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Orville Wright was born on Auguat 16,1871
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The brothers successfully conducted the first free, controlled flight of a power-driven airplane on December 17, 1903.
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Orville headed to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their flying machine in hopes of winning government and army contracts. In July 1909,
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On May 25, 1910, Orville flew for six minutes with Wilbur as his passenger—marking the first and only flight the brothers would make together.
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He died in Dayton on January 30, 1948.