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Wilbur Wright was born
Wilbur Wright was born to Milton and Susan Wright in Millville, Indiana. -
Orville was born
milton moved his family to Dayton, Ohio where Orville was born -
Toy helicopter
IN 1878 Milter wright brought home a rubber band powerd helicopter although the fragile toy soon broke the brothers never forgot it. They attempted to build there own and this is what sparked there intrest in flying -
Cycle Company
Through out there lives the brothers were involved in several ventures to make money. However it wasnt until 1892 when they formed the Wright Cycle Compony. -
The Reslesness
The buisness was going well but the brothers were resless due to the death of Otto Lilienthal and the successful unmanned launching of powered models by Samuel Langley. -
Work begins
The Wrights serious work in aviation began Wilbur took the lead in the early stages of their work to solve the problems of flight, but Orville was soon drawn in as an equal collaborator. They quickly developed their own theories and, for the next four years, devoted themselves to the goal of human flight. -
Achieving Controll
The brothers wanted the controll of the plane to depend on the pilot. This sparked wilbur's study of birs. They tested wing-warping the forerunner of ailerons on a 5-foot biplane kite. -
Winds
The brothers soon realized that weather conditions in Dayton were not suitable for extensive flying experiments. They wrote the National Weather Bureau in Washington, D.C., requesting a list of places on the east coast where the winds were constant. -
Flight
Orville and Wibur Wright became the first people to fly a heavier-than-air, power-controlled machine, known as the Wright Flyer. -
The Death Of Wilbur
Wilbur Wright fell ill on a trip to Boston in April 1912. After being diagnosed with typhoid fever, he died at his family home in Dayton, Ohio.