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NAME: Wilbur Wright
BORN: April 16, 1867 COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS: (born, Millville,Indiana); hometown...Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County) OCCUPATION: aviator, inventor DIED: May 30, 1912 Images National Memorial "The Wright Stuff" Wright State Materials Return to Main Page Return to Name index Return to Career Index Return to County Index |
FAST FACTS:
The Wright Brothers achieved the first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Orville Wright was the pilot of the historic flight. In 1909, the brothers received a United States Army contract for the world's first military aircraft.
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