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On April 16, 1867 Wilbur Wright was born in Millville, Indiana.
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On August 19, 1871 Orville Wright was born in Dayton, Ohio.
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In 1893 the Wright brothers opened a small bicycle rental and repair shop, The Wright Cycle Company.
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On May 30, 1899 the Wrights wrote a letter to the Smithsonian Institution to express their desire to join the aeronautical community.
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In July of 1899 the Wright brothers created their first aircraft, a biplane kite.
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Wilbur Wright began assemblong the Wright brother's biplane (a kite) in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on September 12, 1900.
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On October 18, Wilbur Wright flew the glider 300 to 400 feet for about 15 seconds.
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From July 17 to August 16 the Wright brothers tested a glider with a 290 square feet of wing area, a wing-warping control system used to turn the aircraft.
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The Wright brothers returned to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina to create a new glider. This time, it had a new wing design.
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On December 14, 2014 Wilbur won the coin toss and got to make the first test flight. The Flyer did take flight but crashed because there was not enough wind. This took place on Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright flew the Flyer. The airccraft flew 120 feet of ground and ramained airborne for 12 seconds. This flight took flight at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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On October 5, Wilbur Wright took flight. He circled the field 30 times in just 39 minutes. The distance totaled 24 1/2 miles. At this point, the Wright brothers had a "practical airplane" and began seeking a consumer.
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In the spring of 1908, the Wright brothers received their patent and began sharing their invention to consumers in the United States and in European countries.
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On September 3, 1908 Orville made the first public flight at Fort Myer in Virginia. The airplane crashed, killing passenger Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge. Orville survived.
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On August 2, 1909, the United States Army accepted its first airplane from the Wrights brothers.
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On May 30, 1912 Wilbur Wright died in Dayton, Ohio. He was 45.
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On January 30, 1948 Orville Wright died in Dayton, Ohio. He was 76.
