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Flight
From early times, man has been fascinated with flight. Two Americans, Orville and Wilbur Wright, are credited with inventing the airplane. Why were they successful, where others had failed?
Go to To Fly Is Everything at http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/Tale_of_Airplane/taleplane.html. Click on "Tale of the Airplane." Read through the chapters to find answers to these questions.
What is the "hill climbing method" of design?
What was the Wright brothers' method of invention?
Why, in your opinion, were the Wright brothers successful where
others had failed?
What personal characteristics do you think
the brothers needed? Go to http://www.aero-web.org/history/wright/wright.html.
Read carefully from Orville Wright's journal to find evidence
of the Wright brothers' personalities. List three character
traits which helped them to succeed, and give examples which demonstrate
each.
