The Wright Brothers

by David McCullough

If a boy finds he can make a few articles with his hands, it tends to make him rely on himself. And the planning that is necessary for the execution of the work is a discipline and an education of great value to him.

Lift came from air moving faster over the arched top of a wing, thereby making the pressure there less than that under the wing. Pitch was the tilt of the flying machine, front and back, nose down, nose up. Roll applied to the rotation of the wing, up or down on one side or the other, like a boat rocking.

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