It is time that the Australian guy who beat the Wright brothers got some attention. It is unfair that the narrative is constantly reiterated. People actually believe the Wrights were first but they were just the first to film their flight.
I’m sorry if this is off topic, but can you please make a series/playlist based off of character that appear in the “Sid Meier’s Civilization” game series? There is a ton of people on there that you have covered already and more that you have yet to. I think it would be an awesome playlist that would include a very well known game and their audience. Just to give the people who play said characters have a bit more back story on who they are playing as!
Oddly I was at Wright Patterson Airforce base half a month ago checking out the Wright's Inventions, their amazing Wind Tunnels, and the entire history of flight.
I was born and currently live here in Dayton, Ohio. This whole city is filled with memorials to the wright brothers, im not too far away from where they had the bicycle shop. This episode hits close to home, thank you!
@@Nutzkie2001 it's pretty dang cool. Been there countless times. Ohio has a love for aeronautics. Heck in my dingy small town every year we have a heritage of flight festival where planes are wheeled through town during the parades.
Sadly I think someone said the other day that the day of the fighter pilot has passed😖😖😖😭. I forgot the famous person's name. I guess we'll always have passenger Jets and drones, but I always have been fascinated by flight
@@raymondjones7423 You will be even sadder when you know that the FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD was made by Brazilian Alberto Santos Dumont in 1906 with official registration, photos and film. The first registration for the brothers was only made in 1908!!! and appears as an unofficial record!! The period 1903-1905 the wright bros. never proved anything.
Did you know that officially the brothers never recorded anything between 1903-1905 and the US government who could enrich them overnight never confirmed anything for them between 1903-1905?!?
Awesome! One of my favorite bios is David McCullough’s book on the Wrights. So happy you included the role their parents played in their success. Their story is exciting and it’s amazing how brilliant they were.
hello, the headline in the london herald of 18 december 1903 where you have the famous photo of the flyer is it a true headline? I found it by chance on the internet, I found it strange because the American newspapers of the time don't even have this headline photo
He was sad that airplanes were used as weapons, but he compared it to discovering fire and all the amazing accomplishments that are derived from it regardless of some of the bad unintended consequences.
Unfortunately, the FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD became the official FAI record for Dumont. The first record for the wright was in 1908 and it has the word unofficial!!!
@@tulioviomskurt4016 The photo taken in 1903 of the second flight, Orville at the controls and Wilbur on the ground, does prove the Wrights got off the ground; as well as the testimony of the local people in Kitty Hawk, NC.
“It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge & skill” -Wilbur Wright “If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance” -Orville Wright
@Michael Jones Some German scientist developed an alcohol-powered short range rocket and therefore they are the ones to credit for every achievement of every engineer remotely related to rocketry forever more? Anyone who uses the archaic term "yanks" is usually an ignoramus.
@Michael Jones Actually he did, he took a " bloodenfunde " or blood flag which was touch by Hitler himself, which almost became your flag but a bunch yanks saved your ass on that one. And it's called soccer.
And now, a piece of the 1903 flyer is on the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, which will attempt the first powered flight on another planet in only a matter of days.
That's a comforting thought. So many of our greatest achievers needed to overcome horrible beginnings. The resilience they learned stood them in good stead to achieve what they did. It's strange to hear two brothers that were so well cared for and encouraged achieved so much.
I'm not sure if you're just making a joke, bit you're not far from the mark. They did spend a lot of time watching birds fly to see how they did it--how their wings moved. And I'm sure they wrote down notes!
On April 19, 1944, the second production Lockheed Constellation, piloted by Howard Hughes and TWA president Jack Frye, flew from Burbank, California, to Washington, D.C. in 6 hours and 57 minutes (2300 mi - 330.9 mph). On the return trip, the airliner stopped at Wright Field to give Orville Wright his last airplane flight, more than 40 years after his historic first flight.[153] He may even have briefly handled the controls. He commented that the wingspan of the Constellation was longer than the distance of his first flight.[154]
Alpheu drinkwater, telegraph operator, who sent the message to milton wright in 1903 denounced it in 1951 that the wrights in 1903 just Glided. No machine was presented in 1903 that resembled an airplane. This only occurred in 1908!!!
