1 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:30,710 hey 2 00:00:34,389 --> 00:00:33,110 are you lost again i'm completely lost 3 00:00:37,110 --> 00:00:34,399 i'm looking for the wright brothers 4 00:00:39,510 --> 00:00:37,120 cycle shop well you're in luck we are at 5 00:00:41,270 --> 00:00:39,520 the greenfield village at the henry ford 6 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:41,280 now there are other things to see other 7 00:00:43,910 --> 00:00:42,719 than the cycle shop do you want to hop 8 00:00:48,150 --> 00:00:43,920 in the bottle team take a look 9 00:00:51,830 --> 00:00:49,670 there are so many things you're going to 10 00:00:59,830 --> 00:00:51,840 love in here and we get to ride the 11 00:01:05,109 --> 00:01:02,869 so here in greenfield village henry ford 12 00:01:06,630 --> 00:01:05,119 brought all these historic homes in 13 00:01:11,350 --> 00:01:06,640 because they were going to be lost so he 14 00:01:15,590 --> 00:01:13,109 and here you can see 15 00:01:16,390 --> 00:01:15,600 the law office where lincoln practice 16 00:01:18,789 --> 00:01:16,400 law 17 00:01:21,109 --> 00:01:18,799 next to it is george washington carver's 18 00:01:26,070 --> 00:01:21,119 cabin 19 00:01:28,390 --> 00:01:26,080 ford had one built here but george 20 00:01:30,550 --> 00:01:28,400 washington carver came and stayed in it 21 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:30,560 so technically it's his cabin i wonder 22 00:01:38,469 --> 00:01:32,400 if he had any peanut butter sandwiches 23 00:01:43,030 --> 00:01:40,870 also here you can see the 24 00:01:45,030 --> 00:01:43,040 first house that had electric lights 25 00:01:47,350 --> 00:01:45,040 lights built by thomas edison what a 26 00:01:49,990 --> 00:01:47,360 bright idea there's a lot more that we 27 00:02:01,429 --> 00:01:50,000 can see at the henry ford um including 28 00:02:09,270 --> 00:02:02,789 oh okay 29 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:11,190 oh and there's the curator matt anderson 30 00:02:15,270 --> 00:02:13,840 hey matt how you doing good how are you 31 00:02:17,030 --> 00:02:15,280 could you take us into the right cycle 32 00:02:19,510 --> 00:02:17,040 shop i'll be glad you have some time 33 00:02:20,710 --> 00:02:19,520 i've got about 30 minutes why 30 minutes 34 00:02:47,830 --> 00:02:20,720 well because 35 00:02:47,840 --> 00:03:06,630 this is 7 30. 36 00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:08,869 hi i'm beth and i'm marty and normally 37 00:03:13,589 --> 00:03:10,720 we come to you live from the national 38 00:03:16,309 --> 00:03:13,599 air and space museum in washington dc 39 00:03:18,869 --> 00:03:16,319 but today we are actually in the right 40 00:03:22,630 --> 00:03:18,879 cycle shop at the greenfield village at 41 00:03:25,190 --> 00:03:22,640 the henry ford and we are so happy that 42 00:03:28,949 --> 00:03:25,200 matt anderson who's the curator here uh 43 00:03:30,949 --> 00:03:28,959 is able to join us now matt i know that 44 00:03:35,110 --> 00:03:30,959 the wright brothers for were from dayton 45 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:35,120 ohio how did the cycle shop end up here 46 00:03:38,789 --> 00:03:37,360 right outside of detroit michigan well 47 00:03:41,190 --> 00:03:38,799 we're here in dearborn this is henry 48 00:03:42,470 --> 00:03:41,200 ford's hometown and henry ford started 49 00:03:44,630 --> 00:03:42,480 assembling greenfield village in the 50 00:03:46,470 --> 00:03:44,640 late 20s early 30s with buildings and 51 00:03:48,309 --> 00:03:46,480 houses related to prominent americans or 52 00:03:50,309 --> 00:03:48,319 people whom he admired he admired the 53 00:03:51,910 --> 00:03:50,319 wright brothers very much at the same 54 00:03:53,670 --> 00:03:51,920 time orville wright is concerned that 55 00:03:55,750 --> 00:03:53,680 the cycle shop in the house in dayton 56 00:03:57,350 --> 00:03:55,760 are starting to deteriorate he's looking 57 00:03:58,949 --> 00:03:57,360 for a new home for them and thinks this 58 00:04:00,309 --> 00:03:58,959 might be the place so brick by brick 59 00:04:01,830 --> 00:04:00,319 ford brought them up here they just 60 00:04:04,630 --> 00:04:01,840 packed it up and moved the whole thing 61 00:04:06,309 --> 00:04:04,640 that's right so matt why bikes why did 62 00:04:08,149 --> 00:04:06,319 the wright brothers build bicycles and 63 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:08,159 the rights were actually cashing in on a 64 00:04:11,670 --> 00:04:09,760 fad believe it or not 65 00:04:13,350 --> 00:04:11,680 everybody was riding bikes in the 1890s 66 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:13,360 very very popular we take it for granted 67 00:04:16,949 --> 00:04:15,599 today but at the time it was incredibly 68 00:04:18,789 --> 00:04:16,959 exciting it was the closest thing to 69 00:04:21,030 --> 00:04:18,799 personal transportation since riding a 70 00:04:22,550 --> 00:04:21,040 horse so they got right in on that and 71 00:04:24,310 --> 00:04:22,560 did very well with it now we actually 72 00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:24,320 have one of the bikes right behind us 73 00:04:27,990 --> 00:04:26,320 that they built right yeah that is a van 74 00:04:29,270 --> 00:04:28,000 cleave that is a top of the line right 75 00:04:32,550 --> 00:04:29,280 cycle so that would have cost you about 76 00:04:34,469 --> 00:04:32,560 60 in the 1890s 77 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:34,479 well we are going to be taking a look at 78 00:04:38,230 --> 00:04:36,160 some of the other uh 79 00:04:40,790 --> 00:04:38,240 buildings here in greenfield village but 80 00:04:43,189 --> 00:04:40,800 to get us started what we'd like to do 81 00:04:45,350 --> 00:04:43,199 is welcome our students from the henry 82 00:04:47,350 --> 00:04:45,360 ford academy thank you so much for 83 00:04:48,310 --> 00:04:47,360 joining us today 84 00:04:50,710 --> 00:04:48,320 and 85 00:04:53,110 --> 00:04:50,720 we want to remind everybody who is 86 00:04:55,110 --> 00:04:53,120 watching us online you can submit 87 00:04:56,629 --> 00:04:55,120 questions during the program and 88 00:04:58,629 --> 00:04:56,639 hopefully we'll be able to take some of 89 00:05:01,430 --> 00:04:58,639 those but if not we have an expert 90 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:01,440 standing by and our expert will also be 91 00:05:04,950 --> 00:05:02,880 able to answer the questions that we 92 00:05:06,950 --> 00:05:04,960 don't get to today we'd also like to 93 00:05:08,629 --> 00:05:06,960 welcome elliot hines middle school 94 00:05:10,230 --> 00:05:08,639 they're watching the show today live 95 00:05:12,550 --> 00:05:10,240 back at the national air and space 96 00:05:14,230 --> 00:05:12,560 museum in washington dc they're going to 97 00:05:15,590 --> 00:05:14,240 be submitting some