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00:00I'll see you next time.
00:30Isn't anyone going to say, welcome home?
00:50Papa, Papa's home!
00:52Oh, I missed you, Wilbur.
01:01Orville, look how you've grown.
01:04You were sure gone for a long time.
01:07You bring us anything?
01:08Well, as a matter of fact...
01:22No use of walking, can't keep my feet on the ground.
01:40Dreams keep talking, till I hear no one is loud.
01:47I feel adventure and it's calling my name.
01:51I've got a funny feeling, flying's my game.
01:55Hope this idea brings me fortune and fame.
01:59It's on my mind all the time.
02:03Can't stop trying.
02:07Can't help believing that soon.
02:10I'll be flying, touching that man in the moon.
02:18Great adventure is about to begin.
02:22My heart is thumping and my head's in a spin.
02:25But underneath it all, I'm wearing a grin.
02:29One more try, I'm gonna fly.
02:32I'm tired of wheels, so I got me some wings.
02:52Can you imagine what tomorrow will bring?
02:56If I can only learn to fly this thing.
02:59I'll be flying, I'll be flying, I'll be flying, I'll be flying.
03:29Hey, Pa?
03:37Pa, look at this.
03:39It's the secret of flying.
03:42Wilbur figured it out.
03:44This is how birds keep their balance in the sky.
03:47By twisting their wings.
03:49You see, the bird starts to tilt.
03:52The high wing twists up, catches the wind.
03:56Then the low side twists, creating drag.
03:59The bird is back in balance.
04:02If we can make a glider do the same thing that birds do, we'll have complete control.
04:07I don't know.
04:09This Lilienthal fellow you always talk about, he thought he had control.
04:14And now he's dead.
04:16But look, Pa, his wings didn't twist.
04:20So you're going to give up bicycles and make gliders?
04:24It's not very practical.
04:27No one glides to work.
04:29Gliders are just a starting point, Pa.
04:32We're gonna make an airplane with an engine.
04:34But the first step is to solve the problem of control.
04:40You have a dream.
04:43You should do it.
04:44But promise me this.
04:47You'll never fly together until you know the thing is completely safe.
04:51I couldn't bear to lose both of you.
05:02Two brothers in Ohio.
05:05Inventors.
05:06They want to know where is the best place to glide.
05:09I love it.
05:11The whole world depends on Octave Chanute to know everything about flying.
05:16And I do.
05:17I shall write to them right away.
05:20I know just the place.
05:34It's been good knowing you, Mr. Wright.
05:37Come on, Dan.
05:39You kitty hawkers must have more faith than that.
05:43Better check the warping one more time, Will.
05:46What's that supposed to do?
05:48Keep me alive, we hope.
05:52On the count of three, then.
05:54One, two, three!
06:09Go, Will!
06:12Go!
06:21Come on!
06:24Stay up!
06:26Stay up!
06:27Stay up!
06:27Why'd you come down so quickly?
06:36It wouldn't stay up.
06:37But did you see how the wing warping works?
06:40It really works.
06:42It brought you right back into balance.
06:44It did!
06:46But I've got to be able to stay up longer to really experiment with it.
06:52Well, I'm a believer.
06:54Wing warping.
07:04What a wonderful idea.
07:07Hopefully, these bigger wings will keep us up in the air longer, so we can really test it.
07:12That first glider wouldn't stay up long enough for us to really learn anything.
07:15The important thing is, you have improved control with this wing warping idea of yours.
07:22It's revolutionary!
07:25I will tell the whole world about it everywhere I go.
07:29Oh, yes, you will be very famous overnight like a shooting star, like a...
07:36Like a...
07:37What's wrong?
07:39Well, Mr. Chanute, um, you've been very kind to us, but please, you can't mention wing warping to anyone just yet.
07:49But...
07:49I...
07:51People depend on me to tell them what is happening in the world of flight.
07:56I know, but we just need more time.
08:00Now, promise you won't tell anyone until we've got it perfected.
08:04You...
08:05Oh...
08:07All right.
08:09I promise.
08:09I promise.
08:38I promise.
08:38It's all the way from the countryside.
08:41Unbelievable.
08:43Santos Dumont is the most wonderful.
08:47The bravest man in the whole world.
08:51Vive la France.
08:53Vive la Santos Dumont.
08:56Ah!
09:13Now that I have perfected the balloon, I shall move on.
09:18I, Santos Dumont, shall be the first man to construct and fly an aeroplane.
09:27All right, let's see if we can't stay up long enough to get some practice.
