Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Topic: History Day 2004

EXPLORATION - ENCOUNTER - EXCHANGE

The Wright brothers were explorers in the quest to create a powered flying machine, and their success led to man's EXPLORATION of the skies and global air travel. They ENCOUNTERED difficulties in achieving their goal as well as fierce competition from other inventors and aviators. For many years, the Wright brothers refused to exchange their ideas, trying to keep their invention a secret until they could make a profit from it. But advances in powered flight by inventors in France, Germany and other countries forced a worldwide EXCHANGE of knowledge and competition that overshadowed their achievement.