One of the great highlights of their history is the first demonstration flight in France when most people didn't believe that flight was possible. One could devote a video to that moment alone. Wilbur only flew once around the field, but it was enough to convince everyone that they were the first to fly. Soon after they were world wide heroes and celebrated every where. The history of the Wright brothers is really amazing. The books by David McCullough and others are fun to read.
A story which I have often heard repeated is that Orville steadfastly refused to get a pilots license even though he lived and flew well into the time when they were theoretically required I suppose he felt he didnt need a license to fly his own invention
The first air pilot license is from ALBERTO SANTOS DUMONT. "THE FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD," 1906 was also recorded by Archdeacom for Dumont. In fact, the wright bros didn't invent the airplane.
Thanks Simon for that heartwarming biography. I must say that it's not often you find famous historical figures with a loving and 'normal' family nurturing what sounded like perfect childhoods, so I found the Wright Brother's story an encouraging tale, and good evidence that 'nurture' matters in making great people. :)
@@toxikspeaks3523 Thank you, I've been to the museum several times, but I haven't lived there for several years. I always go, but it is in the thrash of a visit. I plan on going back when I visit next.
That was a great video. Simon you need to be on National Geographic. Your voice is amazing. Every time I read something on the today I found out website I read it in your voice. Lol
I cannot believe this has only had 86k views! What a wonderful end with the father and son taking a flight and for Orville to see the development from their original aeroplane to the likes of the Lancaster and the Boeing B29 and jet engines. I've watched many of Simons videos but this is surely one of the best! Thank you.
I only just finished David McCullough ”The Wright brothers” and one cant help to shed a tear or over such a remarkable life story. How two Humble men with a passion change the world is truly astonishing. One can bearly fathem how it must have felt living in that time, to see the first man’d flight 🥲
congratulations, you've gone to the place on earth where there's never been proof that anyone flew before 1906. Boy, Dumont was unique. Did you know that the wright bothers asked Ferber for a full description of the Dumont machine that actually flew in 1906? they asked the drawing in early 1907!!
1:45 - Chapter 1 - A pair of happy childhoods 4:20 - Chapter 2 - Changing the course of the world 10:10 - Chapter 3 - Finding purpose 13:00 - Mid roll ads 14:35 - Chapter 4 - Aerodromes and dirigible and ornithopthers oh my !!! 17:25 - Chapter 5 - Off to kitty hawk
My madden name is Midget, my family is from the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Growing up I was constantly made fun of and teased because of my last name. But today... I'm proud of that name and all it stands for. Not many people have this title but I'm damn proud of it!
I just discovered this channel, and I can only say: THANKS for your work! I would also suggest a name you could add to the list of the lesser known interesting characters you cover once in awhile: Esteban Canal, Chess player. I think that you guys might want to look into this one, as his life is adventurous and several of its chapters happens in places and historical frames you already covered.
And you have already found out that from the official FAI registration the wright Bros registration was carried out in 1908 and is unofficial!! Dumont already had the official registration for First Record in 1906!!!
Many died in replicas of the wright who had the conditions between 1903-1905. A few years ago two people died. They never got the notice between 1903-1905. Forget. The invention of the airplane took place Paris, 1906, with Alberto Santos Dumont.
It i mentioned in passing that he spent his summers in Ontario from 1917. His wartime service prevented him from returning to his beloved Georgian Bay home, and he never returned, his health broken from his efforts in the Second World War. His home on one of the small islands in the area has razed by a later owner who was tired of both the gawkers and souvenir hunters. But one legacy remains: the motor boat he bought in 1931, the Kittyhawk. It has been restored three times. With it, he did grocery runs for his neighbours, including the legendary Canadian painter A.Y. Jackson.
