Wright Brothers

<p>The fastest man in the air competed with the Wrights for ten years, became rich, and awakened America to the air age.</p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> As well as being geniuses, the Wright brothers were methodical craftsmen of astonishing persistence. An aeronautical expert supplies the fascinating technical and personal details of their legendary achievement.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">What the Wright brothers did in a wild and distant place made its name famous around the world. Their biographer visits the Outer Banks to find what remains of the epochal outpost.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">While lauded for their 1903 flight, the Wright brothers were not convinced of their airplane’s reliability to sustain long, controlled flights until October 1905.</span></p>