Synopsis

Two ingenious bicycle builders…a stark North Carolina landscape under a winter moon…and an ambition that seemed beyond reach. On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved flight—as no one had before—solving a puzzle that had long stymied the most inventive minds of history, from Leonardo da Vinci to Edison. How did these high-school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio accomplish such a feat? Experts piloting full-scale replicas demonstrate their methods – successful or otherwise – while histo