questions as well and 98 00:05:18,710 --> 00:05:15,600 hopefully we'll get to a few of those on 99 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:18,720 the show today now we've taken a look at 100 00:05:24,710 --> 00:05:21,039 greenfield village but the henry ford is 101 00:05:27,830 --> 00:05:24,720 so much more check this out the henry 102 00:05:30,550 --> 00:05:27,840 ford located in dearborn michigan is 200 103 00:05:31,749 --> 00:05:30,560 acres of invention inspiration and 104 00:05:33,749 --> 00:05:31,759 innovation 105 00:05:36,550 --> 00:05:33,759 it is named for its founder the 106 00:05:38,390 --> 00:05:36,560 automobile industrialist henry ford and 107 00:05:41,029 --> 00:05:38,400 the collection highlights his efforts to 108 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:41,039 preserve items of historical interest it 109 00:05:46,390 --> 00:05:43,520 began as a simple yet bold idea to 110 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:46,400 document the genius of ordinary people 111 00:05:50,150 --> 00:05:48,320 by recognizing and preserving the 112 00:05:53,029 --> 00:05:50,160 objects they used in the course of their 113 00:05:53,749 --> 00:05:53,039 everyday lives in this museum you can 114 00:05:55,430 --> 00:05:53,759 see 115 00:05:58,230 --> 00:05:55,440 rosa parks bus 116 00:06:06,150 --> 00:05:58,240 a series of presidential limousines as 117 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:08,150 okay matt you've said that we are in the 118 00:06:10,790 --> 00:06:09,680 bike shop 119 00:06:14,390 --> 00:06:10,800 however 120 00:06:15,590 --> 00:06:14,400 this does not look at all like a bike 121 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:15,600 shop 122 00:06:18,469 --> 00:06:17,120 yeah we're in the very back of the 123 00:06:19,990 --> 00:06:18,479 building here and this is a room that 124 00:06:21,670 --> 00:06:20,000 the brothers set up as sort of their 125 00:06:23,430 --> 00:06:21,680 in-house machine shop so they could do 126 00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:23,440 repairs on the bikes but then later do 127 00:06:28,870 --> 00:06:25,520 work on their gliders and airplanes 128 00:06:31,189 --> 00:06:28,880 now did the bike shop help fund this 129 00:06:32,790 --> 00:06:31,199 research that they were doing back here 130 00:06:34,629 --> 00:06:32,800 absolutely the wright brothers did not 131 00:06:35,670 --> 00:06:34,639 have any outside financial support for 132 00:06:37,110 --> 00:06:35,680 their airplanes they weren't getting 133 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:37,120 money from the university or from the 134 00:06:40,230 --> 00:06:38,800 army everything they did had to be 135 00:06:42,309 --> 00:06:40,240 funded out of their own pockets so the 136 00:06:43,510 --> 00:06:42,319 bike shop profits were vital now the 137 00:06:45,830 --> 00:06:43,520 bike shop 138 00:06:47,350 --> 00:06:45,840 they built bikes but they also repaired 139 00:06:49,029 --> 00:06:47,360 and 140 00:06:51,189 --> 00:06:49,039 built their own bicycles is that correct 141 00:06:52,230 --> 00:06:51,199 would they build bikes back in this area 142 00:06:53,830 --> 00:06:52,240 they would they would use some of this 143 00:06:55,189 --> 00:06:53,840 equipment to do that and yeah they had 144 00:06:57,749 --> 00:06:55,199 their own brand of bikes that they sold 145 00:06:59,670 --> 00:06:57,759 in addition to other company bikes now 146 00:07:01,350 --> 00:06:59,680 how did they go about conducting their 147 00:07:04,070 --> 00:07:01,360 research i mean this was a whole new 148 00:07:05,589 --> 00:07:04,080 idea so where did they start yeah the 149 00:07:07,670 --> 00:07:05,599 rights were extremely methodical and 150 00:07:09,510 --> 00:07:07,680 they started by reading they wrote a 151 00:07:11,510 --> 00:07:09,520 letter the smithsonian asking for any 152 00:07:13,510 --> 00:07:11,520 information they had about aviation or 153 00:07:15,029 --> 00:07:13,520 aeronautics at that time and they also 154 00:07:16,629 --> 00:07:15,039 made a lot of use of their father's 155 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:16,639 library milton wright was a great 156 00:07:20,629 --> 00:07:18,240 collector of books he had not only 157 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:20,639 scientific tomes but also novels books 158 00:07:23,909 --> 00:07:22,160 of poetry things like that so they had a 159 00:07:25,990 --> 00:07:23,919 great start right in the home 160 00:07:27,990 --> 00:07:26,000 yeah so their their home library was 161 00:07:28,830 --> 00:07:28,000 really good starting point absolutely 162 00:07:32,230 --> 00:07:28,840 now 163 00:07:35,670 --> 00:07:32,240 why why were they able to succeed when 164 00:07:37,830 --> 00:07:35,680 so many others had failed at it 165 00:07:39,350 --> 00:07:37,840 making an airplane yeah the the rights 166 00:07:40,790 --> 00:07:39,360 had a lot of stick-to-itiveness they 167 00:07:42,710 --> 00:07:40,800 didn't give up and they had some 168 00:07:44,550 --> 00:07:42,720 difficult setbacks particularly after 169 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:44,560 the 1901 glider didn't perform as well 170 00:07:47,749 --> 00:07:46,560 as they thought it should a lot of folks 171 00:07:49,510 --> 00:07:47,759 might have just walked away at that 172 00:07:51,510 --> 00:07:49,520 point but not the rights they went back 173 00:07:53,189 --> 00:07:51,520 they analyzed the problem figured out 174 00:07:54,629 --> 00:07:53,199 that the calculations they were using to 175 00:07:56,230 --> 00:07:54,639 determine their wing shape were 176 00:07:58,230 --> 00:07:56,240 incorrect so rather than giving up they 177 00:08:00,070 --> 00:07:58,240 went back and recalculated all those 178 00:08:02,070 --> 00:08:00,080 numbers themselves personally and 179 00:08:03,990 --> 00:08:02,080 obviously it worked out now how did they 180 00:08:05,909 --> 00:08:04,000 recalculate those numbers i understand 181 00:08:07,110 --> 00:08:05,919 there was a wind tunnel involved somehow 182 00:08:08,390 --> 00:08:07,120 they built their own wind tunnel and 183 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:08,400 they actually appropriately enough 184 00:08:11,589 --> 00:08:10,000 rigged up a bicycle too so they could 185 00:08:13,029 --> 00:08:11,599 test different wing shapes on the bike 186 00:08:15,110 --> 00:08:13,039 and in the wind tunnel to determine how 187 00:08:18,150 --> 00:08:15,120 well they worked so they they knew that 188 00:08:20,469 --> 00:08:18,160 failure was okay so long as they 189 00:08:22,150 --> 00:08:20,479 they fixed the problem in the long run 190 00:08:23,510 --> 00:08:22,160 exactly failure wasn't a problem for 191 00:08:25,110 --> 00:08:23,520 them it was a learning experience and 192 00:08:27,029 --> 00:08:25,120 they could apply that lesson to the next 