Wright Flyer (1903)

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The Wright Flyer (1903) is the pioneering powered aircraft designed and flown by the Wright brothers, recognized as achieving the first controlled, sustained heavier-than-air human flight.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Wright Flyer 11
Wright Flyer (1903) canonical 3
Wright Flyer I 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft ⓘ
biplane ⓘ
experimental aircraft ⓘ
pioneer era aircraft ⓘ
achieved first controlled, sustained, powered heavier-than-air human flight ⓘ
aircraftType heavier-than-air ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1903 Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)

Kitty Hawk Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
category early aviation ⓘ
configuration canard configuration ⓘ
controlMethod elevator for pitch control ⓘ
movable rudder for yaw control ⓘ
wing warping for roll control ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coveringMaterial muslin fabric ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
currentLocation National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
damaged yes ⓘ
damageEvent blown over by wind after final 1903 flight ⓘ
designer Orville Wright ⓘ
Wilbur Wright ⓘ
engineDesigner Charlie Taylor ⓘ
Orville Wright ⓘ
Wilbur Wright ⓘ
engineManufacturer Wright brothers ⓘ
engineType four-cylinder inline piston engine ⓘ
exhibitedAt Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1903-12-17 ⓘ
firstFlightDistance 120 feet ⓘ
firstFlightDuration 12 seconds ⓘ
firstFlightLocation Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
firstFlightPilot Orville Wright ⓘ
flightControlSystem three-axis control ⓘ
followedBy Wright Flyer II ⓘ
Wright Flyer III ⓘ
lastFlightDate 1903-12-17 ⓘ
longestFlightDistanceOnFirstDay 852 feet ⓘ
longestFlightDurationOnFirstDay 59 seconds ⓘ
manufacturer Wright brothers ⓘ
museumDisplayStatus on permanent display ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
numberOfPropellers 2 ⓘ
operatedBy Wright brothers ⓘ
pilotPosition prone position on lower wing ⓘ
precededBy Wright Glider (1902) ⓘ
propellerConfiguration twin pusher propellers ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
significance milestone in aviation history ⓘ
structureMaterial ash wood ⓘ
spruce wood ⓘ
usedFor aeronautical experimentation ⓘ
wingConfiguration biplane wings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Air and Space Museum → hasExhibit → Wright Flyer (1903) ⓘ
Wright Flyer (1903) → alsoKnownAs → Kitty Hawk Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wright Flyer (1903) → alsoKnownAs → 1903 Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Orville Wright → notableWork → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Orville Wright → designed → Wright Flyer I ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wright Brothers’ workshop (relocated) → relatedTo → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Battle of Kitty Hawk → relatedTo → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wright brothers → notableWork → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wright brothers → designed → Wright Flyer I ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wilbur Wright → notableWork → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wilbur Wright → notableWork → 1903 Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wilbur Wright → performedFirstFlightWith → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Langley Aerodrome → precedes → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
First Flight Boulder → associatedWithAircraft → Wright Flyer (1903) ⓘ
Wright Glider (1902) → successor → Wright Flyer (1903) ⓘ
Wright Flyer II → precededBy → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Wright Flyer II → developedFrom → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight → includesAircraft → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)
US Patent 821393 → associatedWith → Wright Flyer ⓘ
linked to: Wright Flyer (1903)