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Wilber Wright was born on April 16, 1867 in Millville, Indiana. He was the third child of Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Catharine Wright. The family moved to Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio.
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Orville Wright was born on August 18, 1871. He was born on 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio.
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In the Race for Flight Samuel challenged the Wright Brothers.
On December 8, 1903 Samuel tryed to launch his gasoline- powered "Aerodrome", off of a houseboat in the Potomac River. -
The Wilber and Orville were the first men ever to create an aircraft. They flew neas Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Their aircraft flew for at least 12 seconds, the longest time Wilber was in the air was 852 feet in the air for 52 seconds.
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Glenn became famous when he designed a number of important planes. Glenn won the Scientific American trophey for flying one Kilometer July 4, 1908.
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Harriet Quimby was the first American woman to earn her pilot's license, and the second in the world.
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Edward enlisted in the Army in 1917, when the United States had entered the war, he served as a staff driver and as an engineering officer before becoming a pilot. He searved as a pilot to shoot down planes, he shot down 26 planes.
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Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to earn her pilots license. Bessie got her license in France because America wouldn't let her get one. After Bessie got her license, she wanted to open a flight school, but passed away before she could.
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Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean at a non-stop rought.
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In 1930 Mary Became the first female Native American to earn her pilots licence. She then earned her commercial license soon after.
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Anne served as her husband's co-pilot, navigator and radio operator on history-making explorations. They journeyed in a single-engine airplane from Canada to Alaska.
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Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by herself. Later on in Amelia's life she and her navigator Fredirick J. Nonan attempted to fly around the world, but vanished, noone knows how or when.
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Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn her pilots license in the United States. She was also a member of theNational Airmen Assocation of America.
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Jacqueline Cochran got her wish to fly because Army Air force General Henery told her that she could organize the Women's Flying Training Detachment. A year after Cochran received an appointment to lead the Women's Air Force Service Pilots.
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On October 14, 1947 Chuck was the first avaitor to break the speed of sound. This act called for a whole lot of courage.
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In 1954 Ben became the first black general in the air force in history.
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After Daniel flew in World War 2 with the Tuskegee Airmen, his career skyrocketed. He also fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and commanded an airforce bace in, Libya.
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This is the day of his death.
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In 1991 Patty was the first woman to win the title of U.S. National Aerobatic Champion. She has many licences to fly all types of air-craft, including commercial and helicopters.
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This is the day Anne Morrow Lindbergh had died.