193 00:08:28,869 --> 00:08:27,039 step all right well would you like to 194 00:08:30,869 --> 00:08:28,879 take some questions from our audience 195 00:08:33,269 --> 00:08:30,879 i'd love to all right we have a video 196 00:08:35,829 --> 00:08:33,279 question 197 00:08:37,909 --> 00:08:35,839 hi my name is elizabeth wilson and my 198 00:08:39,990 --> 00:08:37,919 question is did they build the entire 199 00:08:41,670 --> 00:08:40,000 plane by themselves 200 00:08:43,509 --> 00:08:41,680 elizabeth that's a great question and 201 00:08:45,190 --> 00:08:43,519 for the most part they did though they 202 00:08:47,030 --> 00:08:45,200 did have some outside help with a very 203 00:08:49,030 --> 00:08:47,040 vital part they hired a fellow named 204 00:08:50,150 --> 00:08:49,040 charlie taylor to operate the cycle shop 205 00:08:52,550 --> 00:08:50,160 while they were at kitty hawk and 206 00:08:54,790 --> 00:08:52,560 getting more busy with their airplane 207 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:54,800 but charlie also had a lot of skill with 208 00:08:58,630 --> 00:08:56,880 mechanical uh work and he was able to 209 00:09:00,710 --> 00:08:58,640 build the engine for the wright brothers 210 00:09:01,829 --> 00:09:00,720 and that's the one that powered the 1903 211 00:09:03,829 --> 00:09:01,839 flyer 212 00:09:05,190 --> 00:09:03,839 they couldn't just buy an engine they 213 00:09:06,790 --> 00:09:05,200 thought that they could initially the 214 00:09:08,150 --> 00:09:06,800 automobile was really becoming popular 215 00:09:09,590 --> 00:09:08,160 at the same time they were doing these 216 00:09:11,030 --> 00:09:09,600 experiments and they kind of looked 217 00:09:13,110 --> 00:09:11,040 around but couldn't find anything that 218 00:09:14,790 --> 00:09:13,120 met their needs they actually had an 219 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:14,800 engine made out of aluminum which was 220 00:09:17,910 --> 00:09:16,399 kind of cutting edge at that point and 221 00:09:20,389 --> 00:09:17,920 much lighter which was great for their 222 00:09:22,389 --> 00:09:20,399 plane okay so they needed a light engine 223 00:09:23,910 --> 00:09:22,399 to get off the ground absolutely charlie 224 00:09:25,590 --> 00:09:23,920 was able to help them he was able to do 225 00:09:27,190 --> 00:09:25,600 it all right let's take an online 226 00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:27,200 question 227 00:09:31,110 --> 00:09:29,680 does the wright brothers plane have any 228 00:09:33,190 --> 00:09:31,120 gears 229 00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:33,200 that's a great question yes if you take 230 00:09:36,630 --> 00:09:34,720 a look at it and you see it there's a 231 00:09:38,070 --> 00:09:36,640 lot of bicycle technology that went into 232 00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:38,080 that airplane you'll see the engine but 233 00:09:41,670 --> 00:09:39,760 it's connected by a couple of gears and 234 00:09:42,949 --> 00:09:41,680 then chains and sprockets just like the 235 00:09:45,110 --> 00:09:42,959 chain that connects your pedals to the 236 00:09:47,430 --> 00:09:45,120 rear tire of your bike so yes so they 237 00:09:49,269 --> 00:09:47,440 took the knowledge of just bike parts 238 00:09:51,269 --> 00:09:49,279 and then 239 00:09:53,670 --> 00:09:51,279 transferred that to the airplane as well 240 00:09:56,230 --> 00:09:53,680 exactly right yep okay and we have a 241 00:09:59,829 --> 00:09:56,240 question from miller's school uh where 242 00:10:01,990 --> 00:09:59,839 our henry ford academy students are 243 00:10:03,430 --> 00:10:02,000 hi there my name is omar alami how many 244 00:10:05,030 --> 00:10:03,440 different planes did the wright brothers 245 00:10:06,389 --> 00:10:05,040 make 246 00:10:07,990 --> 00:10:06,399 the wright brothers had a number of 247 00:10:10,069 --> 00:10:08,000 aircraft leading up to the successful 248 00:10:11,190 --> 00:10:10,079 1903 flyer they had built a couple of 249 00:10:13,350 --> 00:10:11,200 gliders 250 00:10:15,190 --> 00:10:13,360 say in 1901 they had problems with their 251 00:10:16,870 --> 00:10:15,200 glider 1902 they went back with these 252 00:10:19,190 --> 00:10:16,880 new calculations that one worked 253 00:10:21,110 --> 00:10:19,200 beautifully and then 1903 is the right 254 00:10:23,269 --> 00:10:21,120 flyer that sets that first flight that 255 00:10:25,509 --> 00:10:23,279 changes the world now they they built 256 00:10:27,430 --> 00:10:25,519 the right flyer did they build planes 257 00:10:29,430 --> 00:10:27,440 after the flyer or did they just build 258 00:10:31,269 --> 00:10:29,440 the airplane i was like okay that's just 259 00:10:32,790 --> 00:10:31,279 get up and let's go home and build bikes 260 00:10:34,550 --> 00:10:32,800 we think about the flyer that moment in 261 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:34,560 december 17 1903 as being it the 262 00:10:37,750 --> 00:10:36,079 airplanes invented were done but wasn't 263 00:10:38,949 --> 00:10:37,760 the case at all no they came back to 264 00:10:40,949 --> 00:10:38,959 dayton and they built a series of 265 00:10:42,550 --> 00:10:40,959 additional planes sort of refining and 266 00:10:45,190 --> 00:10:42,560 learning to master how to fly the 267 00:10:47,030 --> 00:10:45,200 aircraft and how to perfect it okay so 268 00:10:48,870 --> 00:10:47,040 uh the wright brothers were inventors 269 00:10:50,470 --> 00:10:48,880 and henry ford actually brought a bunch 270 00:10:53,269 --> 00:10:50,480 of these buildings up and we are going 271 00:10:55,190 --> 00:10:53,279 to go next door to miller's school 272 00:10:57,030 --> 00:10:55,200 uh where marty is with a bunch of 273 00:10:59,350 --> 00:10:57,040 students and we're going to see what 274 00:11:01,030 --> 00:10:59,360 they're working on 275 00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:01,040 thanks beth i'm here in miller's school 276 00:11:04,790 --> 00:11:02,880 and this is an exact replica of a 277 00:11:06,790 --> 00:11:04,800 one-room schoolhouse that henry ford 278 00:11:08,630 --> 00:11:06,800 actually attended now i've got my 279 00:11:10,630 --> 00:11:08,640 friends here from the henry ford academy 280 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:10,640 and i've given them a job their job 281 00:11:15,829 --> 00:11:13,360 today is to actually make paper chain 282 00:11:17,829 --> 00:11:15,839 and they're doing it individually so 283 00:11:19,670 --> 00:11:17,839 they're measuring a strip out they're 284 00:11:21,670 --> 00:11:19,680 cutting it and then they're taping it 285 00:11:23,509 --> 00:11:21,680 and they're doing a you know a pretty 286 00:11:25,110 --> 00:11:23,519 good job now i'm gonna come over here 287 00:11:26,310 --> 00:11:25,120 and talk to my friend jake for a second 288 00:11:28,470 --> 00:11:26,320 now jake 289 00:11:30,710 --> 00:11:28,480 it doesn't seem as though you have very 290 00:11:32,389 --> 00:11:30,720 much paper chain made so far what's 291 00:11:33,990 --> 00:11:32,399 what's going on here uh i don't know i'm 292 00:11:35,910 --> 00:11:34,000 trying my hardest and uh i'm still 293 00:11:37,829 --> 00:11:35,920 trying to get it done okay but it's not 294 00:11:39,590 --> 00:11:37,839 it's not super fast is it no not very 295 00:11:41,269 --> 00:11:39,600 productive okay me here tell me a little 296 00:11:43,990 --> 00:11:41,279 bit uh you've got more chain what's 297 00:11:45,990 --> 00:11:44,000 going on over here um i cut them so in 298 00:11:47,829 --> 00:11:46,000 the different strips and i lose them but 299 00:11:49,590 --> 00:11:47,839 much faster okay so you're just going a 300 00:11:51,590 --> 00:11:49,600 little bit faster than jake over here 301 00:11:53,350 --> 00:11:51,600 okay well you guys are doing a pretty 302 00:11:54,470 --> 00:11:53,360 good job now here in a little bit we're 303 00:11:56,230 --> 00:11:54,480 going to come back we're going to try 304 00:11:58,470 --> 00:11:56,240 something different to make this paper 305 00:12:00,150 --> 00:11:58,480 chain in the meantime there are some 306 00:12:02,310 --> 00:12:00,160 other historic houses here and there's 307 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:02,320 one right down the street that i want 308 00:12:07,829 --> 00:12:03,600 you to check out it's the wright 309 00:12:12,230 --> 00:12:10,470 matt i understand why the 310 00:12:14,069 --> 00:12:12,240 wright brothers cycling company was 311 00:12:15,910 --> 00:12:14,079 moved here to greenfield village but 312 00:12:18,150 --> 00:12:15,920 this is the wright brothers home why is 313 00:12:19,670 --> 00:12:18,160 this here well the wright brothers being 314 00:12:21,509 --> 00:12:19,680 brothers were never apart from each 315 00:12:22,949 --> 00:12:21,519 other so the work never really stopped 316 00:12:24,629 --> 00:12:22,959 they talk about the airplane certainly 317 00:12:26,150 --> 00:12:24,639 in the shop but they'd also talk about 318 00:12:28,150 --> 00:12:26,160 it back home like here in this parlor so 319 00:12:31,030 --> 00:12:28,160 the house really is a part of the story 320 00:12:32,790 --> 00:12:31,040 now how far away was the house from the 321 00:12:34,150 --> 00:12:32,800 shop and they were about two and a half 322 00:12:36,949 --> 00:12:34,160 three blocks apart from each other in 323 00:12:39,269 --> 00:12:36,959 dayton now this is katherine wright's 324 00:12:41,350 --> 00:12:39,279 desk how is katherine wright important 325 00:12:42,310 --> 00:12:41,360 to this story catherine is absolutely 326 00:12:43,670 --> 00:12:42,320 important to the invention of the 327 00:12:45,509 --> 00:12:43,680 airplane because she supported her 328 00:12:47,110 --> 00:12:45,519 brothers really endlessly absolutely 329 00:12:48,230 --> 00:12:47,120 believed in what they were trying to do 330 00:12:49,590 --> 00:12:48,240 and you know neither of the brothers 331 00:12:51,670 --> 00:12:49,600 married they didn't have wives or 332 00:12:52,870 --> 00:12:51,680 children of their own so catherine was 333 00:12:54,389 --> 00:12:52,880 more than willing to handle some of 334 00:12:56,389 --> 00:12:54,399 their domestic chores she did their 335 00:12:57,829 --> 00:12:56,399 laundry cooking for them so they had a 336 00:12:59,430 --> 00:12:57,839 little more time to worry about and 337 00:13:01,509 --> 00:12:59,440 concentrate on the airplane yeah they 338 00:13:03,269 --> 00:13:01,519 grew up in this house how were their 339 00:13:04,949 --> 00:13:03,279 parents important i understand their 340 00:13:06,389 --> 00:13:04,959 father brought them a toy at some point 341 00:13:08,150 --> 00:13:06,399 yeah their father was a bishop with the 342 00:13:09,590 --> 00:13:08,160 anglican church he traveled a lot always 343 00:13:11,030 --> 00:13:09,600 brought back a toy for them and one of 344 00:13:13,190 --> 00:13:11,040 the toys he brought back was a little 345 00:13:15,110 --> 00:13:13,200 toy helicopter and they played around 346 00:13:16,550 --> 00:13:15,120 with us a lot as boys and that really 347 00:13:17,670 --> 00:13:16,560 first sparked the interest in aviation 348 00:13:18,790 --> 00:13:17,680 that would follow them through the rest 349 00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:18,800 of their lives and what about their 350 00:13:22,230 --> 00:13:20,560 mother susan their mother was actually 351 00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:22,240 very mechanically inclined so she played 352 00:13:25,110 --> 00:13:23,760 an important role in early influence on 353 00:13:26,150 --> 00:13:25,120 the boys she actually passed away when 354 00:13:28,389 --> 00:13:26,160 they were both 355 00:13:30,629 --> 00:13:28,399 teenagers so you know that was a great 356 00:13:32,389 --> 00:13:30,639 loss to them and they missed her but 357 00:13:33,430 --> 00:13:32,399 wilbur always thought of her death as 358 00:13:34,870 --> 00:13:33,440 something that kind of brought him out 359 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:34,880 of his shell he went into a depression 360 00:13:38,069 --> 00:13:36,160 actually during his teenage years he'd 361 00:13:39,430 --> 00:13:38,079 been in a hockey accident caring for his 362 00:13:41,509 --> 00:13:39,440 mother actually kind of brought him out 363 00:13:46,710 --> 00:13:41,519 that and got him on his way so the story 364 00:13:51,189 --> 00:13:48,230 matt i want to talk a little bit about 365 00:13:52,790 --> 00:13:51,199 the wright family we know about wilbur 366 00:13:54,150 --> 00:13:52,800 and orville they invented the airplane 367 00:13:56,230 --> 00:13:54,160 and we just heard about their sister 368 00:13:58,069 --> 00:13:56,240 catherine but there were more right 369 00:13:59,829 --> 00:13:58,079 children is that correct yeah there were 370 00:14:01,590 --> 00:13:59,839 a couple of older brothers rooshlyn and 371 00:14:03,350 --> 00:14:01,600 lauren and they both moved out and had 372 00:14:05,590 --> 00:14:03,360 families of their own but often came 373 00:14:06,790 --> 00:14:05,600 back to visit but uh yes orville wilbur 374 00:14:09,990 --> 00:14:06,800 and catherine all lived at home with the 375 00:14:11,269 --> 00:14:10,000 bishop now only one of them went to 376 00:14:13,030 --> 00:14:11,279 college 377 00:14:14,710 --> 00:14:13,040 yes and catherine was actually the only 378 00:14:17,110 --> 00:14:14,720 one to go to college she went to oberlin 379 00:14:18,949 --> 00:14:17,120 graduated in 1898 and came back and 380 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:18,959 actually taught high school in dayton 381 00:14:23,189 --> 00:14:21,120 and it was unusual at the time for 382 00:14:25,350 --> 00:14:23,199 actually the woman of the family to have 383 00:14:27,110 --> 00:14:25,360 the degree it