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Wilbur Wright was born in Dayton ohio. He was born on april 16 1867. He was born in a hospital in Dayton.
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Orville Wright was also born in Dayton Ohio. He was born on august 19 1871. he was the forth child of bishop milton wright and susan catharine wright
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Orville begins to publish the weekly West Side News. Editor and publisher, he maintains an active interest in printing and publishing for several years.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright created there first glider in 1901. It is called kittyhawk. there insperation came from thre dad. he came home with a toy plane.
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The Wright brothers built a homemade wind tunnel to test planes and conduct tests on air foils. It was built near there camp at kittyhawk.
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The wright brothers apply for a pattent on there flying machine. The pattent finnally is issued in 1906.
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When testing the cylinder aircraft, there propeller broke twice and almost caused injury. They returned to dayton ohio to make replacments.
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the Wrights start to expierment with propellers and begin on a cylander aircraft. They work on that throughout the whole year of 1903.
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they create the glider of 1909 and it is more successful then the glider of 1901, but could use some tweaking. It was almost perfect.
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wilbur dies of typhoid fever in dayton leaving orville to run everything alone. his brothers death did not make him sad, it motivated him to finish the plane.
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Both of orvilles brothers die and he is very sad.
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orville perfects the cylinder plane and fies a certain hight for two minates. All were amazed at how far they had come and thoght that would never happen.
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there is a wilbur and orville wright memorial in dayton ohio made and dedicated to them and there planes. It was near huffman praire.
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many of the planes like the glider of 1902 are donated to to musemums and are then packed away so they dont get broken during WW2
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orville dies of heart attack in dayton ohio. All are in shock because it was so sudden.
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there plane of 1903 is sent to the smithsonion and was presented in ceremony to always remember these great american pioneers for all they have done.
