1) What surprised me the most about the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, was the fact that they tried to sell their idea to the U.S. government, but it wasn't interested in their idea. Instead the aviation idea was sold to the French and thrived in Europe. I grew up with aviation in my family, so reading that America wouldn't hop on the plane bandwagon shocked me. What I admired about both Orville and Wilbur Wright was they kept doing different things and succeeded like running a print shop, publishing a newspaper and running a bike repair shop. All of these different things led them to creating a glider. What I least admired was the outcome of the patent war that happened between the brothers and Glenn Curtiss. After the brothers won, they were seen no longer seen as heroes, but as greedy entrepreneurs. That is not entirely they'er fault. I just think they could have handled the situation better. The amount of trial and errors they had for aviation was unbelievable, especially after the crash were their passenger died. They never stopped trying. After crashes, they continued. The Wright brothers' parents had one condition with the boys, they could not fly together in case there was a tragedy. They only flew together once.
2) The competencies that I noticed was even when they were idle, they still looked at life for inspiration and ideas.
3) I found the transactions between the French and the Wright brothers confusing because it involved patents. I haven't fully understood the process of gaining a patent.
4) If i were to ask two questions to these men I would ask why aviation? They had so much success with other things, so why start something completely new that no one has even thought of? Another question I would ask would be for Orville. What did you do when your older brother died? How did you continue his legacy and work? He died of an illness at age 45. I don't understand how he could continue.
5) I think the opinion they would have for hard work would be never give up even when things crash and burn to the ground. I share that opinion because things in life will be hard. There will be tough times ahead. It is important to keep getting up and learning from mistakes. If there are no mistakes, how does one learn and grow? I failure is a step closer to success. I think that these entrepreneurs knew this.
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Hey Shelby,
ReplyDeleteI think you captured the spirit that the Wright brothers had about hard work in your post. When failure is as tangible as a crumpled ball of metal and cloth, your choices are to either keep trying or give up, especially difficult to decide if someone who volunteered gets hurt (or dies) in the process. Failure was a roadblock to them, but they made the clear choice to overcome those difficulties by flying over them. I believe you answered your own question as well, when stating that you wanted to ask Orville how he could stay strong after the death of his brother. Your next paragraph mentioned the importance of never giving up, even when times are hard, and although losing a sibling is hard his passion for science kept him going until the very end.
Hi Shelby!
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn’t know the Wright brothers had tried to sell their idea to the federal government! It is so interesting that they tried different business ventures and succeeded with each before creating the glider. It is really cool that despite being successful in other things they didn’t settle and kept pursuing their ideas in aviation. That really shows how passionate they were because most people would have given up.