Click HERE for a huge discount on the 2-year deal with NORD VPN + 1 FREE month https://nordvpn.com/Pilot Who was the very first person to die in a powered aviation accident? In this video i will explain the background to the very first accident but also how powered flight was inwented by the Wright Brothers back in 1903. Enjoy the video! If you want to support the work I do on the channel, join my Patreon crew and get awesome perks and help me move the channel forward! 👇 👉🏻 https://www.patreon.com/mentourpilot Get the Mentour Aviation app and discuss what You think about this! Download the app for FREE using the link below 👇 📲https://www.mentourpilot.com/apps/ 📲 Join the Mentour Pilot Discord server here! 👉🏻 https://discord.gg/JntGWdn I have also created an Amazon page with Aviation books, material and flight simulator stuff that I think you will enjoy! 👉🏻 https://www.amazon.com/shop/mentourpilot Follow my life on instagram and get awesome pictures from the cockpit! 📲 https://www.instagram.com/mentour_pilot To find the right HEADSET for YOU, check out BOSE Aviation 👉🏻 https://boseaviation-emea.aero/headsets Artwork in the studio 👉🏻 https://aeroprints.de/?lang=en Get some Awesome Mentour Pilot merch 👉🏻 https://mentour-crew.creator-spring.com/? Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. Enjoy checking them out! Sources ----------------------------------------------------- Hockey Game: President https://hockeygods.com Printing Press Building: wright-brothers.org Child Wilbur: Library of Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers Child Orville: Library of Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/ Orville: Library of Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/ Wilbur: Library of Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/ Milton Wright: UNKNOWN https://en.wikipedia.org/ Pénaud’s Helicopter: Linda Hall Library https://www.lindahall.org/ Alphonse Pénaud: UNKNOWN https://en.wikipedia.org/ Susan Catherine Koerner Wright: Library of Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/ Newspaper: Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/inventive-wright-brothers/ Bicycle Shop: Curtis Wright https://www.curtisswrightds.com/ Working at bicycle: Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppprs.00540/ Working at in shop: Library of Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/ Otto Lilenthal: A. Regis https://en.wikipedia.org/ Otto Glider: Ottomar Anschütz - Lilienthal Museum, Anklam https://en.wikipedia.org Otto Glider: Library of Congress) https://www.airspacemag.com/ Otto’s Designs: https://www.vintag.es/ Otto Glider: UNKNOWN https://www.delta-club-82.com Wing Warp: James Bell Pettigrew https://www.wright-brothers.org/ Schematic: Alonso-brosmann https://www.goodfon.com/ Kitty Hawk: John T. Daniels https://ia.wikipedia.org/ Wind Tunnel: wright-brothers.org https://www.wright-brothers.org/ Wright Glider: wright-brothers.org https://www.wright-brothers.org/ Wright Glider 2: wright-brothers.org https://www.wright-brothers.org/ Wright Model 1: UNKNOWN https://en.wikipedia.org/ Charles Taylor: UKNOWN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Engine 1: UNKNOWN https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/ Engine 2: UNKNOWN https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/ Wright Flyer II: Library of Congress https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer_II Wright Flyer III: Library of Congress https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer_II Wilbur in france: https://waverlyhs.weebly.com/ Frank Lahm 1: wright-brothers.org https://www.wright-brothers.org/ Frank Lahm 2: SDASM Archives https://en.wikipedia.org 2 Seats: Library of Congress https://cdn.theatlantic.com Crash 1: AP Photo https://www.theatlantic.com Shed: Library of Congress https://www.theatlantic.com French Newspaper: Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov French Crowd: The Henry Ford http://ophelia.sdsu.edu:8080/henryford_org/03-23-2014 Thomas Selfridge: Harper’s Weekly https://en.wikipedia.org/ Crash: Hulton Archive/Getty Images https://www.thoughtco.com/ Crash 2: UNKOWN http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net Brothers together: DaytonCVB https://www.daytoncvb.com Thanks to @Chanute7 for the WrightFlyer1903 Beta version for X-plane 11 CHAPTERS ----------------------------------------------------- 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Context 01:30 - The Bishop’s Boys 04:11 - Inspirations 04:59 - The Problems with Flight 06:54 - More Lift Required 08:36 - The Wright Flyer I 10:00 - The Events at Kitty Hawk 10:46 - The First Flight 12:01 - The Naysayers 12:27 - Getting Noticed 14:02 - Expanding Out 15:56 - That Fateful Day 18:49 - The First Flight Crew 19:23 - The First Recommendations