Airplanes
Period 4 science, By:Maria Knoll
The Inventors, Wilbur and Orville Wright
- Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867 and Orville was born on August 19, 1871
- They were actually born in two different places, Wilbur: Indiana, Orville: Ohio
- In 1909 they formed the American Wright Company
- Orville flew the first successful airplane and it lasted 12 seconds
- Wilbur made his first successful flight that lasted 59 seconds
The Invention, The Airplane
- SR-71 Blackbird was the worlds fastest manned jet airplane
- There are approximately 29,000 flights a day
- A space shuttle rode piggyback on a Boeing 747
- Flying is safer than driving, because you have a trained pilot or "driver"
- In a airplane crash you have a more chance to live by staying calm the first 90 seconds of it
Sites
Encyclopedia.com ****** Strange-facts.info ***** keystoneaviation.com
Huffingtonpost.com ***** Environmentalgraffiti.com