84: The Wright Brothers - Sights to the Skies

This week, Morgan and Emileigh are covering the history of the Wright Brothers! How did two bicycle shop owners from Ohio change the future of travel and engineering forever? Listen and learn their incredible story!    Follow us on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/illequippedhistory/   Join our Facebook group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/illequippedhistory   Email us!  [email protected]   Check us out on TikTok!  https://www.tiktok.com/@illequipped.histo   Find us on YouTube!  https://www.youtube.com/@Ill-EquippedHistory    Donate to our Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/illequippedhistory     Sources:   The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (2015)   “The Wright Stuff” (PBS Documentary from The American Experience series) (1996)   “Showing the World” (2010) https://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/Wright_Story/Showing_the_World/Showing_the_World_Intro.htm   “Wilbur Wright makes 1st public flight, August 8, 1908” by Suzanne Deffree (Aug 8 2019) https://www.edn.com/wilbur-wright-makes-1st-public-flight-august-8-1908/   “The Wright Brothers at Fort Meyer”  https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Commissions-and-Advisory-Groups/WWI/WWI-Commemoration-Task-Force-The-Wright-Brothers-at-Fort-Myer   “History of Aviation” (Nov 1 2021) https://www.spartan.edu/news/history-of-aviation/    “Who Were the Wright Brothers” (Jun 20 2022) https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/who-were-wright-brothers    “Meet the Wright Family (Dec 20 2022) https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/meet-wright-family    Sound Credits:   generic prop_start(8.395).wav by JillianCallahan -- https://freesound.org/s/12815/ -- License: Sampling+   A small propeller plane.wav by straget -- https://freesound.org/s/403316/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Music by André Luz Coletti from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/music/amusement-park-realm-and-the-people-slow-swift-and-triumph-256006/