Aviation history in pictures starting with the Wright Brothers and going through to the F-22.

1. The Wright Brothers Started
With a Glider

2. Success wasn’t immediate.

3. In the summer of 1901 Wilbur and Orville Wright returned to North Carolina with a
redesigned 22-foot wingspan glider.
To provide more lift, its wing surface had almost twice the area of their 1900 glider.
The new 1901 glider now had a foot actuated wing-warping system to turn the glider.

4. In this 1901 photo the Wilbur and Orville fly the
glider like a kite.

5. • During late October and early
November, Orville and Wilbur conducted tests
on 200 different wing shapes in a homemade
wind tunnel.
They tested 38 different single-wing and
multiple-wing configurations. Each wing
was tested at 45 different angles.

6. The added moveable rudders.

7. And Eventually Powered Flight

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From the Wright Brothers to other early flyers, all the way to the F-22.

9. Over 200 pictures.
Fun facts.
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