was and you have to give 384 00:14:28,790 --> 00:14:27,120 credit to catherine not only is she 385 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:28,800 managing the domestic side of the wright 386 00:14:32,310 --> 00:14:30,480 family with the help of a housekeeper 387 00:14:34,069 --> 00:14:32,320 she's also out earning a living on her 388 00:14:35,910 --> 00:14:34,079 own as a teacher too so very busy and 389 00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:35,920 very important to their work and she 390 00:14:40,310 --> 00:14:38,320 became sort of a celebrity in her own 391 00:14:42,470 --> 00:14:40,320 right didn't she yeah wilbur and orville 392 00:14:44,150 --> 00:14:42,480 were both kind of reserved shy fellows 393 00:14:46,629 --> 00:14:44,160 catherine did not have that problem at 394 00:14:48,069 --> 00:14:46,639 all very boisterous and outgoing and she 395 00:14:49,269 --> 00:14:48,079 often made the social connections for 396 00:14:51,269 --> 00:14:49,279 them especially when they went over to 397 00:14:52,870 --> 00:14:51,279 france in 1908 and she became a 398 00:14:56,550 --> 00:14:52,880 celebrity in your own right over there 399 00:14:59,910 --> 00:14:56,560 now we are in a tiny little lab shall we 400 00:15:03,509 --> 00:14:59,920 say but here in greenfield village 401 00:15:05,030 --> 00:15:03,519 there's another much larger lab do you 402 00:15:07,590 --> 00:15:05,040 want to tell us where we're going to go 403 00:15:09,189 --> 00:15:07,600 next yeah henry ford admired no one 404 00:15:10,470 --> 00:15:09,199 quite as much as thomas edison so of 405 00:15:11,670 --> 00:15:10,480 course one of the first buildings he had 406 00:15:13,750 --> 00:15:11,680 built in greenfield village was a 407 00:15:15,910 --> 00:15:13,760 replica of edison's original menlo park 408 00:15:21,670 --> 00:15:15,920 complex all right should we go take a 409 00:15:27,350 --> 00:15:23,910 we're in a reconstruction of thomas 410 00:15:29,590 --> 00:15:27,360 edison's menlo park lab now this looks a 411 00:15:31,110 --> 00:15:29,600 lot different than the wright brothers 412 00:15:32,949 --> 00:15:31,120 bike shop can you tell us a little bit 413 00:15:34,389 --> 00:15:32,959 about that yeah this is a building 414 00:15:36,629 --> 00:15:34,399 actually designed by edison to be 415 00:15:37,990 --> 00:15:36,639 conducive to his inventive process so it 416 00:15:39,910 --> 00:15:38,000 really is what they used to call an 417 00:15:41,189 --> 00:15:39,920 invention factory the world's first 418 00:15:43,269 --> 00:15:41,199 research and development lab you might 419 00:15:45,269 --> 00:15:43,279 call it now it wasn't just edison 420 00:15:47,350 --> 00:15:45,279 working here he had a few people working 421 00:15:48,870 --> 00:15:47,360 with him he did edison had a whole team 422 00:15:50,230 --> 00:15:48,880 of folks working under his direction 423 00:15:52,310 --> 00:15:50,240 originally was about a dozen people 424 00:15:53,990 --> 00:15:52,320 maybe 15 and then it grew to between 60 425 00:15:55,670 --> 00:15:54,000 and 80 at the height of menlo park's 426 00:15:57,269 --> 00:15:55,680 productivity now there were two big 427 00:15:58,949 --> 00:15:57,279 inventions that came out of here can you 428 00:16:01,350 --> 00:15:58,959 tell us about those the two big ones 429 00:16:04,310 --> 00:16:01,360 were the phonograph in 1877 and then the 430 00:16:06,790 --> 00:16:04,320 incandescent light bulb in 1879. and 431 00:16:08,790 --> 00:16:06,800 edison didn't just invent these things 432 00:16:11,030 --> 00:16:08,800 to invent them he actually did this for 433 00:16:12,550 --> 00:16:11,040 profit yeah edison was an inventor by 434 00:16:14,310 --> 00:16:12,560 trade he depended on the money that he 435 00:16:15,910 --> 00:16:14,320 would make from his inventions here to 436 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:15,920 to live and a lot of that money that he 437 00:16:19,990 --> 00:16:17,920 made he put right back into developing 438 00:16:21,590 --> 00:16:20,000 menlo park growing the complex but yes 439 00:16:23,269 --> 00:16:21,600 he was absolutely dependent on patent 440 00:16:25,110 --> 00:16:23,279 productions and successful marketing of 441 00:16:26,310 --> 00:16:25,120 his inventions now one of the things 442 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:26,320 that you notice when you walk in here 443 00:16:29,910 --> 00:16:28,320 are all of the glass jars all over the 444 00:16:32,310 --> 00:16:29,920 walls and they're just filled with a 445 00:16:34,069 --> 00:16:32,320 variety of different things why is that 446 00:16:36,069 --> 00:16:34,079 yeah edison had an ambition to have at 447 00:16:37,590 --> 00:16:36,079 least some sample of every substance 448 00:16:39,350 --> 00:16:37,600 known to humankind it was a tall 449 00:16:40,949 --> 00:16:39,360 ambition he didn't quite get there but 450 00:16:42,470 --> 00:16:40,959 you can see by the number of jars and 451 00:16:43,910 --> 00:16:42,480 bottles in this building he was serious 452 00:16:45,350 --> 00:16:43,920 about it and you never knew what 453 00:16:46,629 --> 00:16:45,360 substance you might need to work on your 454 00:16:48,150 --> 00:16:46,639 various experiments he certainly used a 455 00:16:49,430 --> 00:16:48,160 lot of these different things in trying 456 00:16:51,269 --> 00:16:49,440 to find a long lasting light bulb 457 00:16:52,550 --> 00:16:51,279 filament 458 00:16:55,030 --> 00:16:52,560 now 459 00:16:56,550 --> 00:16:55,040 this chair seems to be bolted to the 460 00:16:58,790 --> 00:16:56,560 ground and we're not allowed to sit in 461 00:17:00,230 --> 00:16:58,800 it why is that yeah the last person who 462 00:17:03,110 --> 00:17:00,240 sit in that chair was actually thomas 463 00:17:04,870 --> 00:17:03,120 edison himself in 1929 on the 50th 464 00:17:06,309 --> 00:17:04,880 anniversary of the successful invention 465 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:06,319 of the light bulb they kind of recreated 466 00:17:09,429 --> 00:17:08,079 the moment here in this building it was 467 00:17:10,949 --> 00:17:09,439 a big deal they had a live radio 468 00:17:13,270 --> 00:17:10,959 broadcast people were listening around 469 00:17:15,429 --> 00:17:13,280 the world and as edison finished the 470 00:17:17,029 --> 00:17:15,439 demonstration right behind me here he 471 00:17:19,350 --> 00:17:17,039 actually sort of literally bashed in the 472 00:17:21,029 --> 00:17:19,360 glow of that light bulb and ford was so 473 00:17:22,470 --> 00:17:21,039 moved ford of course being a great fan 474 00:17:24,150 --> 00:17:22,480 of thomas edison's he said you know 475 00:17:25,829 --> 00:17:24,160 that's it nail that chair to the floor 476 00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:25,839 and it's been there ever since awesome 477 00:17:30,390 --> 00:17:27,280 well thank you so much for