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  1. Wright, Orville 1871-1948 and Wilbur
  2. 1867-1912. US brothers who pioneered powered
  3. flight. Inspired by Otto Lilienthal's
  4. gliding, they perfected their piloted glider
  5. in 1902. In 1903 they built a powered machine
  6. and became the first to make a successful
  7. powered flight, near Kitty Hawk, North
  8. Carolina.
  9.