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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wright brothers canonical | 22 |
| The Wright Brothers | 2 |
| Pioneer aviators | 1 |
| The Wright brothers | 1 |
| aviation pioneer Wright brothers | 1 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation pioneer
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inventor collective ⓘ sibling duo ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Dayton
ⓘ
surface form:
Dayton, Ohio
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| conductedWindTunnelTests | 1901 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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)
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| influenced |
early 20th-century aviation industry
ⓘ
modern aeronautical engineering ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Octave Chanute
ⓘ
Otto Lilienthal ⓘ Samuel Pierpont Langley ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Langley
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| 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)
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surface form:
Wright Flyer
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| 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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