The Airplane When you think about an airplane, do you think about riding the aircraft over the deep blue oceans of the world? Or perhaps what may come to mind is, “Who came up with this brilliant idea?” All the credit belongs to the Wright Brothers who stormed up the intelligent invention and brought it to life in the Winter of 1903 (Sproul). The primary reason for the airplane was to provide others with a faster transportation from one destination to another. The airplane was a worldwide phenomenon, it not only saved the lives of many individuals, but as well as decreased travel time. The inventors The Wright Brothers were brilliant men who not only stormed up the hit invention, but were also successful entrepreneurs. Wilbur Wright was …show more content…
Their father was a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren, and because of their father’s active role with the church, they traveled to numerous states around the nation, hence the two brothers being born in different states. Milton and Susan were loving, warm, and extremely caring parents towards their five children (The Wright Story). The two brothers had three other siblings in addition to them, Reuchlin (1861 - 1920), Lorin (1862 - 1939), Katharine (1874 - 1929) and a set of twins, Ida and Otis, who died shortly after their birth in 1870 (The Wright Brothers). Milton and Susan were highly encouraging of intellectual learning and involvement for their kids and by the March of 1889, when Orville was just 17, he started publishing his own newspaper articles with the help of his brother Wilbur as the …show more content…
To back up my claim, airports are a prime example. According to Manan Grover who answered a question about how many airline companies there are around the world, there are roughly 365 commercial airlines, 45% of which are publicly owned, the rest remain private. As you can imagine, there are millions of planes that have been manufactured, and with so many planes, there comes so many airports. So I furthered my research and came up with the following: in an article posted August 11th, 2015 on Aeronewtv.com they state, “According to the Airports Council International (ACI) World Airport Traffic Report, there are currently 17,678 commercial airports in the world, in other words those which receive airliners, cargo and business aircraft. If we count all airports, aerodromes and airfields, both civilian and military throughout the world, the figure rises to 41,788.” That’s a lot of whoopin’ airports! I guess you could say, the airplane industry has really taken off and reached new heights. I myself have traveled first hand on an airplane to Orlando, Florida, it took roughly two hours and 30 minutes to reach my destination; though it was a tough two hours next to my nagging little sisters, I much rather prefer that over a 18 hour car