Wright Brothers

Wright Brothers

LibriVox · Audiobook · 21 episodes

This is a biography of the Wright Brothers as told by the American humorist and newspaperman Fred Kelly, a personal friend of the Wrights. It is described in reviews as "fascinating and highly readable." - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

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Episodes

Prologue

Episode 0 · 2:08
Ch. 1 Boyhood

Episode 1 · 22:47
Ch. 2 Background

Episode 2 · 15:23
Ch. 3 Printing - And Bicycles

Episode 3 · 25:51
Ch. 4 First Thoughts of Flight

Episode 4 · 21:16
Ch. 5 Gliding at Kitty Hawk

Episode 5 · 42:33
Ch. 6 First Power Flight

Episode 6 · 46:11
Ch. 7 After the Event

Episode 7 · 12:19
Ch. 8 Experiments of 1904-05

Episode 8 · 30:39
Ch. 9 It Still Wasn't "News"

Episode 9 · 13:44
Ch. 10 U.S. Army Not Interested

Episode 10 · 30:30
Ch. 11 Europe Discovers the Wrights

Episode 11 · 45:54
Ch. 12 The Wrights in Europe

Episode 12 · 20:21
Ch. 13 A Deal With the U.S.

Episode 13 · 31:14
Ch. 14 End of Disbelief

Episode 14 · 10:47
Ch. 15 When Wilbur Wright Won France

Episode 15 · 35:21
Ch. 16 Further Adventures in 1909

Episode 16 · 21:35
Ch. 17 In Aviation Business

Episode 17 · 30:10
Ch.18 Patent Suits

Episode 18 · 20:46
Ch. 19 Why the Wright Plane was Exiled, Part 1

Episode 19 · 40:27
Ch. 19 Why the Wright Plane was Exiled, Part 2

Episode 20 · 22:44