Thank you for paying homage to my hometown, we have a lot of first here. perhaps one day you can do another video of somebody from Dayton perhaps Charles Kettering.
So fun story, my great-great uncle's family once lived next to Milton Wright's family, and my uncle was named for Orville and Wilbur's brother, Loren Wright. My uncle was named for the Wrong Wright.
That picture at 19:52 illustrates going from the 19th century of horse and carraige to the 20th century of airplanes. The contract for the first airplane for the US Army Signal Corps (there was no Air Corps yet) was about 10 pages and signed by a captain and a brig. general. These days an aircraft contract will be so many pages, all the trees would need to be cut down for the paper. And it would need signatures from about 200 4-star generals and admirals.
Related to them. Was always facsinated learning more and more about them when I was a child. Excellent video. Ironically though, I still have yet to fly on a plane haha.
And now seemingly everything around Dayton is named after them... Dayton Flyers, Wright State University, Wright Patt Air Force Base. You can visit an old bicycle shop of theirs in Dayton and visit their graves in Woodland Cemetery (alongside their family and many other famous inventors and writers).
to think its barely 100 years. the history and ramp to new heights is astounding. I worked aircraft in the early 90s. Known as the last of the first generation of jets..and will never be that crazy ever again. Just 80 years after they flew...we were pooping teeth at 50k feet and 900 mph to england in a breeze the wrights never hear of...weighing in at 200k pounds. Just amazing. I still don't give them credit of invention, but glad they got some.
At 17:26 Ohio is pretty flat. I mentioned in my comment at Simon's Thomas Edison episode that I live in north central Ohio. Not only is Ohio flat, but we joke that it's so flat you can watch your dog run away for two weeks. 🐕🐶
@@codywebb1174 Sorry, the FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD was recorded for Dumont in 1906, official record, photos, footage and the monument in BAGATELLE France confirm date and event.
Good video! There's another youtuber "Greg's planes and automobiles" that has an excellent video on the physics, design, history of the Wright Flyer. Aswell as the reason why the Wright's were the 1st flight (as defined by self powered, controlled flight... As opposed to the hang gliding of Lillenthal. or Langly funded by the U.S. Gov't who's contraption broke apart on it's steam powered catapult, and finally managed a powered leap years after the Wrights took their flying to Europe)
great work Simon, if you want to do two real heroes i would recommend doing an episode on Sheik Ibn Batuta possibly the greatest traveler who ever lived and another episode on Alexander David Neil, a French woman who traveled to the forbidden kingdom of Tibet in the early part of the 20th century and stayed there for a number of years, even becoming a Buddhist lama there.....her books "my journey to Lhasa" and "Magic and mystery in Tibet" are well worth a read and i would consider far in advance of Henrich Harar's "Seven years in Tibet".
It's hard to believe that the brothers did more harm to the advancements of powered flight in the early days then good. It's wasn't until the First World War, when people in the US saw what the unhindered European countries had achieved, that brothers finally let those with better knowledge to their work. Within years, not only had the US caught up, but started to surpass the rest of the world with there planes.
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It is time that the Australian guy who beat the Wright brothers got some attention. It is unfair that the narrative is constantly reiterated. People actually believe the Wrights were first but they were just the first to film their flight.
I’m sorry if this is off topic, but can you please make a series/playlist based off of character that appear in the “Sid Meier’s Civilization” game series? There is a ton of people on there that you have covered already and more that you have yet to. I think it would be an awesome playlist that would include a very well known game and their audience. Just to give the people who play said characters have a bit more back story on who they are playing as!
Oddly I was at Wright Patterson Airforce base half a month ago checking out the Wright's Inventions, their amazing Wind Tunnels, and the entire history of flight.
