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Wright brothers, American airplane inventors and aviation pioneers.

Orville Wright 1871–1948, was born in Dayton, Ohio, and

Wilbur Wright, 1867–1912, near New Castle, Ind. Their interest in aviation was aroused in the 1890s by the German engineer Otto Lilienthal Lilienthal, Otto , 1848–96, German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer in his experiments with gliders. He made major developments in the glider based on his observations of birds and wrote a number of books on aviation.
..... Click the link for more information. 's glider flights. Both excellent mechanics, the Wrights used the facilities of the bicycle repair shop and factory which they operated (1892–1904) at Dayton for the construction of their early aircraft. By experimenting with movable portions of the wing assembly, rather than shifts in bodily weight, as a means of correcting the aircraft's position in flight they made an important improvement in aircraft design. During this period they drew up valuable tables of wind pressure and drift. Orville designed an engine, which they constructed and attached to their improved glider.

On Dec. 17, 1903, they made near Kitty Hawk, N.C., the first controlled, sustained flights in a power-driven airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air.
..... Click the link for more information. . Of their four flights on that day, the first, made by Orville, lasted 12 sec, and the fourth, by Wilbur, covered 852 ft (259 m) in 59 sec. The brothers continued their experiments at Dayton and built several biplanes. Record-breaking flights in 1908 by Orville in the United States and by Wilbur in France brought them worldwide fame. In 1909 the U.S. government accepted the Wright machine for army use, and the brothers established the Wright Company. The house where Orville was born and the bicycle-shop laboratory have been restored and were moved to Greenfield Village, Mich.

Bibliography

See their papers, ed. by M. W. McFarland (2 vol., 1953); bibliography ed. by A. G. Renstrom (1968); C. P. Graves, The Wright Brothers (1973); P. Degan and L. Wescott, Wind and Sand: The Story of the Wright Brothers (1983); F. Howard, Wilbur and Orville (1988).

Wright brothers

creators-aviators of first manned aircraft (1903). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 563]

See : Aviation

Wright Brothers

(Wilbur, 1867–1912) (Orville, 1871–1948) made the first controlled, sustained flight in a power-driven airplane (1903). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 3012]

See : Firsts

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The trip wasn't all about four-wheeled transport and a tour of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park with Amanda Wright-Lane, great grand-niece of Orville and Wilbur Wright, demonstrated how the pioneering spirit of mid-Westerners has affected all our lives.

ROAD TO HEAVEN; Tour of America's mid-west is must for petrolheads ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)

Orville and Wilbur Wright could see the future of air travel.

Home Based Business Success and the Power of Belief by sahil sharma / Home based business community

Imagine a world where Orville and Wilbur Wright did not dream of soaring above the clouds or where Jonas Salk did not dream of a prevention for the scourge of his time?

Are You A Dreamer? by Deanna Mascle / Self Improvement community

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