the wright brothers
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
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Orville Wright and assistants prepare the
Wright brothers' aircraft for take off at
Tempelhof Field, Berlin, 1909.
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The first time Wilbur and Orville started to
call themselves as "The Wright Brothers"
was when they started their own printing
firm at the ages of 22 and 18. Using a
damaged tombstone and buggy parts, they
built a press and printed odd jobs as well
as their own newspaper.
In 1892, the brothers bought bicycles. They
began repairing bicycles for friends, then
started their own repair business. They
opened up a bicycle shop in 1893, and three
years later, made their own bicycles called
Van Cleves and St.
Clair's.
While nursing Orville, who was sick with
typhoid in 1896, Wilbur read about the
death of a famous German glider pilot. The
news led him to take an interest in flying.
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The Wright brothers were two of seven children born to Milton wright.
Wilbur was born near Millville Indiana, in 1867 and Orville in Dayton Ohio,
in 1871. The brothers never married. In elementary school, Orville was given
to mischief and was once expelled.
Orville (left) and Wilbur (right) in 1876.
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