1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,800 Hey, Ranger Collins, how you doing? 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:02,960 I'm doing fine. 3 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,680 Jacobs told me so much about your tree detectives. 4 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,560 Yeah, pleased to meet you. 5 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:08,720 This is cool. 6 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,640 Would you like to see where the Wright brothers worked? 7 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:11,480 Yeah, of course. 8 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:12,800 Sure, why not? 9 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,840 Hey, detectives, do you like homework? 10 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:15,840 Well, sure. 11 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:16,880 It depends. 12 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:18,360 Kinda. 13 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,080 The Wright brothers did tons of homework 14 00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:21,600 right here in their home at Kitty Hawk. 15 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,280 You mean they actually slept in these beds? 16 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,240 Right up top. 17 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,040 In 1899, they wrote the Smithsonian Institution 18 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,240 in Washington, D.C. 19 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,240 asking for all available information 20 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,840 of man's early attempts to solve the problems of flight. 21 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:37,560 I read that they went through all the information 22 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,440 and identified all the problems that needed to be solved. 23 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:42,040 And they used the scientific method 24 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:43,440 to achieve powered flight. 25 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,560 That's right, the Wright brothers identified control 26 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,160 as the key problem to human flight. 27 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:52,880 And they stored their airplane in a hangar 28 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,400 just like this one. 29 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,960 This looks really old. 30 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,480 I did some research on them. 31 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,040 I found out it took four years of hard work, 32 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,080 dedication, and lots of disappointments 33 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,880 before they solved the problem. 34 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,560 But the Wright brothers had a dream, 35 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,280 and they didn't give up. 36 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:08,200 They're like us. 37 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:09,640 We don't give up either. 38 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,080 It was right here that the Wright brothers 39 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:15,240 developed the airplane control system in the year of 1902. 40 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:16,680 I bet you didn't know the space shuttle 41 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,480 used that same control. 42 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,480 No way! 43 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:20,320 Really? 44 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:22,520 It's true. 45 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:24,160 It was on this spot that Orvin Wilbur 46 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:26,880 completed the most famous flight in world history. 47 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,280 On December 17th, 1903. 48 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:31,880 That first flight covered a distance 49 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,960 of 120 feet in 12 seconds. 50 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:36,280 From the center of the granite boulder 51 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,160 to the first marker. 52 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:39,640 Do you think you could run that far 53 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,200 faster than the airplane? 54 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,160 I can try. 55 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,880 I gotta time this. 56 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:45,960 All right, Bianca. 57 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:49,200 On your mark, get set, go! 58 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,200 I can't believe you did it in nine seconds. 59 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,520 That's faster than the first flight. 60 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,400 Supergirl, faster than the airplane. 61 00:01:57,400 --> 00:01:58,720 This is great. 62 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,880 Thanks, Ranger Collins. 63 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,760 We appreciate all your help. 64 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,560 Yeah, thanks, bye. 65 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:05,400 Bye. 66 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,440 We appreciate all your help. 67 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,320 Thanks, Ranger Collins. 68 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,440 We appreciate all your help. 69 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:26,280 Bye.