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Early Life Early Life Wright ● Wilbur Wright was born in 1867. His ● Wilbur was a very good student and made brother Orville was born in 1871. plans to go to college. Then he was badly Brothers hurt in an ice hockey game. Pioneers ● They grew up in Dayton, Ohio. Their family encouraged curiosity. ● This upset him very much and he quit high school. ● In 1878, their father brought home a toy helicopter for the boys. This started their ● Orville did not do well in school. He ended love of aircraft and flying. up dropping out of high school too.

Photos of the young ● He then opened a print shop with his first print shop Wright Brothers brother.

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● Both brothers were shy. They spent most of ● The brothers took an interest in bicycles when ● They studied birds to understand . their time together and with their family. they became popular in America. In 1892, They learned how birds turn their body they opened their own bicycle shop. They left or right by changing the angle at ● Wilbur was calm and had a good business sold their own designs. the ends their wings. sense. ● Working at the print shop and the bicycle ● While twisting a box, Wilbur came up ● Orville was curious and mischievous. The shop helped them learn mechanics. with the idea of “wing-warping”. They two brothers were very close all their lives. spent years testing this idea with kites ● They read all the news about flying and and in a tunnel. ● They were also close with their younger aircraft. One of the first fliers, , sister, Katharine. Neither brother ever Wing warping concept sketch died in a crash in 1896. The brothers ● They built models of their designs and married. Wright Cycle Shop in Photo of the Wright were inspired to try to improve on his designs. Dayton, OH tried to fly many times. None of their Brothers were successful.

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● On December 17, 1903, the ● The Wright Brothers worked more on “I confess that in 1901 I Wright Brothers had their first their design and tried to sell their successful flight in Kitty Hawk, planes. North Carolina. ● They wouldn’t fly in public because said to my brother Orville ● The longest flight they made that they thought people would steal their day was 59 seconds. The plane ideas. They didn’t let anybody take flew 852 feet. pictures either. Because of this, many that man would not fly for people did not believe they could fly. ● Only five people saw it happen. The plane flipped many times Depiction of the Wright Brothers’ first flight Actual “First Flight” photograph fifty years.” and was ruined. Life Story Life Story Late Life

● In 1908, Orville took an Army ● In 1909, the brothers sold a plan to the U.S. ● The Wright Brothers were very successful lieutenant, , on a Army for $30,000. in Europe and America. They worked flight. well together, and always took joint ● Orville and Katharine joined Wilbur in credit for their work. ● The plane crashed and Selfridge died. Europe, and they became famous. They Orville broke a leg, four ribs and made many public flights and gave rides ● In 1912, Wilbur died of typhoid fever. His dislocated his hip. He suffered from to well-known and powerful people. death was very hard for Orville. pain the rest of his life. ● The brothers opened the Wright Flying ● Orville sold their company in 1915. The Wright Brothers ● The accident troubled the brothers. It School to train people to fly their planes. ● On January 30, 1948, Orville Wright died was still very important for them to They trained 119 people. One of these was in Flight from a heart attack. prove they could fly. Wright Brothers seated in plane , who made the first coast-to-coast flight.

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● While there is some debate over who was officially the first inventor of the , “It is possible to fly without “Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets the Wright Brothers are generally have been preserved for so many years considered the fathers of modern aviation. motors, but not without ● Ohio changed its slogan to “Birthplace of just so we could discover them!” Aviation Pioneers.” This was in honor of the knowledge and skill.” Wright Brothers, John Glenn, and Neil Armstrong.

● North Carolina also uses the slogan “First in State quarter for Ohio What does this mean to you? What do you think he means? Flight” in memory of the Kitty Hawk flight.

Legacy ● Wright State University was Wright opened and named in their honor in 1967. Brothers ● The original photo of their first Aviation Pioneers flight and all of their family photos and letters are kept there at the Special Collections & Archives in the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library. Wright State University Paul Laurence Dunbar Library “Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!”

The Wright Brothers Wilbur(1867-1912) Orville(1871-1948) Ohio They were... - fascinated by birds since their childhood - inventors of “wing warping” to control their plane - the first people to successfully fly a heavier-than-air aircraft in 1903 #pioneers #notCranks #inventors #tenacity #aviators c Clark Creative Education WRIGHT BROTHERS “It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.” c Clark Creative Education “I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.” - Wilbur Wright c Clark Creative Education Your Name BIO Sphere

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