
Yesterday’s Air Force – Episode 9: 1909 Wright Flyer
Two American bicycle shop owners accomplished something the world's greatest minds had been working on for centuries - powered flight - and it only took them a few years. They sold their invention to the US military and the rest is history. In a couple years what, despite centuries of effort, the world’s greatest minds couldn't achieve - powered flight. It took two American bicycle shop owners just a couple years. Then they sold their invention to the US military, and the rest is history.