Labels:text | man | human face | person | clothing | newspaper OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Wright, Orville & Wilbur Orville & Wilbur Wright The two great pioneers of powered flight had no formal training in engineering. Inspired by German glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal, they set about building a glider. Drawing upon skills that they had learned while running their own cycle company, the brothers completed the glider in 1900. However, it was not a success so they built a wind tunnel to test different designs. By 1903 they had designed a special engine to power their newly developed biplane, Flyer I. At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, Orville succeeded in flying it for 12 seconds over a distance of 120 feet; and by the end of the day Wilbur stayed airborne for 59 seconds, traveling 852 feet. Within two years they achieved a flight lasting almost an hour in Flyer III. Orville and Wilbur Wright, It was not easy convincing the world that U.S. aviation pioneers, flying machines were feasible, but eventually 1871-1948 and 1867-1912 they sold a plane to the U.S. Signal Corps in 1909. At the height of their success, in 1912, Wilbur died of typhoid. Orville then devoted himself to research, in his Dayton mansion, and was rarely seen in public. CHRONOLOGY
