The wright brothers

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
04/16/1867	Wilber Wright was born	Wilber Wright was born in April 16, 1867 in a farm near Millville, Indiana.
08/19/1871	Orville was born	Orville was born in Agust 19, 1871 in Deyton, Ohio.
01/01/1888	Orville left high school	Orville left high school in 1888 to start a printing buissnes since his big enthusiasm was printing.
01/01/1889	Their mum died	Their mum died in 1889 because of tuberculossis.(a sicknes that attacks your lungs)
01/01/1900	The wright brothers built their first glider	The wright brothers built their first glider that used wing wraping in 1900.
01/01/1901	The brothers improved thir glider	In 1901the brothers improved their glider and gave another try in kitty hawk. This time the improved glider broke the world record by reaching 389 feet, but they were still not satisfied and belived they could make it go higher and fly longer.
01/01/1902	The brothers had a new design	In 1902 the brothers had a new design that had ruder control withwing warping and proper roder movement, they could get more. That way they could get a more stable flight. This time they brocke another record,and the flight scored more than 600-feet.
01/01/1903	An American scientist, SamuelP. Langley, made one model that was powered by a small steam angine and flew three quarters of a mile witout a pilot	in 1903, an american scientist, samuel P.Langley, made one model that was powerend by a small angine and flew three quarters of a mile without a pilot.
12/08/1903	The American scientist tried his airplane, which was mounted on rails	The American scientist tried his airplane, which was mounted on rails fastened to the roof of a house boat. The experiment unfortunately failed and the plane raced down the rails and dived into the water.
12/17/1903	The brothers tried their engine powered machine that they called flyev 1.	The brothers tried their engine powered machine that thy called flyer 1. At 10:30A.M. the brothers shook hands as the plane rumbled to life, history was about to be made. Orville went on Flyer 1 face down along side the angine on the lower wing. Orville gave the signal to Wilber that he was ready.Sudenly the plane rolled faster and faster, then finnaly rose of the ground; Orville was the first person to fly a plane.
01/01/1908	The brothers perfected an amazing airplane	In 1908 the brothers perfected an amazing airplane.It could fly 25 miles and stay in air for 30 minuts; it had a speed of 40 miles per hour.The pilot would have so much control it could fly in circles an do figures of eight.
01/01/1908	The wright brothers didnt get much atention	The wright brothers didnt get much atention until a news paper reporter witnesed a 1,000-foot high flight in 1908 and that same year Wilber had traveled to france and flew their plane befor European royalty.
02/01/1909	The Wright brothers built a factory	In 1909 the Wright brothers formed a Wright co.and opened a factory to manyfacture aircraft.
02/01/1912	Wilber Wright died	Unfortunatly Wilber Wright did'nt live long to see improvements on the plane;he died in 1912 from the typhoid fever.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1867 to 01/01/1908	The wright brothers