showing us 478 00:17:35,190 --> 00:17:32,710 let's compare lab size here now edison 479 00:17:38,310 --> 00:17:35,200 had a huge lab and this is pretty small 480 00:17:40,150 --> 00:17:38,320 could they build the whole airplane here 481 00:17:41,510 --> 00:17:40,160 no actually the whole plane wouldn't fit 482 00:17:43,190 --> 00:17:41,520 in this building so they'd have to build 483 00:17:45,190 --> 00:17:43,200 it in sections disassembled then 484 00:17:47,669 --> 00:17:45,200 reassemble it at kitty hawk now when you 485 00:17:49,190 --> 00:17:47,679 invent something to protect it what do 486 00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:49,200 you have to do 487 00:17:52,710 --> 00:17:51,039 yeah you want to get patent protection 488 00:17:54,470 --> 00:17:52,720 and that prevents anyone else from 489 00:17:56,710 --> 00:17:54,480 profiting on your hard work so it was an 490 00:17:59,669 --> 00:17:56,720 important thing to do now did thomas 491 00:18:01,669 --> 00:17:59,679 edison had thousands of edison had more 492 00:18:03,510 --> 00:18:01,679 than a thousand patents in his lifetime 493 00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:03,520 yes now did he fill out all the 494 00:18:06,950 --> 00:18:05,840 paperwork and send it all out himself he 495 00:18:09,110 --> 00:18:06,960 didn't he probably would have spent his 496 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:09,120 whole life on paperwork but he was so 497 00:18:11,990 --> 00:18:10,400 important in building inventions they 498 00:18:14,150 --> 00:18:12,000 were so crucial to his work that he had 499 00:18:16,070 --> 00:18:14,160 a staff to help do that for him so he 500 00:18:18,070 --> 00:18:16,080 had someone filling out government 501 00:18:19,990 --> 00:18:18,080 paperwork for something exactly okay 502 00:18:22,710 --> 00:18:20,000 what about the wright brothers did they 503 00:18:24,310 --> 00:18:22,720 did they have a patent much more modest 504 00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:24,320 the rights really had one essential 505 00:18:27,830 --> 00:18:25,679 patent and that's the one that covered 506 00:18:30,150 --> 00:18:27,840 their control system for the airplane 507 00:18:31,590 --> 00:18:30,160 and did they do that patent themselves 508 00:18:33,510 --> 00:18:31,600 patents were a little bit beyond the 509 00:18:35,190 --> 00:18:33,520 rights area of expertise so they very 510 00:18:36,470 --> 00:18:35,200 wisely brought in an attorney to help 511 00:18:39,190 --> 00:18:36,480 them write that patent and it did 512 00:18:40,390 --> 00:18:39,200 eventually get improved okay so do you 513 00:18:42,710 --> 00:18:40,400 want to go back and see what marty's 514 00:18:44,789 --> 00:18:42,720 doing let's okay marty what are you 515 00:18:46,390 --> 00:18:44,799 doing over at miller school 516 00:18:48,070 --> 00:18:46,400 all right thanks beth we've changed up 517 00:18:49,990 --> 00:18:48,080 how we're actually making the paper 518 00:18:51,590 --> 00:18:50,000 chain this time and we're using a method 519 00:18:53,669 --> 00:18:51,600 that henry ford 520 00:18:56,070 --> 00:18:53,679 worked on a lot and that's the assembly 521 00:18:58,230 --> 00:18:56,080 line he really refined the assembly line 522 00:19:00,630 --> 00:18:58,240 and it increased his production eight to 523 00:19:02,950 --> 00:19:00,640 one what normally took 12 and a half 524 00:19:04,950 --> 00:19:02,960 hours to create with a car 525 00:19:06,470 --> 00:19:04,960 dropped down to an hour and a half as a 526 00:19:09,190 --> 00:19:06,480 matter of fact they were rolling model 527 00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:09,200 t's off the line every three minutes so 528 00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:10,960 let's check in with these guys and see 529 00:19:15,830 --> 00:19:14,080 if we've increased production at all so 530 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:15,840 all right tell me now 531 00:19:20,549 --> 00:19:18,000 you're very specialized right now what 532 00:19:22,390 --> 00:19:20,559 are you doing i'm cutting the strips for 533 00:19:24,549 --> 00:19:22,400 the paper chain is that all that you're 534 00:19:26,310 --> 00:19:24,559 doing yes okay so you've really 535 00:19:28,870 --> 00:19:26,320 specialized you're only doing one job do 536 00:19:30,470 --> 00:19:28,880 you think you're faster at this yes okay 537 00:19:32,710 --> 00:19:30,480 how about you over here you you've got 538 00:19:34,470 --> 00:19:32,720 the same job right yeah okay so tell me 539 00:19:35,669 --> 00:19:34,480 about the job is it is it a little 540 00:19:37,029 --> 00:19:35,679 boring 541 00:19:38,470 --> 00:19:37,039 not really no 542 00:19:41,190 --> 00:19:38,480 do you think you're getting faster as 543 00:19:42,870 --> 00:19:41,200 you practice it okay well guys hold up 544 00:19:44,230 --> 00:19:42,880 the paper chain that we've got back here 545 00:19:45,909 --> 00:19:44,240 how are we doing on the paper chain 546 00:19:50,630 --> 00:19:45,919 let's see 547 00:19:52,070 --> 00:19:50,640 paper chain than we had last time um so 548 00:19:54,390 --> 00:19:52,080 you can really see that the assembly 549 00:19:56,549 --> 00:19:54,400 line really does increase production and 550 00:19:58,310 --> 00:19:56,559 teachers this is an activity that you 551 00:20:00,870 --> 00:19:58,320 can do in your classrooms we're going to 552 00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:00,880 post the lesson plan online and you can 553 00:20:04,549 --> 00:20:02,640 bring this into your class and show 554 00:20:07,110 --> 00:20:04,559 students how assembly lines increase 555 00:20:08,549 --> 00:20:07,120 production another great activity that 556 00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:08,559 you can do with your students is a 557 00:20:12,549 --> 00:20:10,320 website created by the national air and 558 00:20:18,149 --> 00:20:12,559 space museum called engineering the 559 00:20:22,390 --> 00:20:20,149 this site you can step into the shoes of 560 00:20:24,789 --> 00:20:22,400 the wright brothers you can design the 561 00:20:26,789 --> 00:20:24,799 wing shape and size then travel to kitty 562 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:26,799 hawk to test your glider 563 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:28,320 some of our friends from ball state 564 00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:29,760 university who are helping us with the 565 00:21:08,710 --> 00:20:31,840 show today took a crack at flying the 566 00:21:12,710 --> 00:21:10,390 nice job guys 567 00:21:15,110 --> 00:21:12,720 coming in january you will be able to 568 00:21:17,430 --> 00:21:15,120 design an engine propellers and 569 00:21:19,510 --> 00:21:17,440 ultimately pilot the right flyer 570 00:21:21,110 --> 00:21:19,520 simulator but if you're going to get 571 