Wright Brothers

Orville: born 1871, died 1948

Wilbur: born 1867, died 1912

American brothers and aviation pioneers, credited with inventing & flying world’s first successful plane.

Opened bike repair & sales shop, giving them opportunity to work on gears & mechanics.

Made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Neil Armstrong carried part of their original “1903 Flyer” to moon.

Orville said: “The greatest thing in our favor was growing up in a family where there was always much encouragement to intellectual curiosity.”