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Direct linkPage, Brian R. – Physics Teacher, 2021
The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, are often depicted as lone geniuses, secretly assembling the first successful powered aircraft far from civilization at Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There is a germ of truth in the popular story, but only a germ. The brothers succeeded while so many other experimenters failed not because…
Descriptors: Physics, Air Transportation, Experiments, Engineering
Peer reviewedPage, Brian R. – Physics Teacher, 1991
Recounts the contributions of Robert Goddard from the years of 1911 to 1930 to the development of the physics of rocketry. Discusses the results of Goddard's series of rocket experiments endorsed by the Smithsonian Institute, and Goddard's claims to priority in the development of rocket theory. (MDH)
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Aviation Technology, High Schools, Kinetics
