Orville Wright

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aviation pioneer businessperson engineer human inventor

Orville Wright was an American aviation pioneer who, with his brother Wilbur, achieved the first controlled, powered airplane flight and helped usher in the era of modern aviation.

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Orville Wright canonical 26

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviation pioneer ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
awardReceived Collier Trophy ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour
burialPlace Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
coFounderOf Wright Company ⓘ
Wright Cycle Company ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1871-08-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1948-01-30 ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent 1903-12-17 ⓘ
designed Wright Flyer (1903) ⓘ
surface form: Wright Flyer I

Wright Flyer II ⓘ
Wright Flyer III ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of English ancestry ⓘ
familyName Wright ⓘ
father Milton Wright ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
aviation ⓘ
fullName Orville Wright self-link ⓘ
givenName Orville ⓘ
hasPlaceNamedAfter Dayton–Wright Brothers Airport ⓘ
surface form: Orville Wright Airport

Orville Wright Federal Building ⓘ
Orville Wright Middle School ⓘ
influenced development of modern aviation ⓘ
knownFor developing three-axis aircraft control system ⓘ
pioneering practical fixed-wing aviation ⓘ
memberOf NACA ⓘ
surface form: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
mother Susan Catherine Koerner Wright ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air machine ⓘ
notableWork Wright Flyer (1903) ⓘ
surface form: Wright Flyer
occupation aviation pioneer ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
partnerInAchievement Wilbur Wright ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfSignificantEvent Kitty Hawk, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States
religion United Brethren in Christ (family background) ⓘ
residence Dayton, Ohio, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Katharine Wright ⓘ
Wilbur Wright ⓘ
significantEvent first powered flight at Kitty Hawk ⓘ

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Elliott Cresson Medal → notableRecipient → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base → namedAfter → Orville Wright ⓘ
John Fritz Medal → notableRecipient → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright Brothers National Memorial → commemorates → Orville Wright ⓘ
Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio → hasNotableResident → Orville Wright ⓘ
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park → associatedWith → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright Flyer (1903) → designer → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright Flyer (1903) → engineDesigner → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright Flyer (1903) → firstFlightPilot → Orville Wright ⓘ
Daniel Guggenheim Medal → notableRecipient → Orville Wright ⓘ
Collier Trophy → notableRecipient → Orville Wright ⓘ
Orville Wright → fullName → Orville Wright self-link ⓘ
Wright Brothers’ workshop (relocated) → usedBy → Orville Wright ⓘ
Battle of Kitty Hawk → significantParticipant → Orville Wright ⓘ
Orville → basedOn → Orville Wright ⓘ
Orville → nameInspiredBy → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright brothers → member → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright → hasNotableBearer → Orville Wright ⓘ
National Aviation Hall of Fame → hasInductee → Orville Wright ⓘ
FFO → namedAfter → Orville Wright ⓘ
subject surface form: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wilbur Wright → sibling → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wilbur Wright → partnerInInvention → Orville Wright ⓘ
College Park Airfield → associatedWith → Orville Wright ⓘ
Orville → hasNotableBearer → Orville Wright ⓘ
Langley Medal → firstRecipient → Orville Wright ⓘ
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy → namedAfter → Orville Wright ⓘ