Wilbur and Orville were brothers that were fascinated with anything that could fly. Wilbur was the older of the two and was born on a small farm near Millville, Indiana April 16, 1867, and Orville was born four years later on August 19, 1871. Their father, Milton Wright, was the local minister, and there mother was Susan Catherine Koerner Wright. When Wilbur and Orville were young boys they received a gift from there father, a sma

ll helicopter, this toy helicopter is what first interested the brothers in flying. While they were young they were so interested in flying that they watched birds and built kites that they flew around. While the brothers were still in high school, Orville built his own printing press which later became the press that both Wilbur and Orville used to print a weekly newspaper, although neither of the brothers went on to college. In 1892 the Wright brothers opened up their own bicycle shop, where they built and fixed bikes for the public. This bicycle shop later became the place where they built and worked on the gliders and airplanes.

In 1899, both Wilbur and Orville Wright decided to dedicate there lives to the study of flying. After studying and reading all they could about flying and how to build gliders, the brothers decided to build a glider of their own. Using the bicycle shop as a workshop to build the glider, they built their own engine and propellers that they used in the flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. After building their first glider they needed a place where the winds were strong and steady enough, and a place private enough so they could test their new glider with as much privacy as they could get from prying eyes. The Weather Bureau suggested that the winds at Kitty Hawk were prefect conditions for their first flight. In 1903 the Wright brothers arrived in Kitty Hawk with there airplane that they named “The Flyer.” On December 17, 1903 “The Fly

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