Wright brothers

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1. Orville and Wilbur Wright, American mechanics and inventors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who achieved the first sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine — what we today call an airplane. Their flight was made at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

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Wright brothers

More than 120 years after the Wright brothers first took flight, America continues to stay at the forefront of aviation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

There has been talk of a third runway in west London since not long after the Wright brothers were first airborne.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025

Grover C. Bergdoll flying the plane he bought from the Wright brothers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024

Sixty-nine days later, the Wright brothers flew the first plane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024

Technological advances seem to come disproportionately from a few very rare geniuses, such as Johannes Gutenberg, James Watt, Thomas Edison, and the Wright brothers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond