The Wright Brothers : First in Flight

"Sterling Biographies" are packed with information, and filled with unique images that include rare documentary photographs, artwork, maps and personal artefacts.

Focusing on inventors and innovative thinkers who transformed the world, they present first-person accounts and dramatic events related in an intimate and accessible style.

On the 17th of December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first men to fly.

This biography shows how the two brothers solved the "flying problem" - a wonderfully inspirational true story.