09:42Are you kidding?
09:43You're probably gonna run out of land.
09:45Ready?
09:47Ready?
09:47Ready?
09:48Ready?
09:48One, two, three, go!
09:51I don't understand.
09:54I don't understand.
10:08We followed Lilienthal's figures.
10:11It should have stayed up longer.
10:13We must have done something wrong.
10:16Let's take it apart and start all over again.
10:20You all right, Will?
10:41Will?
10:46Man will never fly.
10:48Not in a thousand years.
10:50You know, Will, maybe we didn't follow Lilienthal's figures on Lyft as well as we thought we did.
11:07We've been through this a hundred times, Orv.
11:10There's no fault in how we followed the figures.
11:13Lilienthal's figures.
11:14Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
11:15Lilienthal's figures are wrong.
11:16Lilienthal's figures are wrong.
11:20It's time for a few experiments.
11:33Lilienthal's air pressure tables are wrong.
11:36This is a very important discovery.
11:37Oh, please, please, please, I beg of you.
11:43Let me tell the world all you have done.
11:46Look, let us test everything first to make sure it's more than a theory.
11:51Go, Wilbur!
11:52Go!
11:53Ha-ha-ha!
11:54Go, Wilbur!
11:55Go!
11:56Ha-ha-ha!
11:57Go, Wilbur!
11:58Go, Wilbur!
11:59Go, Wilbur!
12:00Go!
12:01Ha-ha-ha!
12:02Go, Wilbur!
12:03Go, Wilbur!
12:04Go, Wilbur!
12:05Go, Wilbur!
12:06Go, Wilbur!
12:07Go, Wilbur!
12:08Go, Wilbur!
12:09Ha-ha-ha-ha!
12:11We did it, Orville!
12:28Now all we have to do is add the engine.
12:41Now as you can see, I have modified my own glider to include a little seat.
12:47This makes things a little more comfy.
12:51Oh, and it appears that the best material for the wings is a nice sateen.
13:01You can even dye it red and add a splash of color to your glider.
13:06Ha-ha-ha!
13:07What is this nonsense?
13:09Color, fabric, little comfy seats.
13:13What are the Wright Brothers up to?
13:15Last time you said they were making great progress.
13:17Yes, what about the Wright Brothers?
13:19Tell us what you know.
13:20Yes, tell us.
13:21Is it possible, Monsieur Chanute, that you are keeping secrets?
13:25He has never kept secrets before.
13:28I think he has simply lost touch with the world of flight.
13:31I...
13:33I...
13:35You used to be the center of knowledge, Chanute.
13:40But now it is clear.
13:42Someone else must replace you.
13:44Messieurs...
13:45Uh...
13:46Gentlemen, please, I...
13:47I...
13:48I...
13:50Wing-warping!
13:52Call it in the air, Orv.
13:53No.
13:54You should be the first one to fly.
13:55We worked on it together.
13:56Tails.
13:57Tails.
13:58You deserve it, Will.
13:59Good luck.
14:00You're ready with that camera!
14:03Too fast, Will!
14:05Too fast, Will.
14:06Too fast, Will!
14:07You deserve it, Will. Good luck.
14:18Be ready with that camera!
14:31Too fast, Will! Too fast!
14:38The incline was too steep. I couldn't slow down.
14:42Well, it'll take a few days, but we can fix it.
14:46Yes. Then it'll be your turn, Orv.
14:55Remember, don't pull back too hard on the elevator. Just enough to get you up.
15:02Good luck, Orv.
15:07Go, Orville! Go!
15:11Success.
15:13Four flights.
15:16With engine power only.
15:18Average speed.
15:1931 miles per hour.
15:20Longest flight.
15:2159 seconds.
15:23Be home for Christmas.
15:24Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
15:25Ha, ha, ha, ha!
15:26Ha, ha, ha, ha!
15:28Ha, ha, ha, ha!
15:30Go, Orville!
15:31Go, Orville! Go!
15:33Go!
15:34Go, Orville!
15:35Go!
15:36Success.
15:37Four flights.
15:38With engine power only.
15:39Average speed.
15:4131 miles per hour.
15:43Longest flight.
15:44be home for Christmas.
15:59Mr. Dumont, Mr. Dumont, sir, I'm from the New York Times,
16:03and I wonder if you've heard that the Wright brothers
16:06claim to have flown the first motorized airplane.
16:10Mr. And, uh, where did this alleged flight happen?
16:14Mr. A little fishing village called Kittyhawk in North Carolina.
