For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I feel it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life.

Thanks to Will Wright's disease, and the cure he and his brother invented, flying is now part of everyday life, and space travel is no longer a figment of a dreamer's wild imagination.

Who were these men who figured out how humans can fly? And who were the people who risked their lives to advance the concept of flight? They were the first aviation heroes. This is their story.