Unrelated but I was looking through the military leaders play list and there was no George Marshall video, you should do one on him next
Clean your glasses
"'Higher Orville, higher!' And they went higher." What a great end to the vid.
Low key made me tear up
I shed a tear. Indeed that was a touching, beautiful way to finish the vid
I teared up too, it was a very touching ending to a very informative video
Malo same
Rather poetic isn't it?
I was born and currently live here in Dayton, Ohio. This whole city is filled with memorials to the wright brothers, im not too far away from where they had the bicycle shop. This episode hits close to home, thank you!
The U.S. Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB is on my bucket list of places to visit.
@@Nutzkie2001 it's pretty dang cool. Been there countless times. Ohio has a love for aeronautics. Heck in my dingy small town every year we have a heritage of flight festival where planes are wheeled through town during the parades.
Hey I live in Dayton too I've been in their bike shop n seen most the stuff about them except the walnut hills tours
Steve Cope
One of the only places in Ohio worth visiting
Christopher Fyffe Middletown here
“Kingdoms may forget their kings
And dogs forget their bites
But not till man forgets his wings
Will men forget the Wrights.”
-Stephen Vincent Benet
Sadly I think someone said the other day that the day of the fighter pilot has passed😖😖😖😭. I forgot the famous person's name. I guess we'll always have passenger Jets and drones, but I always have been fascinated by flight
@@raymondjones7423 You will be even sadder when you know that the FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD was made by Brazilian Alberto Santos Dumont in 1906 with official registration, photos and film. The first registration for the brothers was only made in 1908!!! and appears as an unofficial record!! The period 1903-1905 the wright bros. never proved anything.
That was cool their dad saw their success and even got to fly himself.
Did you know that officially the brothers never recorded anything between 1903-1905 and the US government who could enrich them overnight never confirmed anything for them between 1903-1905?!?
Just shows how crazy young the Wright Brothers were
Awesome! One of my favorite bios is David McCullough’s book on the Wrights. So happy you included the role their parents played in their success. Their story is exciting and it’s amazing how brilliant they were.
That is a fantastic book. Highly recommended!
McCullough's stuff is always great
hello, the headline in the london herald of 18 december 1903 where you have the famous photo of the flyer is it a true headline? I found it by chance on the internet, I found it strange because the American newspapers of the time don't even have this headline photo
There has never been a magazine or newspaper dated between 1903-1905 with a report of a flight and at least one photo!!
Two fakers
So Orville lived long enough to see the first jets take to the sky. Must've been a mind-blowing experience.
Orville lived long enough to regret wat the army did to their planes....... There's a quote from him somewhere says it better
I always wondered what he thought about the militarization of his invention.
@@Nutzkie2001 Santos Dumont was very depressed about the militarisation of aircraft, as were other pioneers.
He was sad that airplanes were used as weapons, but he compared it to discovering fire and all the amazing accomplishments that are derived from it regardless of some of the bad unintended consequences.
Unfortunately, the FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD became the official FAI record for Dumont. The first record for the wright was in 1908 and it has the word unofficial!!!
"Higher, Orville! Higher!"
And they went higher. What a fantastic way to end the video!
Rather poetic huh?
I gotta say I wasn't expecting an emotional gut punch from a Wright brothers video but man that hit me.
Unfortunately the centennial in 2003 proved that they don't get off the ground!?!?
@@tulioviomskurt4016 The photo taken in 1903 of the second flight, Orville at the controls and Wilbur on the ground, does prove the Wrights got off the ground; as well as the testimony of the local people in Kitty Hawk, NC.
“It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge & skill”
-Wilbur Wright
“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance”
-Orville Wright
Anti-vaxxers and flat-earthers took this really wrong
If wright Bros flew without an engine then there was dependence on the wind!! It was a glider. Without wind they would do nothing!
Wilburn's words are not a complete proof with photos, films and witnesses between 1903-1905!!!
