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Wilber Wright is born in Millville, Indiana.
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Orville Wright is born in Dayton Ohio.
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Milton wright brongs home a toy helicopter that sparks the interest in powered flight in his sons.
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Orville Wright starts building kites as a hobby.
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At 18 years old, Orville Wright leaves high school to start a printing business using a press he made himself.
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The Wright Cycle Company is created and gives the brothers both the extra time and money to work on powered flight.
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THe Wright brothers have their energy focused on flight by two the death of a famous glider pilot and the successful launching of unmaned models.
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The Wright brothers begin serious work in aviation.
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The Wright Brothers move to Kitty Hawk to better test test their experiments.
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The Wright brothers are the first to achieve manned, powered, heavier than air flight.
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President Theadore Rosevelt contacts the Wright brothers and asks them to build planes for the U.S. army.
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Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid fever at his family home in Dayton, Ohio.
