Diorama eines Fluggeländes

Diorama vom Erstflug der Gebrüder Wright mit Flyer I in Kitty Hawk (USA)

Dating

wohl 1969, Vorbild: 17.12.1903

Persons

Wright, Patent/System, archivalisch belegt

Orville Wright (1871 - 1948), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Wilbur Wright (1867 - 1912), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Description

Diorama vom Erstflug der Gebrüder Wright mit Flyer I in Kitty Hawk (USA).

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Themenort: Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, Vorbild

Material / Technique

Stoff, Holz, Metall, Sand, getrocknete Pflanzen, etc

Inventory number

VHS-3846

Legend

Controlled and repeatable Wilbur and Orville Wright made the greatest contribution to the leap from gliding to motorised flight. The flights of their “Flyer I” on 17 December 1903 were controlled and repeatable. The Wright brothers attributed this to the goal-oriented organisation of their work. From 1896 to 1900, they read everything that has been published on the subject of aviation, worked on new theoretical findings and planned their own gliders. From 1900 to 1903, they tested their gliders in numerous flights. From 1903 to 1908, they built their own engines and propellers and carried out numerous successful flights with “Flyer” I to III. From 1906 to 1908, they had their discoveries protected by patents, sought out potential customers, conducted demonstrations flights and ultimately sold their patents. They had a huge effect on aircraft development in Europe. On 17 December 1903, the Wright brothers succeeded in making the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (USA). A four-cylinder engine developing 9 kW (12 HP) was sufficient to lift their ingenious twin-propeller homemade craft into the air. Among the many measures they adopted to reduce air resistance was to place the pilot in a prone position. He used his left hand to operate the elevator and hip movements to adjust the rudder and the outer trailing edges of the wing. The first flight by Orville Wright lasted 12 seconds and covered 37 metres. On the same day Wilbur Wright flew 260 metres in 59 seconds.