Name the 3 awards granted to the Wright Brothers in the 19 "teens" so between 1913 / 1919

What's the prize...I gave away a GWS park flyer when I asked about the Wright Bros.

You people and contributors do you realize that the wright bros were not the first to take of with powered flight the first was Richard Pearse if anyone doubts me check on Richard Pease of ****ka N.Z it should have reference to him in Smithsonian records ,,,but then again to the victor goes the spoils ie winners always write the history according to there point of view... te he ??

Gustave Whitehead flew waaay before the Wrights too, not many know or remember him either.[&o]

Very doubtful. There are several people who claim to have powered flights before the Wright Bros Including Gustave Whitehead, and an Italian immigrant who lived on Long Island. In those days the controversy was quite intense.

The British Museum and the Smithsonian both wanted the Wright Flyer. Back then, the British Museum was THE most prestigious museum in the world and the Smithsonian was much less impressive. But the WB's gave it to the Smithsonian because the Smithsonian agreed to bestow the undesputed title of "First Fliers" to Orville and Wilbur ending the controversy once and for all.

So the Wright Bros were probably not ACTUALLY the first to succeed in powered flight, but they are considered to be the first thanks largely to the Smithsonian.