vol.011：The Wright Brothers：Beyond Kitty Hawk
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vol.011：The Wright Brothers：Beyond Kitty Hawk
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The source provides an extensive overview of the lives and groundbreaking work of the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, focusing on their journey to inventing the airplane. It details their personal lives, including their family and occupations as bicycle manufacturers, which provided the mechanical skills necessary for their aeronautical pursuits. The text comprehensively covers their glider experiments, the development of three-axis control, their wind tunnel tests to gather accurate data, and the invention of the powered Wright Flyer. Finally, the information addresses the public skepticism they faced, their successful public demonstrations, the subsequent patent war, and the enduring legacy of the brothers, including the Smithsonian feud over the proper attribution of the first successful flying machine.