THE BEST WAY YOUVE EVER ENDED A VIDEO PEROD!!! AND I WQATCH THEM ALL . GOOD JOB.
the famous Photo of brothers appeared in 1908!!!!
thank you the Wright brothers. for sticking with it. I feel like we owe you much gratitude
Neil Armstrong had pieces of the wright brothers' airplane as he made the flight to the moon
@Michael Jones bitter the Soviets Nazi scientists wernt as good as the Americans?
@Michael Jones Some German scientist developed an alcohol-powered short range rocket and therefore they are the ones to credit for every achievement of every engineer remotely related to rocketry forever more? Anyone who uses the archaic term "yanks" is usually an ignoramus.
@Michael Jones Actually he did, he took a " bloodenfunde " or blood flag which was touch by Hitler himself, which almost became your flag but a bunch yanks saved your ass on that one. And it's called soccer.
And now, a piece of the 1903 flyer is on the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars, which will attempt the first powered flight on another planet in only a matter of days.
Jeff bezos just did the same thing , powerful
That's a comforting thought. So many of our greatest achievers needed to overcome horrible beginnings. The resilience they learned stood them in good stead to achieve what they did. It's strange to hear two brothers that were so well cared for and encouraged achieved so much.
(Wright brothers see birds)
Wright brothers: *WRITE THAT DOWN!!!*
Hey mr edgey i didn't expected you here.(lol please don't caos blast me!)👋
@@promeneuzivotu117 don't worry
I'm not sure if you're just making a joke, bit you're not far from the mark. They did spend a lot of time watching birds fly to see how they did it--how their wings moved. And I'm sure they wrote down notes!
On April 19, 1944, the second production Lockheed Constellation, piloted by Howard Hughes and TWA president Jack Frye, flew from Burbank, California, to Washington, D.C. in 6 hours and 57 minutes (2300 mi - 330.9 mph). On the return trip, the airliner stopped at Wright Field to give Orville Wright his last airplane flight, more than 40 years after his historic first flight.[153] He may even have briefly handled the controls. He commented that the wingspan of the Constellation was longer than the distance of his first flight.[154]
Look
Alpheu drinkwater, telegraph operator, who sent the message to milton wright in 1903 denounced it in 1951 that the wrights in 1903 just Glided. No machine was presented in 1903 that resembled an airplane. This only occurred in 1908!!!
That was one of the most touching videos you have ever made.
One of the great highlights of their history is the first demonstration flight in France when most people didn't believe that flight was possible. One could devote a video to that moment alone. Wilbur only flew once around the field, but it was enough to convince everyone that they were the first to fly. Soon after they were world wide heroes and celebrated every where. The history of the Wright brothers is really amazing. The books by David McCullough and others are fun to read.
Good father and mother: Check
Born in Ohio: Check
Happy and Successful: Status Pending
I have a bad father and mother
And I'm not even in the USA
WOW .. always good, but this is special. Thank you all on the team.
A story which I have often heard repeated is that Orville steadfastly refused to get a pilots license even though he lived and flew well into the time when they were theoretically required
I suppose he felt he didnt need a license to fly his own invention
The first air pilot license is from ALBERTO SANTOS DUMONT. "THE FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD," 1906 was also recorded by Archdeacom for Dumont. In fact, the wright bros didn't invent the airplane.
Thanks Simon for that heartwarming biography. I must say that it's not often you find famous historical figures with a loving and 'normal' family nurturing what sounded like perfect childhoods, so I found the Wright Brother's story an encouraging tale, and good evidence that 'nurture' matters in making great people. :)
I am from Dayton, Ohio. Your research taught me several things that I didn't know. Well done, thank you.
also from dayton here, very interesting video.
if you are interested in the history of avation the airforce museam here in dayton has amazing guided tours that are extremely informational
@@toxikspeaks3523 Thank you, I've been to the museum several times, but I haven't lived there for several years. I always go, but it is in the thrash of a visit. I plan on going back when I visit next.
