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    The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers...
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    warping' it was relatively unstable and very difficult to fly. The Wright brothers flew it four times in a location now part of the town of Kill Devil...
    51 KB (5,926 words) - 10:49, 16 April 2024
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    Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air...
    19 KB (1,876 words) - 03:01, 29 November 2023
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    their "Wright Brothers moment", by analogy to the first successful powered airplane flight on Earth. A small piece of the wing cloth from the Wright brothers'...
    136 KB (10,321 words) - 13:48, 8 May 2024
  • Wright Brothers Day (December 17) is a United States national observation. It is codified in the US Code, and commemorates the first successful flights...
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    controversy exists over credit for the invention of the aileron. The Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss fought a years-long legal battle over the Wright...
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    Greenfield Village, Michigan, for display. Sharkey's quest to preserve the Wright brothers' legacy began when he purchased their last surviving bicycle shop in...
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    Outer Banks (category Wright brothers)
    nickname Graveyard of the Atlantic. The Outer Banks were also home to the Wright brothers' first flight in a controlled, powered, heavier-than-air vehicle on...
    31 KB (3,311 words) - 16:18, 2 April 2024
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    of a fixed-wing aircraft. The technique, used and patented by the Wright brothers, consisted of a system of pulleys and cables to twist the trailing...
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    significance came with the construction of the first powered airplane by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s. Since that time, aviation has been technologically...
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    Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (category Wright brothers)
    the Wright brothers' first controlled, powered airplane flights on December 17, 1903, chosen for its good winds. It was commemorated by the Wright Brothers...
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    The Wright Brothers Medal was conceived of in 1924 by the Dayton Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the SAE established it in 1927 to...
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    The Wright Model B was an early pusher biplane designed by the Wright brothers in the United States in 1910. It was the first of their designs to be built...
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    Wright Cycle Company (category Wright brothers)
    The bicycle business of the Wright brothers, the Wright Cycle Company (originally the Wright Cycle Exchange) successively occupied six different locations...
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    School at College Park, Md., at 6:30 o'clock this evening. Pioneer Flyers Who Trained At Wright Brothers Field Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine...
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  • Pan American Aviation Day (category Wright brothers)
    mechanically propelled heavier-than-air craft, accomplished on December 17, 1903, by the Wright brothers near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 36 U.S.C. § 134 v t e...
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    The Wright Model A was an early aircraft produced by the Wright Brothers in the United States beginning in 1906. It was a development of their Flyer III...
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    Wright Company (category Wright brothers)
    Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them on November 22, 1909, in conjunction with several...
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  • The Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy was established by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA) in 1948 after a trust fund was created in 1936 by Godfrey...
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  • This Is America, Charlie Brown (category Cultural depictions of the Wright brothers)
    events portrayed and the historical figures included — such as the Wright Brothers and George Washington — the opposite of most Charlie Brown cartoons...
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