Into the Air/Wright Brothers

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Across
  1. 4. – What linking the wings and tail allowed the pilot to do
  2. 6. – What the tail helped improve during turns
  3. 8. – Feeling that caused the brothers to question scientific tables
  4. 9. – Friend who visited the camp to observe experiments
  5. 13. – What the brothers did after the glider was damaged
  6. 14. – Information the brothers discovered was inaccurate
  7. 16. – Device used to measure how wings behaved in moving air
  8. 18. – Movable tail part used to prevent spinning
  9. 21. – Part of the glider that controlled up-and-down movement
  10. 22. – Wright brother who worried their flight data might be wrong
  11. 25. – Scientist whose air-pressure tables were proven incorrect
  12. 27. – Parts of the glider tested for shape, weight, and angle
  13. 29. – Place where the brothers conducted many flight experiments
  14. 30. – How Wilbur described the new glider compared to earlier ones
  15. 31. – What the brothers did when studying flight models
  16. 35. – Major flying problem the brothers eventually solved
  17. 36. – What the brothers learned to do accurately with wing performance
  18. 37. – Word describing the brothers’ careful lab work
Down
  1. 1. – Model wing tested in the wind tunnel
  2. 2. – What the brothers feared but did not accept
  3. 3. – Last name of the brothers who worked together to achieve flight
  4. 5. – Wright brother who helped design, test, and question the glider
  5. 7. – Feeling that grew as their data improved
  6. 10. – Structure used to store and work on the glider
  7. 11. – Careful work the brothers decided to rely on instead of others’ data
  8. 12. – How the brothers initially viewed their results
  9. 15. – Force the wings failed to produce as expected
  10. 17. – Feeling the brothers had before returning to flight testing
  11. 19. – Careful testing used to improve their designs
  12. 20. – Quality shown when the brothers refused to give up
  13. 23. – City where the brothers kept experimenting after early failures
  14. 24. – Dangerous motion the glider sometimes made midair
  15. 26. – New feature added to help control the glider
  16. 28. – Box-shaped invention used to test wings with moving air
  17. 32. – What the brothers believed the flying problem was approaching
  18. 33. – Method used to steer the glider by twisting the wings
  19. 34. – Early flying machine the brothers repeatedly tested and repaired