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Orville was 4 years older than Wilbur. Orville was born on August 19 1871 and Wilbur was born on April 16 1867. Wilbur and Orville grew up in Dayton Ohio.
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In 1878 their dad came home with a remote controlled plane and they started to wonder about how it flew in the air.
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When they were older neither of them went to college instead they made a print shop and started to make a newspaper.
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When they were older they made a glyder and tested it at Kitty Hawk and tried to make it better and better.
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Finally they made a plane that they thought worked so they went to Kitty Hawk and it was there first flight and it was 12 seconds long and went 20 feet.
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The Wright brothers built a factory for airplane parts to sell to poeple like the army, Great Britain, France, Germany and other inventors.
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Wilbur died when he was 45 years old. Wilbur died of an illness called typhoid.
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Wilbur and Orville Wrights memorail was built at Kitty Hawk and was put there for the first flight ever with a man controling plane.
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Orville died when he was 76 years old and died of a heart attack in Dayton ohio.
