The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur were two American credited with inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered human flight on December 17 1903.
How does the airplane work? When air flows past and airplane wing, it breaks into two airstreams. The one that goes under the wing encounters the wings surface, which acts as a ramp and pushes the air downward and forward. The air slow somewhat and its pressure increases. Forces between this lower airstreams and the wings undersurface provide some of the lift that supports the wing.
However, before the first airplanes was invented by the Wright brothers, inventors made numerous attempts to make like the birds and fly. These early inventions included kites, hot air balloons, airship, gliders, and other devices.
World War I was the first armed conflict in which airplanes played a major role. When the war began, it was fought largely between ground forces, but as it progressed, the airplane began playing a larger and larger role. As the Allies amassed great air