powered aircraft.

[@Randy-j5n]

In the Wrights defense, everything is 20/20 looking back. I've likewise always wondered why they didn't just use flaps at the end of each wing rather than going all the contortions of wing warping. But it was a learning process and they didn't have the advantage of hindsight except through experimentation. For us, it now all seems so simple. However, man tried and failed for 1000's of years to solve flight. That included genius minds like Leonardo DeVinci. We are all dwarfs on the shoulders of giants and owe our accomplishments to those who paved the way. Likewise, the Wrights would be the first to admit that Otto Lilienthal and others fed their imagination and laid the groundwork. But at the end, it was the Wrights persistence, testing, re-testing, trial and error, never give up attitude in the face of ridicule, building their own wind tunnel, keeping records and learning from them, building their own engine with the help of Charlie Taylor, building their own propellors using wing lift principals unknown at the time, that all collectively won the day..

[@rescue270]

They got the first flight sequence backwards. Actually it was Wilbur who won the coin toss and made the first attempt but stalled. Orville made the first flight and they took turns with Wilbur making the fourth and final 59 second flight.

[@davidastill5008]

nd not a mention of Petawawa

[@RobertPaskulovich-fz1th]

The Wright Brothers said: “The advent of the airplane will render all future wars obsolete.”

[@edmundmaher2045]

Good documentry but some of the facts not correct including most important Orville not Wilbur was first to fly on 17 Dec 1903

[@johnr423]

yes, you are correct !

[@jondeere5638]

The narrator is Peter Graves brother of James Arness aka Marshal Dillon

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Had some of the best hair ever, in Hollywood history. Mission Impossible! 6-4 and 6-7 Norwegian/German parents. Proper spelling is Aurnes, an earlier family member, Americanized it. Graves last name was a maternal name used in the family. I love Norway, and all the countries over there. So pretty.

[@andrewdean7182]

LOVE the EnTRANCe @ 38:10 😂

[@pup1008]

From that to Concorde & the Blackbird in about 50 years.... Since then we seem to have regressed with the UK not really having an aviation industry & some American manufacturers having their own problems....

[@legopunk2655]

The model t, powered flight, films, record players, telephones in homes and the incandescent bulb all came between roughly 1890 and 1910. Today: genetic manipulation, A.I, robotics, bioweapons, the internet all have made huge advancements in recent years. Lets hope war doesn't follow this new tech leap forward as it did then.

[@jaminova_1969]

Why no mention of the American John Montgomery ?

[@Sctronic209]

Would of loved to live back then.

[@Lightningdvc]

Some interesting content. But mostly only from US standpoint. Not the whole picture of history of flight.

[@dukecraig2402]

That's because it's about the Wright Brothers, not the history of flight.

[@Lightningdvc]

@@dukecraig2402 Here’s a tip. Watch the doco before commenting.

[@dukecraig2402]

@@Lightningdvc I did, so yea, it's about the Wright Brothers and not the history of flight. Here's a tip, comprehend that.

[@Dontworryboutit315]

Not sure who you’d expect it to be about, didn’t see anyone else flying before the wright brothers.

[@Lightningdvc]

@@Dontworryboutit315 about 10% is about the Wright brothers.

[@Bitterrootbackroads]

I keep thinking about the ancient looking bicycle I didn’t buy at an auction years ago. Couldn’t make out the tag, but the bottom line said Dayton Ohio.

[@JoeLattimore-ss2pm]

I was only 20 years old when the plane was made.. back in my day when didnt think it was gonna happen.. dang long time ago.. im getting old. 😂😂.. i waa chilling on the first plane across the beach of carolina to grandfather mountain.. 😂😂

[@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII]

Did Paul Harvey the narrator?

[@Tomh821]

That forward elevator is truly frightening. One wrong move on that super sensitive control and a dive to death.

[@apurvtrivedi4871]

Invention of powered human flight would not have been possible from 1 single person. It would have been a collective efforts. So secrecy should have been an important aspect of the project.

[@shawnburnham1]

1:45:00

[@mebeme1963]

Who is the narrator?