Flyer I
Sign in to saveAlso known as 1903 Flyer, Wright Flyer 1903, 1903 Wright Flyer, Wright Flyer No. 1, Wright Flyer I
heavier-than-air powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright Brothers
Key facts
- Other names
- Kitty Hawk , Flyer I , 1903 Flyer
- Type
- Experimental airplane
- National origin
- United States
- Manufacturer
- Wright Cycle Company
- Designer
- Orville and Wilbur Wright
- Status
- Preserved and displayed at the National Air and Space Museum
- Owners
- Wright Brothers
- First flight
- December 17, 1903, 122 years ago
- Last flight
- December 17, 1903
- Developed from
- Wright Glider
- Developed into
- Wright Flyer II , Wright Flyer III
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
1903 Wright Flyer | National Air and Space Museum
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- experimental aircraft
- Country
- United States
- Followed by
- Wright Flyer II
- Material used
- aluminium
- Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Developer
- Wright brothers
- Mass
- 338
- Designed by
- Wright brothers
- Image
- First flight2.jpg
- Height
- 2.74
- Length
- 253
- Speed
- 48
- Significant event
- restoration
- Has parts of class
- canard
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- inventory number
- A19610048000
- Commons category
- Wright Flyer
- total produced
- 1
- wingspan
- 484
- vehicle range
- 852
- maximum capacity
- 1
- powered by
- inline engine
- wing configuration
- canard
- has characteristic
- first
- uses
- rotation
- described at URL
- airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/1903-wright-flyer
- first flight
- 1903-12-17
- nominal power output
- 12
- native label
- Wright Flyer
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1903-12-17
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Encyclopedic overview
The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation.
The aircraft is a single-place biplane design with anhedral (drooping) wings, front double elevator (a canard) and rear double rudder. It used a 12 horsepower (9 kilowatts) gasoline engine powering two pusher propellers. Employing "wing warping", it was relatively unstable and very difficult to fly.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Flyer I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.