00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:21,120 your plane into the air like the wright 572 00:21:26,789 --> 00:21:24,320 brothers did on december 17 1903 you'll 573 00:21:29,110 --> 00:21:26,799 need more than a steady hand you'll need 574 00:21:31,190 --> 00:21:29,120 to solve difficult aeronautical problems 575 00:21:33,510 --> 00:21:31,200 and prove your engineering solutions 576 00:21:35,430 --> 00:21:33,520 through rigorous testing before taking 577 00:21:36,870 --> 00:21:35,440 to the air at kitty hawk 578 00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:36,880 do you have what it takes to be an 579 00:21:42,830 --> 00:21:39,360 aeronautical engineer find out with 580 00:21:46,549 --> 00:21:44,950 way matt would you like to take some 581 00:21:50,390 --> 00:21:46,559 more questions i'd love to all right 582 00:21:55,110 --> 00:21:52,710 my name is lucia 583 00:21:57,590 --> 00:21:55,120 and my question is 584 00:21:59,750 --> 00:21:57,600 the wright brothers had a bright bike 585 00:22:01,190 --> 00:21:59,760 shop but did they have any other 586 00:22:02,870 --> 00:22:01,200 businesses 587 00:22:04,950 --> 00:22:02,880 well that's an excellent question lucia 588 00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:04,960 and yes the wright brothers did have a 589 00:22:09,190 --> 00:22:06,960 different business before they got into 590 00:22:11,190 --> 00:22:09,200 bicycles they were job printers they 591 00:22:13,990 --> 00:22:11,200 would print things like stationary or 592 00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:14,000 letterhead posters cards 593 00:22:17,510 --> 00:22:15,679 and they built one of the printing 594 00:22:19,909 --> 00:22:17,520 presses themselves so they got a lot of 595 00:22:21,510 --> 00:22:19,919 skill in woodworking metal working and 596 00:22:23,270 --> 00:22:21,520 surprisingly a lot of those skills were 597 00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:23,280 helpful in building the right flyer so 598 00:22:26,070 --> 00:22:24,559 they could take some of that experience 599 00:22:27,750 --> 00:22:26,080 from the print shop right into their 600 00:22:29,110 --> 00:22:27,760 airplane work i would have never thought 601 00:22:30,789 --> 00:22:29,120 that a print shop would have helped you 602 00:22:32,710 --> 00:22:30,799 build an airplane but what about the 603 00:22:34,789 --> 00:22:32,720 bicycle did the bicycle help them build 604 00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:34,799 airplanes yeah the bicycle was really 605 00:22:38,470 --> 00:22:36,799 the the key thing i think for the wright 606 00:22:39,830 --> 00:22:38,480 brothers that they brought to the whole 607 00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:39,840 project 608 00:22:44,310 --> 00:22:42,400 an airplane is an inherently unstable 609 00:22:45,510 --> 00:22:44,320 vehicle but so is a bicycle you get on 610 00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:45,520 and you've got to make all kinds of 611 00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:46,880 little movements to keep those two 612 00:22:50,549 --> 00:22:48,720 wheels upright we don't even think about 613 00:22:51,990 --> 00:22:50,559 it it becomes second nature a lot of 614 00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:52,000 people were trying to build an airplane 615 00:22:54,789 --> 00:22:53,520 so that it would be stable you'd get up 616 00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:54,799 there and the pilot wouldn't have to do 617 00:22:57,270 --> 00:22:55,760 anything 618 00:22:58,789 --> 00:22:57,280 the rights realized that people could 619 00:23:01,029 --> 00:22:58,799 handle making all those adjustments 620 00:23:02,149 --> 00:23:01,039 because we can ride bikes so they didn't 621 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:02,159 worry about trying to make the plane 622 00:23:06,149 --> 00:23:03,840 inherently stable just put it up as it 623 00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:06,159 is so it may be unstable but still 624 00:23:11,110 --> 00:23:08,480 controllable exactly right all right 625 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:11,120 let's take an online question 626 00:23:15,430 --> 00:23:13,360 did the wright brothers ever test a 627 00:23:19,029 --> 00:23:15,440 scale model of their plane in the wind 628 00:23:20,789 --> 00:23:19,039 tunnel or did they only test airfoils 629 00:23:22,390 --> 00:23:20,799 they really tested just the airfoils in 630 00:23:23,909 --> 00:23:22,400 the wind tunnel though they did try 631 00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:23,919 scale models of their designs in the 632 00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:25,840 form of kites before they would actually 633 00:23:29,750 --> 00:23:28,000 try to fly a person up in their gliders 634 00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:29,760 how many different airfoils did they 635 00:23:32,789 --> 00:23:30,960 test in the wind tunnel do they have any 636 00:23:34,870 --> 00:23:32,799 idea many many many that they went 637 00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:34,880 through and yes they were kept careful 638 00:23:37,990 --> 00:23:36,640 notes of the exact shape and size and 639 00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:38,000 how much resistance and lift was 640 00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:40,080 generated based on that model and really 641 00:23:42,870 --> 00:23:41,760 very intricate and very advanced 642 00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:42,880 thinking for the wright brothers and 643 00:23:46,230 --> 00:23:44,400 that's and they they used the wind 644 00:23:48,789 --> 00:23:46,240 tunnel after they had the unfortunate 645 00:23:50,070 --> 00:23:48,799 incidents with the 1901 exactly right 646 00:23:51,350 --> 00:23:50,080 they couldn't rely on the tables that 647 00:23:52,870 --> 00:23:51,360 they've been reading from books anymore 648 00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:52,880 so they had to go back and study each 649 00:23:56,710 --> 00:23:54,400 one of these shapes to see how much lift 650 00:23:58,630 --> 00:23:56,720 it generated okay well let's go back to 651 00:24:01,110 --> 00:23:58,640 miller school and uh have a question 652 00:24:02,950 --> 00:24:01,120 from the henry ford academy 653 00:24:05,029 --> 00:24:02,960 hi my name is matthew havis and i wanted 654 00:24:06,950 --> 00:24:05,039 to know between the two brothers will 655 00:24:09,750 --> 00:24:06,960 and orville who have more input in the 656 00:24:11,510 --> 00:24:09,760 project to build the aircraft 657 00:24:13,029 --> 00:24:11,520 that's a great question too which 658 00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:13,039 brother was more behind the project and 659 