Wilbur Wright and his sister, Katherine sluice Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo

'John Reay

A woman fills a water-jug from the River Nile

showing the monument to John Speed on the far left

Lord Russell - usually depicted as a small boy - thumbs his nose just as a small boy would at the visiting 'ladies'

Wilbur Wright and his sister, Katherine sluice Cortina d'AmpezzoWilbur Wright, American aviator and his sister, Katherine, 1909. Wilbur Wright (1867 1912) and his brother Orville (1871 1948), were American inventors of aircraft. They originally designed and built bicycles but changed their interest to flying, producing a controllable glider by 1902, and a year later the first aircraft, Flyer I. This was piloted by Orville on 17th December 1903 in the first powered and controlled aircraft flight. The Flyer III,