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Wright, Orville
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Wright, Orville: see Wright brothers 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.
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