The Wright Brothers
Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Catharine Wright had four sons, Reuchlin, Lorin, Wilbur, and Orville, and one daughter Katharine. Little did Susan Wright know that she had given birth to one of the world's most famous inventive partnerships. Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana. Orville was born 4 years later on August 19, 1871, in the families newly built home at 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio. A minister in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Milton Wright moved his family to Dayton so he could edit the church newspaper published there. The Wrights stayed in Dayton until 1878, when Milton was elected bishop and moved the family to Iowa. In 1885, they returned to the house at 7 Hawthorn Street. As the boys grew older, their parents encouraged them to pursue intellectual interests. They had two libraries in their house; books on theology were kept in the bishop's study, while the downstairs library had a large and diverse collection. This kept them always reading and learning while they were not at school. Although their dad was a firm disciplinarian, both parents were loving and kept the family a close one. Every once and awhile, Milton would bring them various souvenirs and trin
They quickly developed their own theories, and for the next four years devoted themselves to the goal of human flight. He chose a remote sandy area off the coast of North Carolina named Kitty Hawk where there would be no fanfare or no media. This allowed them to test propeller shapes in their wind tunnel, discovering an efficient shape. Even though the flight only lasted 12 seconds and covering just 120 feet, Orville did what men and women had only dreamed about, he flew. He quit school before his senior year to start a printing business with his brother. They had to make one more breakthrough to be successful here; they had to understand how propellers worked. Wilbur believed this arrangement would permit the pilot to practice the skills needed to fly even if the craft was not yet fully airworthy. As the engine broke in, the next year, it began to produce more horsepower, and better flights. Wilbur alone recognized the need to control a flying machine in its three axes of motion: pitch, roll, and yaw. But the legacy of Wilbur and his brother will go on forever as being known as the first men ever to fly in a heavier-then-air machine. In 1909 Wilbur flew in Italy and Orville in Berlin, Germany. The following year, in 1901, the Wright brothers returned to North Carolina and tested a new and improved glider with a 22-foot wingspan.
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