Wilbur

Examples

• On one such occasion, when Wilbur Wright found the weather conditions unsatisfactory, he declined to fly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Wilbur Wright led in a cheer to those circling above. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At that time Wilbur was eleven and Orville seven years old. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Orville Wright made a flight with a passenger on board, and a little later Wilbur flew eight miles, at a rate of forty-five miles an hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Wilbur Wright was asked if he would not try for the prize offered to the first man to fly across the English Channel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then he turned to shake hands with Wilbur Wright. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then, in 1900, Wilbur wrote to his father that he was going on a holiday to a place in North Carolina called Kitty Hawk, to try a glider. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But the problem of balancing was not yet solved, and here Wilbur and Orville Wright entered upon the scene. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Then the plane broke the world’s record of one hour, nine minutes, and forty seconds, that Wilbur Wright had made earlier in the year. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Wilbur Wright had a similar shack built on his flying-field in France, and planned to do his own cooking. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Wilbur Wright, at the rear, turned the propellers and started the motor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is easier to learn to fly than it is to walk, Wilbur Wright has said. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Delagrange, his nearest competitor, acknowledged frankly that Wilbur Wright was his superior as an aviator. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But as soon as Wilbur Wright showed what he could actually do, all this changed, and the French could not say enough that was good about him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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