How Two Uneducated Brothers Achieved the 'Impossible'

How the Wright brothers built the world's first successful airplane. Visit to start learning STEM for FREE and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Grab your Newsthink merch here: Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Neo Ge, Will Lathrop Support us on Patreon: Thumbnail source: Color background photo: John T. Daniels (restoration & colorization by Wright Stuf), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sources: 0:31 Color photo: John T. Daniels (restoration & colorization by Wright Stuf), CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons 3:22 Nigelcoates at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 6:17 Transcript of Wilbur Wright's speech 7:25 MLWatts, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 12:26 National Museum of Health and Medicine, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons 13:13 11Amanda, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons 14:19 Typhoid fever in background Kat M. Research, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons