Wright brothers

The Wright Brothers

  • Wilbur Was Born

    Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana, the middle child in a family of five children.
  • Orville Was Born

    Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio, one of five children of Susan Catherine Koerner, and Milton Wright
  • First Business

    when he was only 18 years old, Orville left high school and started a printing business, using a press that he had made himself.Wilbur joined the business, and they did very well.
  • Why they started on planes

    After there brother died they spent a lot of time in the library reading about planes because there brother died from a gust of wing on a glider.
  • Bicycling Shop

    when bicycling had become popular, the enterprising Wright brothers decided to open a bicycle repair shop across the street. Eventually they were building and selling custom-made bicycles as well as repairing them.
  • First Powered Human Flight

    They achieved powered human flight, and Orville was the pilot of the plane.
  • President Contacted Them

    Finally President Theodore Roosevelt contacted the Wright brothers and signed a deal with them to build airplanes for the US army. They continued to design and manufacture planes until...1912 when Wilbur Wright died.
  • Wilbur's death

    Wilbur died of typhoid fever he died in Dayton, Ohio.
  • Orville's Death

    He died in Dayton.