Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Wright military flyer of 1909
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics
Videos
Orville Wright: flight of the first military airplane, 1909
Quizzes
NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.
Man-Made Birds in the Sky
Read Next
German Hindenburg Zeppelin Explodes while trying to dock at station in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. It was the worlds largest airship
Defying Gravity: 7 of the Biggest Things That Ever Flew
B-52G with cruise missiles, USAF, short range attack missiles SRAMs; guided missile
11 of the World’s Most Famous Warplanes
Still from the film Deliverance, 1919. The story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. View shows Keller in the cockpit/front seat of an airplane.
How Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane?
German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.
Weapons of World War I
Discover
Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration
Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?
Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks
Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?
Abstract vector hi speed internet technology background
History of Technology Timeline
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.
What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?

Wright military flyer of 1909: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Links added. Jun 01, 2023
Modified link of Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - 1909 Wright Military Flyer. Sep 07, 2017
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - 1909 Wright Military Flyer. Jan 29, 2015
Add new Web site: Air Force Link - Wright military flyer of 1909. Jun 07, 2011
Add new Web site: U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission - Wright military flyer of 1909. Jun 07, 2011
Table revised and updated. Feb 12, 2009
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
View Changes:
Article History
Revised:
By: