Wright Brothers Collection 1814-1996 1852-1945

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....

Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929

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Wright family

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Wilbur Wright (b. 1867) and Orville Wright (b. 1871) became famous for inventing the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on 17 December 1903. However, before their aeronautical fame, the brothers ran a printing business, then a bicycle repair shop and later manufactured their own bicycles. Wilbur died in 1912, Orville in 1948. The Wright brothers were famous inventors, but were also a product of late 19th century Midwestern America. Both...

Wright, Milton, 1828-1917

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