The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines lecture given by Dorian DeMaio

Park City Museum will host a lecture called The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines given by Dorian DeMaio on March 13 from 5-6 p.m. at the Park City Museum Education and Collections Center located at 2079 Sidewinder Drive. More information can be found at www.parkcityhistory.org.

There is a common misperception that the Wright Brothers tinkered their airplane together in a bicycle shop and flew it into history, realizing man’s long-held dream of flight. But this oversimplification diminishes the full scope of their achievements. Who were the Wright Brothers and how did they succeed where others failed? The real story is complex and a tribute to their inventive genius and persistence.

Their success was the product of applying a disciplined scientific approach involving years of thoughtful analysis, experiment, design, test and then redesign that would make even Elon Musk envious. Not only did they risk their lives flight testing each of their new creations, but they struggled to gain recognition and to preserve their legacy as the inventors of true flight.

Park City resident and pilot Dorian De Maio flew his airplane to Dayton and Kitty Hawk to follow the Wrights’ journey of discovery in unraveling the mystery of flight. Join him in learning how the Wrights evolved their flying machines, and in so doing, developed aeronautical science as it is known today.