

Wright Patent U.S. Patent 821,393, was granted on May 22, 1906, to Wilbur and Orville Wright for “new and useful improvement in Flying Machines.” Note that these drawings that appeared in the patent are of a glider, not a powered airplane. The Wright airplane patent—the basis for their many later patent infringement suits—was for the 1902 glider, not the more famous airplane of 1903. Go to The First Circular Flight >>

"Isn’t it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many just so that we could discover them!!”

Orville Wright

June 7, 1903

