Exhibit Tracks the Rise of the Kite; Simple Devices Helped Wright Brothers in Design of Airplane From: The Washington Post | Date: January 9, 2003| Author: Sara Gebhardt | Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Serious kite-fliers discover and rediscover the basics of flight each time they launch heavier-than-air craft that depend on the wind to help them overcome gravity and fly. What they may not know is that the kite was the original species in the evolutionary history of the airplane, influencing the Wright brothers' historic takeoff at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in 1903.

In fact, in the Wright brothers' original patent application, it is the kite rather than the glider or the airplane that is use...

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