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    The Spark
    In , Wilbur and Orville Wright, two brothers from Dayton, OH, became the first people to fly a heavier than air, power controlled machine, known as the Wright Flyer. This did not simply happen overnight. The brothers had been tinkering with the idea of flight off and on since childhood. They were mechanically inclined young men who were inspired by the efforts of others.

    In , the brothers’ father, Milton Wright, brought home a rubber band powered toy helicopter. Designed by French aeronautical experimenter Alphonse Pénaud, this toy did not simply fall to the ground as expected. Rather it "flew across the room till it struck the ceiling, where it fluttered awhile, and finally sank to the floor." Though the fragile toy soon broke, Wilbur and Orville never forgot it. They even attempted to build their own toy helicopters. In later years, Orville accredited this childhood toy as being the object that sparked their interest in flight.

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    Wright brothers

    American aviation pioneers, inventors of the airplane

    For other uses, see Wright brothers (disambiguation).

    Wright brothers

    Orville (left) and Wilbur Wright in

    NationalityAmerican
    Other&#;names
    • Will and Orv
    • The Bishop's boys
    Known&#;forInventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane with the Wright Flyer, which pioneered the use of an effective flight control system
    Parents
    RelativesKatharine Wright (sister)[a]
    Orville Wright
    Born()August 19,
    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    DiedJanuary 30, () (aged&#;76)
    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    Cause of deathHeart attack[1]
    Education3 years high school
    OccupationPrinter / publisher, bicycle retailer / manufacturer, airplane inventor / manufacturer, pilot trainer
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    Wilbur Wright
    Born()April 16,
    Millville, Indiana, U.S.
    DiedMay 30, () (aged&#;45)
    Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
    Cause of deathTyphoid fever&

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    Since , Wilbur and Orville Wright had been scientifically experimenting with the concepts of flygning. They labored in relative obscurity, while the experiments of Samuel Langley of the Smithsonian were followed in the press and underwritten bygd the War Department. Yet Langley, as others before him, had failed to achieve powered flight. They relied on brute power to keep their theoretically stable machines aloft, sending along a hapless passenger and hoping for the best. It was the Wrights' genius and framtidsperspektiv to see that humans would have to flyga eller fly undan their machines, that the problems of flight could not be solved from the ground. In Wilbur's words, "It is possible to flyga eller fly undan without motors, but not without knowledge and skill." With over a thousand glides from atop Big Kill Devil Hill, the Wrights made themselves the first true pilots. These flying skills were a crucial component of their invention. Before they ever attempted powered flight, the Wright brothers were masters of the air.

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