That was a great video. Simon you need to be on National Geographic. Your voice is amazing. Every time I read something on the today I found out website I read it in your voice. Lol
Totally agree
@@jonkline709 the centennial 2003 did not prove wright brothers's flight capacity!
I cannot believe this has only had 86k views!
What a wonderful end with the father and son taking a flight and for Orville to see the development from their original aeroplane to the likes of the Lancaster and the Boeing B29 and jet engines.
I've watched many of Simons videos but this is surely one of the best! Thank you.
I only just finished David McCullough ”The Wright brothers” and one cant help to shed a tear or over such a remarkable life story.
How two Humble men with a passion change the world is truly astonishing. One can bearly fathem how it must have felt living in that time, to see the first man’d flight 🥲
I went to their house and work shop in michigan it's one of the greatest places on earth
@DjRawd0g outside Detroit in Dearborn I think
@DjRawd0g I've been there many times and never saw any middle easterners
congratulations, you've gone to the place on earth where there's never been proof that anyone flew before 1906. Boy, Dumont was unique. Did you know that the wright bothers asked Ferber for a full description of the Dumont machine that actually flew in 1906? they asked the drawing in early 1907!!
This one just made me feel good inside. Thanks.
Such an amazing, happy, and interesting story!! Thank you for yet another wonderful video!! Keep up the great work!!☺️😁
Would have loved to have met such a wonderful family
1:45 - Chapter 1 - A pair of happy childhoods
4:20 - Chapter 2 - Changing the course of the world
10:10 - Chapter 3 - Finding purpose
13:00 - Mid roll ads
14:35 - Chapter 4 - Aerodromes and dirigible and ornithopthers oh my !!!
17:25 - Chapter 5 - Off to kitty hawk
This was terrific !
Beautifully narrative throughout the whole video, just to be ended with a masterful "higher Orville, higher. And they went higher". Nice job Simon.
A terrific film The Winds of Kitty Hawk was released in 1978 which shows how they carefully worked on this project. Try to see it
did you know that wright Bros. no presented the flyer to Winner a prize in saint Louis Fair 1904?? the prize was 100,000 dollars!!!!
wright Bros will ask Dumont's 14 bis complet description in 1907
My madden name is Midget, my family is from the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Growing up I was constantly made fun of and teased because of my last name. But today... I'm proud of that name and all it stands for. Not many people have this title but I'm damn proud of it!
I just discovered this channel, and I can only say: THANKS for your work!
I would also suggest a name you could add to the list of the lesser known interesting characters you cover once in awhile: Esteban Canal, Chess player. I think that you guys might want to look into this one, as his life is adventurous and several of its chapters happens in places and historical frames you already covered.
And you have already found out that from the official FAI registration the wright Bros registration was carried out in 1908 and is unofficial!! Dumont already had the official registration for First Record in 1906!!!
You'll be much more grateful when you find out that these two didn't invent the plane and that the real inventor was Dumont.
beatufiul, exactly what I was looking for. Love the videos every single time
I thank these brothers for my love in airplanes and flight
Thanks simon for this video
Can you do a Biographics video about Simon Whistler? Might of heard of him imo best TH-cam channel creator ;)
Ikr! I've watched a few of his vids from x2x. Always well produced & informative.
Loved it. Love your channels. Have ever considered doing a piece on unions? IBEW or teamsters, skilled labor unions in general?
I watch all his vids. He makes learning fun and interesting go Simon
Yeah these 20 min videos go by so fast.
Biographics and the history guy are my two favorite history based channels. Both really know how to get you into the story
@@lightninsadventures2692 haven't heard about the history guy maybe I need to go and check him out.
