NOVA - Wright Brothers’ Flying Machine
2003 | 60 min

Orville and Wilbur Wright were remarkable inventors, mechanics, risk-takers, and visionaries. They designed and built their own wings, steering devices, engines, and wind tunnel. But just how did they construct such an impressive flying machine?  It takes a team of modern pilots, builders, aviation experts, and historians joined together to retrace, rebuild and re-fly planes built to the specifications developed by the Wright Brothers a century ago. Vivid footage captures both the Wrights’ own historic flights and the team’s attempt to fly an authentically recreated Wright “Model B.” As modern computer technology meets dusty artifacts, the Wrights’ aviation secrets emerge from the past and seem more impressive than ever. Discover how the Wright Brothers transformed themselves from bicycle mechanics to high-flying inventors who built a machine that changed the world during a mythical flight at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903, and see how they contrived to refine their incredible aircraft.

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Posted 09/18/08 by Joe

So why do they just stop? It would be a great site if I could see the whole movies, but this is the forth one that just stopped working on me.

Are you working on that?

Posted 07/29/08 by marlo d luttrell

i believe anyone who ride in a plane must watch this video.i also believe its a shame to only see half.thats what i got on your service.thanks.or the way you do it"tha".

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