Wright brothers

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The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, were American aviation pioneers credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first successful powered airplane in 1903.

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Wright brothers canonical 22
The Wright Brothers 2
Pioneer aviators 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviation pioneer
inventor collective
sibling duo
basedIn Dayton
surface form: Dayton, Ohio
conductedWindTunnelTests 1901
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfFirstPoweredFlight 1903-12-17
designed Wright Flyer (1903)
surface form: Wright Flyer I

Wright Flyer II
Wright Flyer III
developed custom lightweight aircraft engine
three-axis aircraft control system
wing-warping control method
fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering
aviation
founded Wright Company
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: National Historic Landmark (Wright Flyer)
influenced early 20th-century aviation industry
modern aeronautical engineering
influencedBy Octave Chanute
Otto Lilienthal
Samuel Pierpont Langley
surface form: Samuel Langley
knownFor developing three-axis control for aircraft
early glider experiments
inventing the first successful powered airplane
member Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
notableAchievement first controlled, sustained flight of a powered heavier-than-air machine
notableWork Wright Flyer (1903)
surface form: Wright Flyer
occupation aviation pioneers
engineers
inventors
operatedBusiness Wright Cycle Company
patent US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine)
placeOfFirstPoweredFlight Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
recognizedAs pioneers of powered flight
recognizedBy Smithsonian Institution
subjectOf Wright Brothers National Memorial
usedTestingSite Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

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College Park Airport associatedWith Wright brothers
National Inventors Hall of Fame notable inductee Wright brothers
this entity surface form: The Wright brothers
Wright Flyer (1903) manufacturer Wright brothers
Wright Flyer (1903) engineManufacturer Wright brothers
Wright Flyer (1903) operatedBy Wright brothers
Wright State University namedAfter Wright brothers
Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography notableWinner Wright brothers
this entity surface form: The Wright Brothers
Battle of Kitty Hawk hasMainSubject Wright brothers
Wright Peak namedFor Wright brothers
this entity surface form: aviation pioneer Wright brothers
Curtiss-Wright Corporation namedAfter Wright brothers
Wright hasNotableBearer Wright brothers
KCGS associatedWith Wright brothers
College Park Airfield associatedWith Wright brothers
Gustave Whitehead comparedWith Wright brothers
Otto Lilienthal influenced Wright brothers
Otto Lilienthal influenced Wright brothers
this entity surface form: Pioneer aviators
David McCullough notableWork Wright brothers
this entity surface form: The Wright Brothers