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71+ Interesting Facts About Wright Brothers
Last updated on April 30th,
Most people are familiar with Orville and Wilbur Wrightas the brothers who were the first to fly a motorized plane and that they are honored at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base Museum. There are also plenty of stories about their adventures and lifestyles. The Wright Brothers were adventurous, creative in their ideas, amateur engineers in the development of planes and bicycle parts, and were loyal to each other throughout their lives.
The brothers grew up well, with caring, nurturing, and supportive parents. They were successful in all their endeavors, including those that had nothing to do with flying. They strove to always improve upon their planes, by refining and adding controls to make their aircrafts more reliable and maneuverable.&#;
Interesting facts about the Wright Brothers
1. The brothers&#; family moved to Dayton, Ohio when they were young, moved to Iowa, then moved back to Dayton when they were teens. The moves were always done for their father&#;s work as a minister and church leader.
2. Wilbur and Orville are the sons of Susan and Milton Wright. Both parents were sup
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Samuel Franklin Cody was a born showman - but separating fact from the fiction he created as part of his act around the theatres of Britain has taxed his biographers for years.
When he arrived in Europe in he claimed to be the son of Buffalo Bill Cody who had already popularised wild west shows playing on the public's fascination with the American West.
In fact the two were unrelated and the real Colonel Cody later sued in the courts to stop him repeating the claim. Far from being a relative, the man whose Aldershot grave bears the name Cody was actually born Cowdery, not in Indian country in Texas as he claimed, but the rather less romantic town of Davenport in Iowa.
Another claim that most of his family had been wiped out by marauding Indians was also part of the stage persona he adopted for a series of music hall shows involving tricks such as shooting items out of the lips of his newly acquired partner Leila.
Soon her children were roped into the ever more grandiose performances which reached a high point with a play penned by Cody called the Klondyke Nugget. Set against the background of the gold rush, it boasted a wealth
Orville and Wilbur Wright: The Brothers Who Changed Aviation
It was 12 seconds that would change the world forever. On the cold, windy morning of December 17, , on the sandy dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, a small handful of men gathered around a homemade mechanical contraption of wood and fabric. They were there to witness the culmination of years of study, trial and error, sweat and sacrifice made by two humble, modest men from Dayton, Ohio. That day, the Wright Brothers’ dreams of flight would come to fruition, as Orville Wright took to the sky for 12 bumpy seconds.
“I like to think about that first airplane, the way it sailed off in the air as pretty as any bird you ever laid your eyes on. I don’t think I ever saw a prettier sight in my life," eye-witness John T. Daniels later recalled.
Daniels was in awe of Orville and his older brother, Wilbur, who he called "the workingest boys" he ever met in his life. For these two thoughtful bachelor brothers, their years of low-key, methodical research had finally paid off. Always cautious, Orville was shocked at “our audacity in attempting flights in a new and untried machine under such circumstances.”
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