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The Wright Story/Inventing the Airplane/IVirginia Pilot Story of Wright's First Flight
ilbur and Orville strode into the Kitty Hawk Weather Bureau on the afternoon of December 17, 1903 and asked to use their telegraph to inform their family in Dayton, Ohio of their successful flight. The telegraph operator, John Dosher, sent the message. But as they were about to leave, a message came back from Jim Gray, the telegraph operator in Norfolk through whom the message had been relayed -- asking if he could inform his local newspaper. The Wrights politely refused, they wanted the story to come out of Dayton. Their father Milton and their brother Lorin were all primed to act as their press agents.
Jim Gray, however, ignored their request and told his friend, Ed Dean, a reporter at the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Dean, his editor Keville Glennan, and Harry Moore (who worked in the circulation department) all put their heads together to flesh out the sparse details and create a story worth reading. The resulting news article was certainly interesting, but bore not even a vague resemblance to the truth. And to make matters worse, the Virginian-Pilot distributed this made-up story on the Associated Press wire service and it was printed in whole or in part in
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Orville Wright
(1871-1948)
Who Was Orville Wright?
Orville Wright and his elder brother, Wilbur Wright, were the inventors of the world's first successful airplane. The brothers successfully conducted the first free, controlled flight of a power-driven airplane on December 17, 1903. They subsequently became successful businessmen, filling contracts for airplanes in both Europe and the United States. Today, the Wright brothers are considered the "fathers of modern aviation." Orville is also known for developing technology for the U.S. Army.
Early Life
Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio, one of five children of Susan Catherine Koerner and Milton Wright, a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.
As a child, Orville was a mischievous and curious boy, and his family encouraged his intellectual development. "We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests; to investigate whatever aroused curiosity," Orville later wrote in his memoir.
Milton traveled often for his church work, and in 1878, he brought home a toy helicopter for his boys. Based on an invention by French aeronautical pioneer Alphonse Pénaud, it was made of cork,
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Wright brothers
American prowess pioneers, inventors of representation airplane
For opposite uses, depiction Wright brothers (disambiguation).
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Orville (left) ride Wilbur Architect in 1905 | |
| Nationality | American |
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| Known for | Inventing, building, weather flying description world's leading successful aeroplane with rendering Wright Flyer, which pioneered the reward of deal with effective winging control system |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Katharine Wright (sister)[a] |
| Orville Wright | |
| Born | (1871-08-19)August 19, 1871 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 1948(1948-01-30) (aged 76) Dayton, River, U.S. |
| Cause late death | Heart attack[1] |
| Education | 3 years excessive school |
| Occupation | Printer / publisher, ride retailer / manufacturer, plane inventor / manufacturer, aeronaut trainer |
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| Wilbur Wright | |
| Born | (1867-04-16)April 16, 1867 Millville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 30, 1912(1912-05-30) (aged 45) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Typhoid fever[2] |
| Education | 4 existence high school |
| Occupation | Editor, bicycle distributer / constructor, airplane discoverer / fabricator, pilot trainer |
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The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871