@Ben Siener I don't agree at all just because he's British doesn't mean he's bias
Absolutely loved this! The ending was beautiful! 💗💗
Many died in replicas of the wright who had the conditions between 1903-1905. A few years ago two people died. They never got the notice between 1903-1905. Forget. The invention of the airplane took place Paris, 1906, with Alberto Santos Dumont.
I had, you had, he had, we had, you had, they had
It i mentioned in passing that he spent his summers in Ontario from 1917. His wartime service prevented him from returning to his beloved Georgian Bay home, and he never returned, his health broken from his efforts in the Second World War. His home on one of the small islands in the area has razed by a later owner who was tired of both the gawkers and souvenir hunters. But one legacy remains: the motor boat he bought in 1931, the Kittyhawk. It has been restored three times. With it, he did grocery runs for his neighbours, including the legendary Canadian painter A.Y. Jackson.
I can't wait until you do YOUR biography!
A great story,told by a great story teller.
The truth great history for you SANTOS DUMONT.
Love the last line of this video!
There have never been official proofs with photos that prove they really flew between 1903-1905. In this period nothing appeared!!!!!
That was very well done guys good job. I loved it.
Wonderful, just wonderful. One of your best.
Look Dumont, please!! Fantástico!!
I just got back from visiting the wright brothers memorial today. Looking down that hill is wild
It's always refreshing to watch a video about old timey people that doesn't involve mass murder and hate
Please keep up the great work you and your team do. Fabulous thank you.
Thank you for paying homage to my hometown, we have a lot of first here. perhaps one day you can do another video of somebody from Dayton perhaps Charles Kettering.
Your best video yet, higher Orville higher, just wonderful !
Excellent. Outro re Orville and Milton flying together poignant!!
From this to the Space Shuttle in under 80 years...astounding.
Amazing story. Well done!
The Wright Cycle shop and home is now located at Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan.
*Wilbur* says to Orville, "Hey! Hold my beer and watch this!"
great info 🇺🇸
So fun story, my great-great uncle's family once lived next to Milton Wright's family, and my uncle was named for Orville and Wilbur's brother, Loren Wright. My uncle was named for the Wrong Wright.
That picture at 19:52 illustrates going from the 19th century of horse and carraige to the 20th century of airplanes.
The contract for the first airplane for the US Army Signal Corps (there was no Air Corps yet) was about 10 pages and signed by a captain and a brig. general. These days an aircraft contract will be so many pages, all the trees would need to be cut down for the paper. And it would need signatures from about 200 4-star generals and admirals.
You should do an Episode on Count Zeppelin, aswell as one on his successor Hugo Eckener.
Thank you for that (and all the others)!
wright Bros tested never the flyer to experts between 1903-1905.
Absolutely love all of your videos!
Love the video! Not sure if this is the place to request/recommend but I think Orson Welles would be a good person to do a video on
Related to them. Was always facsinated learning more and more about them when I was a child. Excellent video. Ironically though, I still have yet to fly on a plane haha.
And now seemingly everything around Dayton is named after them... Dayton Flyers, Wright State University, Wright Patt Air Force Base. You can visit an old bicycle shop of theirs in Dayton and visit their graves in Woodland Cemetery (alongside their family and many other famous inventors and writers).
Thank you
You can see the original Wright Cycle Shop tools and wind tunnel in Greenfield Village Museum; Dearborn Michigan.
Could you do videos on Upton Sinclair, Jack London, and Dennis Rader?
to think its barely 100 years. the history and ramp to new heights is astounding. I worked aircraft in the early 90s. Known as the last of the first generation of jets..and will never be that crazy ever again. Just 80 years after they flew...we were pooping teeth at 50k feet and 900 mph to england in a breeze the wrights never hear of...weighing in at 200k pounds. Just amazing. I still don't give them credit of invention, but glad they got some.
At 17:26 Ohio is pretty flat. I mentioned in my comment at Simon's Thomas Edison episode that I live in north central Ohio. Not only is Ohio flat, but we joke that it's so flat you can watch your dog run away for two weeks. 🐕🐶
Is it good crop land?
