{"id":1445,"date":"2023-05-22T13:48:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlflegal.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2023-05-22T13:48:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:48:42","slug":"wright-brothers-patented-flying-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hlflegal.com\/?p=1445","title":{"rendered":"Wright Brothers’ Patented “Flying Machine”"},"content":{"rendered":"

On this day, in 1906, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, better known as the “Wright Brothers,” obtained a patent (US821393<\/a>) for their incredibly innovative “Flying-Machine.” After building and testing several different versions, their first powered airplane flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, about 9 months after the patent application was filed. The first flight lasted about 12 seconds, traveling 36 meters (120 feet), with Orville Wright piloting the craft.<\/p>\n

Although the Wright brothers are, perhaps, best known for inventing, building and flying the world’s first successful motor-operated<\/i> airplane, they were also the first to invent aircraft controls<\/i> that made fixed-wing flight possible. Their first patent, referenced in this article, focuses on a method of controlling a flying machine, powered or not. <\/p>\n

Below are some drawings from the patent, although the actual plane is on display in the Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On this day, in 1906, Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, better known as the “Wright Brothers,” obtained a patent (US821393) for their incredibly innovative “Flying-Machine.” After building and testing several different versions, their first powered airplane flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, about 9 months after the patent application was filed. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-this-day","category-patents"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t