16:18Mr. Ha! And again, I say, ha!
16:23Mr. If they can fly, let them fly in front of the world,
16:26not in some tiny closet of a town.
16:30Mr. I, Santos Dumont, have a little announcement to make myself.
16:35Mr. Not only does Santos Dumont
16:40doubt the Wright brothers' claim, as we all do,
16:42but he announces that he will be the first to fly
16:45since he has learned of a new technique called wing warping.
16:52Chanute!
16:53He told them!
16:56I suppose we better get the newspapers out here and fly.
17:00No.
17:01We can't let ourselves be forced into making a public flight,
17:04not until we're sure every detail's been perfected.
17:07Besides, it's one thing to know about wing warping.
17:11Making it work is quite another.
17:14Mr. Jakob is here, custom justice.
17:18Mr. Sam women,
17:20Mr. Janenter,
17:21not until just a moment.
17:22Mr. Senator Schuint.
17:23Mr. emerge from the time we see
17:24a Korean side of the building in the semen and
17:25amongst the city.
17:27Mr. Hussie expenses
17:27Mr.zekistemука isetos tuna
17:30Mr. ejecta special analysis
17:32Mr. Tomrates,
17:34Mr. naturally comes to the conclusion
17:35Mr. versatile architecture
17:36Mr. Tomales.
17:37Hello!
17:38Mr. Alias Lieberema and
17:40Take my advice and fly as soon as you can
17:53Not until we're ready
17:55Time is running out, the French are up in the air
17:59Not to sound too critical, but that's about all they are
18:03That plane's not safe
18:05Of course not, it's a circus act
18:08But who can tell the difference if you don't fly?
18:12Not until we're ready
18:14Now a second man has flown
18:18Surely you are ready to make a public flight
18:21Shall I arrange it?
18:32Patience, Mr. Chanute
18:33We still have some small bugs to work out
18:36Oh
18:38Hmm
18:39Hmm
18:41I hate to say I told you so.
19:11But Farman has made a complete circle.
19:16Circles are easy.
19:18Is he safe and under control?
19:20Is it a banking turn?
19:22You should have listened to me, my friends.
19:26I fear you have lost your place in history forever.
19:37Excuse me, Mr. DeMont.
19:39But the American inventor, Alexander Graham Bell,
19:43says the Wright brothers are the true inventors of the airplane
19:46and that all your work is based on theirs.
19:50What do you say to that?
19:51How can I copy an airplane I have not seen?
20:03Is it possible?
20:05No.
20:06And again, I say no.
20:09The Wright brothers are not flyers, but liars.
20:12Now, shoo!
20:13How's the control?
20:21It's good.
20:22Better than it's ever been.
20:24What about the engine and the propellers?
20:27I don't know how we could improve them.
20:31Or...
20:31It's time to fly.
20:34Where should we do it?
20:36France.
20:37France.
20:38France.
21:06It's ready.
21:27Hello, my friends.
21:36Yes, the first man to a fly has arrived.
21:39And you must be the Wright brothers.
21:42Welcome to France.
21:43I'm so sorry I have exceeded you in every way.
21:47Quite frankly, sir, what you're doing now,
21:49Wilbur and I did five years ago.
21:51So I have heard many times.
21:54But I have seen little.
21:57Quite so.
22:07One hundred francs is he doesn't even get off the ground.
22:21Go, Wilbur, go!
22:45Go, Wilbur!
22:47Go, Wilbur!
22:49Go, Wilbur!
22:50Go, Wilbur!
22:54The Wright brothers have accomplished all they said and more.
22:58All French flyers are as babies to them.
23:01Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
23:06Oh, my God.
23:36Higher, Wilbur. Higher.
24:06Oh, my God.
24:36Got a funny feeling, flying's my game. Oh, this idea brings me fortune and fame. It's on my mind all the time.
25:06My heart is thumping and my head's in a spin, but underneath it all I'm wearing a grin. One more try, I'm gonna fly.
25:16Fortune and fame are calling my name. Life won't be the same once I've sailed on the breeze.
25:31No use walking. Can't keep my feet on the ground. No more talking. I'm gonna turn this around.
25:46I'm tired of wheels, so I got me some wings. Can you imagine what tomorrow will bring? If I can only learn to fly this thing. No boundaries there in the air.
26:01No, no, no, no.
26:05Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
26:11Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
26:13No, no, no, no.
26:15No, no, no, no.
26:17No, no, no.
26:19Cause I'm flying, flying, flying, flying, flying back.
26:23Here we go.