@@pauleohl As someone who's been, there's quite alot of farmland there. It's a place of endless cornfields it seems.
YUP. We do corn here!
I'm from an especially hilly area of southwestern PA. Driving across flat Ohio nearly gives me psychosis.
I'm from Georgia. Went to Ohio as a boy to Kings island. All I remember on the way is 🌽. Forever
wright Bros were two shamers.
Alberto Santos-Dumont , he preceded the Wright Brothers in demonstrating the airplane.
anyone else hear that? it sounds like someone being a whiny bitch
@@codywebb1174 Sorry, the FIRST AVIATION RECORD OF THE WORLD was recorded for Dumont in 1906, official record, photos, footage and the monument in BAGATELLE France confirm date and event.
Uhuuuu, valeu ezra
@@codywebb1174 look the truth about the invention of plane. This truth is Dumont.
@@gilberto2056But evidence exist that the wright brother's flew first. Photos and witnesses.
Suggestion: Sacco and Vanzetti - the original "crime of the century"
Great video sir, but a correction for you about Ohio. The Souther 1/3 of the state is part of Appalachia’s foot hills so, it is very hill.
*Flying that plane must have been scary af.*
we have stronger lawnmowers now
It didn’t go to high, I think the max was 50 meters up
I think they went up to about 900 feet
@@ChickenLiver911 Didn't you die?
A lot of inventors tried some ridiculously scary stuff! Says a lot about their confidence or commitment - or both.
Higher!
That's a good dad.
"We don't need to fight, we're the fathers of flight
Representin' North Carolina, aiiiight!"
We'll be pressing all your buttons like we're the controller!
Conquer every level of your 2-D scroller!
oh that show it is very well made show
I see there is people of culture around here
Not for disrespect whrigh Brothers, but Alberto Santos is the real aviator, and he made the first airplane.👍
Wow, you ended the video with a perfect line. Cheers to the writer.
Ready for Simon's gaming channel after that sponsorship. I'd watch.
Good video!
There's another youtuber "Greg's planes and automobiles" that has an excellent video on the physics, design, history of the Wright Flyer.
Aswell as the reason why the Wright's were the 1st flight (as defined by self powered, controlled flight... As opposed to the hang gliding of Lillenthal.
or Langly funded by the U.S. Gov't who's contraption broke apart on it's steam powered catapult, and finally managed a powered leap years after the Wrights took their flying to Europe)
As an aircraft mechanic, Charles Taylor is on the back of my certificate!
Your studio is really cool.. How did you get a gaff like that? Every chanel still feels different. Very well done team Simon.
Would love to see you cover Ross Perot
Awww, damn..A very sweet yet sad story.
Cycling is very much like flying.
Especially mountain biking.
Long live Simon.. loving this video
Are my comments about Gustave Whitehead flying 2 years before the Wrights being deleted?
Great story...thanks.
great work Simon, if you want to do two real heroes i would recommend doing an episode on Sheik Ibn Batuta possibly the greatest traveler who ever lived and another episode on Alexander David Neil, a French woman who traveled to the forbidden kingdom of Tibet in the early part of the 20th century and stayed there for a number of years, even becoming a Buddhist lama there.....her books "my journey to Lhasa" and "Magic and mystery in Tibet" are well worth a read and i would consider far in advance of Henrich Harar's "Seven years in Tibet".
Your beard is looking sharp my dude! I've got just enough native American in me to make mine underwhelming at best.😫
This was really interesting and of course sad in places
Excellent!
that was an amazing tale of an amazing family
It's hard to believe that the brothers did more harm to the advancements of powered flight in the early days then good. It's wasn't until the First World War, when people in the US saw what the unhindered European countries had achieved, that brothers finally let those with better knowledge to their work. Within years, not only had the US caught up, but started to surpass the rest of the world with there planes.
good times
that was a really good story
loved it