Wright Brothers: Orville and Wilbur
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19 1871 to January 30 1948) and Wilbur (April 16 1867 to May 30 1912) were two American aviation pioneers. Orville and Wilbur Wright are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17 1903, 4 miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
The brothers gained the mechanical skills essential to their success by working for years in their Dayton, Ohio-based shop with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and other machinery.
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