The Wright Brothers

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.

1. Born: August 19, 1871
2. Place of birth: Dayton, Ohio
3. Spouse: None
4. Final Flight: 1918
5. Died: January 30, 1948

1. Born: April 16, 1867
2. Place of birth: Millville, Indiana
3. Spouse: None
4. Died: May 30, 1912
5. 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."

• 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

• 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

• 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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