00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:14,240 i think you have to give credit to 660 00:24:17,510 --> 00:24:15,760 wilbur he's the one that first had the 661 00:24:19,510 --> 00:24:17,520 idea of going into the airplane business 662 00:24:21,029 --> 00:24:19,520 or at least studying the problem and he 663 00:24:22,789 --> 00:24:21,039 got his brother orville involved pretty 664 00:24:23,909 --> 00:24:22,799 quickly but wilbur probably gets the 665 00:24:25,830 --> 00:24:23,919 lion's share of the credit for getting 666 00:24:27,269 --> 00:24:25,840 them started once they were going it was 667 00:24:28,789 --> 00:24:27,279 very much a joint venture though so they 668 00:24:30,549 --> 00:24:28,799 were really sort of a team once they 669 00:24:32,230 --> 00:24:30,559 started rolling with this project 670 00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:32,240 absolutely but wilbur probably had the 671 00:24:36,950 --> 00:24:34,880 spark first okay matt we have time for 672 00:24:38,950 --> 00:24:36,960 another video question so let's take a 673 00:24:41,029 --> 00:24:38,960 video question 674 00:24:42,710 --> 00:24:41,039 how long did the first airplane flight 675 00:24:43,990 --> 00:24:42,720 last 676 00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:44,000 all right elizabeth good question the 677 00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:45,520 first airplane flight was a short one 678 00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:47,120 only about 12 seconds and they covered 679 00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:49,440 about 120 feet but that's all it took to 680 00:24:53,029 --> 00:24:51,200 change the world did they get better as 681 00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:53,039 they tested it they did actually that 682 00:24:57,110 --> 00:24:54,640 day each flight was a little bit better 683 00:24:58,470 --> 00:24:57,120 and by the last flight they traveled 852 684 00:25:01,110 --> 00:24:58,480 feet and they were in the air for almost 685 00:25:02,630 --> 00:25:01,120 a minute oh wow okay uh we have another 686 00:25:05,029 --> 00:25:02,640 question from miller's school let's go 687 00:25:06,950 --> 00:25:05,039 back and see what they have for us 688 00:25:08,870 --> 00:25:06,960 hello my name is jerome williams and i 689 00:25:10,630 --> 00:25:08,880 wonder did the wright brothers have a 690 00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:10,640 mentor or somebody looked up to for 691 00:25:13,590 --> 00:25:12,080 inspiration 692 00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:13,600 that's a terrific question and they did 693 00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:15,840 have a mentor uh well their father was a 694 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:17,520 mentor for one thing he kind of inspired 695 00:25:21,190 --> 00:25:18,960 them by way of his example and the way 696 00:25:23,269 --> 00:25:21,200 that he lived his life but in terms of 697 00:25:24,549 --> 00:25:23,279 aviation octave chanu was an important 698 00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:24,559 influence for the wright brothers they 699 00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:26,159 developed a very friendly correspondence 700 00:25:30,390 --> 00:25:28,000 with him he came out and visited them in 701 00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:30,400 dayton and at kitty hawk and helped help 702 00:25:32,950 --> 00:25:31,679 him along the way it gave him a lot of 703 00:25:34,789 --> 00:25:32,960 encouragement now was he doing 704 00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:34,799 aeronautic testing at the same time he 705 00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:36,240 was doing some of his own testing he was 706 00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:37,679 quite a bit older than the right so he 707 00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:38,960 wouldn't actually fly in the planes 708 00:25:42,310 --> 00:25:40,480 himself he just felt that was too risky 709 00:25:44,070 --> 00:25:42,320 for someone of his age but he was 710 00:25:45,269 --> 00:25:44,080 involved in a lot of the design work and 711 00:25:46,789 --> 00:25:45,279 he gave some pointers to the wright 712 00:25:48,470 --> 00:25:46,799 brothers and also got wilbur an 713 00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:48,480 invitation to speak before some 714 00:25:52,549 --> 00:25:50,080 engineers in the city of chicago which 715 00:25:53,990 --> 00:25:52,559 kind of boosted their reputation so 716 00:25:55,590 --> 00:25:54,000 there were a lot of people helping them 717 00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:55,600 along the way they were so we think 718 00:25:58,470 --> 00:25:56,880 about them two people kind of working 719 00:25:59,909 --> 00:25:58,480 alone in in their shop but it's more 720 00:26:01,510 --> 00:25:59,919 than that i mean they had their family 721 00:26:02,870 --> 00:26:01,520 their sister catherine they had people 722 00:26:04,710 --> 00:26:02,880 like schnoot and they had all sorts of 723 00:26:05,830 --> 00:26:04,720 folks who were at least involved in some 724 00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:05,840 form and bringing the airplane to 725 00:26:09,190 --> 00:26:07,760 fruition thank you for telling us is a 726 00:26:10,470 --> 00:26:09,200 little bit of the story we're out of 727 00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,480 time today 728 00:26:13,909 --> 00:26:12,559 we want to make sure that you join us 729 00:26:18,390 --> 00:26:13,919 next month when we talk about the 730 00:26:19,990 --> 00:26:18,400 lindbergh's uh so check this out 731 00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:20,000 hi i'm marty kelsey one of the hosts of 732 00:26:31,350 --> 00:26:28,070 this is a periscope on the spirit of 733 00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:31,360 saint louis there's no front windshield 734 00:26:34,549 --> 00:26:32,960 the only way that charles lindbergh 735 00:26:36,390 --> 00:26:34,559 could look forward on his flight from 736 00:26:38,710 --> 00:26:36,400 new york to paris was to look through 737 00:26:40,789 --> 00:26:38,720 this periscope 738 00:26:42,789 --> 00:26:40,799 that's phenomenal if you think this is 739 00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:42,799 interesting be sure to tune in to stem 740 00:26:54,789 --> 00:26:52,789 matt thank you so much for being with us 741 00:26:56,549 --> 00:26:54,799 here today and i want to thank the henry 742 00:26:58,470 --> 00:26:56,559 ford for hosting and we also want to 743 00:27:00,310 --> 00:26:58,480 thank our sponsor alcoa we couldn't do 744 00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:00,320 this if it weren't for them thank you