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- Neither brother had a high school diploma
- Shared mutual credit for their invention
- First brother to pilot the craft determined by a coin flip
- May 25, 1910: Only flight taken by both brothers
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Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright developed what is considered to be the first working airplane. On December 17, 1903, they made the first controlled, heavier-than-air human flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Wilbur Wright
- Born: April 16, 1867
- Place of birth: Millville, Indiana
- Spouse: None
- Died: May 30, 1912
- After his death Milton Wright wrote about his son:
- "A short life, full of consequences. An unfailing intellect, imperturbable temper, great self-reliance and as great modesty, seeing the right clearly, pursuing it steadfastly, he lived and died."
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Timeline
- 1878: Build their first rubber-band powered helicopter
- 1893: Start bicycle repair busines
- 1899: Wilbur develops three-way control system
- 1903: First controlled sustained powered flight
- 1906: Grated U.S. Patent for airplane control system
- 1908: Demonstrate 2-passenger plane
- 1909: Begin manufacturing and selling planes
- 1912: Wilbur dies of Typhoid Fever
- 1915: Orville sells airplane company for $1.5 million
- 1943: Smithsonian Institute recognizes the Wright Brothers as the first to achieve a controlled sustained powered flight.
- 1948: Orville dies of a heart attack
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The Wright Brothers Questions
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Wright Brothers Timeline
- April 16, 1867: Wilbur Wright born outside of New Castle, Indiana
- August 19, 1871: Orvile Wright born in Dayton, Ohio
- 1892: Brothers open bicycle business in Dayton, Ohio
- 1900: Brothers begin first field experiments in Kitty Hawk, NC
- December 17, 1903: First Flight
- May 22, 1906: Wright patent No. 821,393 granted
- September 17, 1908: First airplane fatality
- May 25, 1910: Wilbur and Orville make first and only flight together
- May 30, 1912: Wilbur dies at the age of 45 from typhoid fever
- May 13, 1918: Orville makes his final flight as a pilot
- January 30, 1948: Orville dies at the age of 77 from a heart attack
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Wright Brothers Satire and Humor
- The Humor of Melvin Durai: "A Century of Traveling Wright"
- Finger To The Wind: "The Rong Brothers Take Off"
- {{youtube|37mQfxmsGK0|0:31|Sherif Hedayat: Why The Wright Brothers Invented Flight}}
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Im pretty sure all UA flight attendents were on beverage service duties when the wright brothers were still flying...just sayin..
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