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Orville Wright is born
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Wilbur Wright is born
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Intro into aerodynamics and aeronautics
Orville and Wilbur are given a small rubber band helicopter by their father which they repliccate and improve. wright-brothers.org -
Orville Drops out of high school and opens a new print shop
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Wilbur joins his brother's buisness
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The brothers start to repair bicycles
Due to the bicycle craze and their passion for riding, the brothers decide to start repairing bike in their side time for money. wright-brothers.org -
Bike manufacturing
Wilbur and Orvill decide to go fro. repairing bikes to designing and manufacturing them. wright-brothers.org -
Ideas for better air machines
After seeing ideas that people had for planes. Wilbur finds the first suitable way to control a flying machine. wright-brothers.org -
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Gliders
The brothers make their first real entrance into the air world by building and testing a number of gliders. wright-brothers.org -
First flight
After designing a gas engine and propellar, the brothers are able to make the first ever propelled flight. wright-brothers.org -
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Fine tuning
After their first successful flight, the brothers build a testing field and make modifications until they are able to fully control a plane and keep it in the air for a considerable amount of time. wright-brothers.org -
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continuing the buisness
The brothers continue on their buisness and awe the world with better airplanes and shows.wright-brothers.org wright-brothers.org -
Wilbur dies of typhoid
due to stress and contraction of typhoid, Wilbur dies almost 34 years before his brother. wright-brothers.org -
Orville sells the buisness
After his brothers death, Orville becomes uninterested in building the wright airplane anymore and decides to move on by selling the comany. wright-brothers.org -
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Continuing the legacy
After the death of his brother and the selling of the company, Orville contiues on and becomes the leading pioneer in the aeronautics field. He ends up helping develope NASA and helps to create and perfect airplanes throughout his life. wright-brothers.org -
Orville dies of a heart attack at his home.
