~~Orville Wright- Born on August 19th 1871 in Dayton Ohio, and Died on January 30th 1948 in Dayton Ohio.
~~Wilbur Wright- Born on April 16th 1867 in Milville Indiana and died on May 30th 1912 in Dayton Ohio.
~~They were two american brothers that invented and built the world's first successful airplane.
~~Also they were in the making of the first controlled and sustaind heavier than air flight.
~~Their invention was the three axis control which creates the ability for a pilot to steer the airplane and keep it at its equilibrium.
~Both Wilbur and Oriville attended highschool but neither recieved their diploma because of their abrupt move not allowing them to graduate after four years of high school.
~They were two of seven children in the Wright family.
~The brothers spent a lot of time observing the flight of birds as they found that they flew into the air and the air flow and columns of air carried them afloat in the air.
~They began to begin with a series of gliders that were both manned and unmanned.
~They choose Kitty Hawk, North Carolina as the test sight of their first real life glider test.
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