Ask an Expert -- Night at the Museum 2 the Real Stuff: The Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer

Peter Jakab discusses the 1903 Wright Flyer in this informal gallery talk recorded on June 17, 2009 as part of the "Ask an Expert" lecture series. On December 17, 1903, The Wright brothers inaugurated the aerial age with the world's first successful flight of a powered heavier-than-air flying machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This lecture was presented shortly after the release of "Night At The Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian," in which the 1903 Wright Flyer played a prominent role. Jakab, curator of the "Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age" exhibition, presents the true story of the Wright brothers and their development of the first powered airplane.

"Ask an Expert" lectures are presented weekly at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and biweekly at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. For more information & schedule, see http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Wright Brothers
• National Air and Space Museum
• Wright Flyer

[cashstore1]

Great video. Mr. Jakab put on a great presentation. 

[Verdelufe]

Very elegant in all aspects but only favoring the Wright brothers and forget totally of other pioneers like Glen Curtiss and Europeans aviators who really contributed a lot and were blocked by the ridiculous Patent that stop the development of aviation. if someone raise an arm would be sued, like 37 pioneers were. They're free to create without worring about patents,any control was natural obvious,Chanute told them not to put wing warping in the patent, they did then stop talking to him.

[CanterburyAtheists]

HISTORY LESSON: The first person to build and fly a heavier-than-air machine was the New Zealander Richard Pearce who flew 9 months before The Wright Brothers. The Wright Brothers were the first people to perform what is called ‘controlled’ flight. The first person to actual build & fly a mechanised plane, complete a powered-flight was Richard Pearce.