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Wilbur Wright was born in Millville, Indiana. He was his father's favorite child and had the biggest personality among the siblings.
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Milton Wright's appointment as editor of the United Brethren in Christ church newpaper took his family to Dayton where his sons would make the city famous.
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Orville Wright was born in Dayton on August 19, 1871, and showed an interest in technology and science in his early life.
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Milton Wright and his family returned to Dayton for good in 1884, the Wright brothers lived a happy and contented life in that city.
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Wilbur was very injured in playing ice hockey during winter in 1885-1886. He damaged his face and teeth, but that healed, he had problems with lingering heart and digestive problems.
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He wasn't sure about his health and future, and he left his plans to attend Yale and descended into reading and contemplation.
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Around Wilbur's accident, Wilbur's mother, Susan Wright, was sick with tuberculosis and needed care, Wilbur devoted his life to nursing his mother until she died in 1889.
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The Wright brothers established a close working relationship while publishing the west side news
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This 1900 glider was the Wrights' first piloted aircraft, it was tested at Kitty Hawk in the fall of thay year.
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It was the biggest glider yet, latget than its predecessor, the 1901 Glider had a lack of lift and control problems.
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This 1902 glider performed much better than the ones before this. They gathered enough aerodynamic data to build a successful flying machine.
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The Wright Brothers made four small flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. They finally successfuly made an airplane.
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Wilbur and Orville had to refin their design with two more powered aircrafts in 1904 and 1905 since the flyer in 1903 only performed short, straight-line flights, and they needed to show that it could turn and fly over more commonplace terrain.
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The Wright brothers made a statement to the Associated Press about their Kitty Hawk flights. They gave an account of the events, and then in closing affirmed that they had achieve their goal that says, "We packed our goods and returned home, knowing that the age of the flying machine had come at last."
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In 1906 and 1907 the Wright brothers did not fly,even a bit. They turned their attention to securing their patent and finding customers to but their invention.
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The Wright brothers began to tell about their invention all over the world and negotiation the sale of their invention.
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The Wright brothers returned back to America in May 1909, and they were celebrated with the same attention and adulation that had been with them in Europe. They took the public awarness as a distraction and made it known that they would like to get back to work quietly.
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The Wright brothers wanted to sell their first airplane type called the Wright Model B. The airplane offered a natural extension of these reconnaissance capibilities during the Civil War in the late 19th-century European conflicts.
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At 3:15 in the mornining Wilbur Wright died at the age of 44, 1 month and 14 days.
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Orville Wright sold his intrest in the Wright Company in 1915 and went into the role of aviation elder statesman and national folk hero.
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Statues and memorials came up from almost everywhere and the biggest and best is a 60-foot granite shaft, with feathered wings sculpted into the sides, and dedicated in 1932.
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Orville Wright had his second heart attack in four months on January 27, 1948 and died three days after when he was 76.
