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Wikipedia: The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
![[Wilbur flying almost four circles of Huffman Prairie, about 2 and 3/4 miles in 5 minutes 4 seconds]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WrightFlyer1904Circling_s.jpg "Wilbur flying almost four circles of Huffman Prairie, about 2 and 3/4 miles in 5 minutes 4 seconds")
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![[Wilbur makes a turn using wing-warping and the movable rudder, October 24, 1902.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1902_Wright_glider_turns_s.jpg "Wilbur makes a turn using wing-warping and the movable rudder, October 24, 1902.")
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![[U.S. Patent and Trademark Office archive]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WrightPatentIntro_s.jpg "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office archive")
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![[Original 1903 Wright Flyer in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wright_flyer_s.jpg "Original 1903 Wright Flyer in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D")
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![['A Big Improvement'At left, 1901 glider flown by Wilbur and Orville]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WrightGlidersSideBySide_s.jpg "'A Big Improvement'At left, 1901 glider flown by Wilbur and Orville")
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![[Replica of the Wright brothers' wind tunnel at the Virginia Air and Space Center]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WB_Wind_Tunnel_s.jpg "Replica of the Wright brothers' wind tunnel at the Virginia Air and Space Center")
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![[Park Ranger Tom White demonstrates a replica of the Wright brothers 1899 box kite at the Wright Brothers Memorial]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Park_Ranker_Wright_Brothers_Memorial_s.jpg "Park Ranger Tom White demonstrates a replica of the Wright brothers 1899 box kite at the Wright Brothers Memorial")
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![[Wright Model A Flyer flown by Wilbur 1908-09 and launching derrick, France, 1909]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1909_Flyer_and_Derrick_s.jpg "Wright Model A Flyer flown by Wilbur 1908-09 and launching derrick, France, 1909")
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![[Wright brothers' home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton about 1900]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WrightBrothersHome_s.jpg "Wright brothers' home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton about 1900")
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![[Orville at Kitty Hawk with the 1901 glider, its nose pointed skyward]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wright1901GliderBottom_s.jpg "Orville at Kitty Hawk with the 1901 glider, its nose pointed skyward")
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![[The 1900 glider. No photo was taken with a pilot aboard.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WrightBrothers1900Glider_s.jpg "The 1900 glider. No photo was taken with a pilot aboard.")
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![[Wright brothers' bicycle at the National Air and Space Museum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WrightBrothersBicycle_s.jpg "Wright brothers' bicycle at the National Air and Space Museum")
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![[Orville's notebook entry of December 17, 1903]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wright_diary1_s.jpg "Orville's notebook entry of December 17, 1903")
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![[A picture of Wright brothers]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HartBerg_with_WilburWright_s.jpg "A picture of Wright brothers")
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![[Orville Wright, 1928.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Orville_Wright_1928_s.jpg "Orville Wright, 1928.")
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![[Wright brothers at the Belmont Park Aviation Meet in 1910]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wright_Brothers_in_1910_s.jpg "Wright brothers at the Belmont Park Aviation Meet in 1910")
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![[Wilbur Wright pilots the 1902 glider over the Kill Devil Hills, October 10, 1902]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1902_WrightBrosGlider_s.jpg "Wilbur Wright pilots the 1902 glider over the Kill Devil Hills, October 10, 1902")
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![[A Wright engine, serial number 17, circa 1910, is on display at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks,...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wright_brothers_engine_17_s.jpg "A Wright engine, serial number 17, circa 1910, is on display at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks,...")
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![[Wright 1899 kite: front and side views, with control sticks]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/WrightBrothers1899Kite_s.jpg "Wright 1899 kite: front and side views, with control sticks")
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