Labels:text | book OCR: A B ORVILLE WRIGHT 1871-1948 F F WILBUR WRIGHT G 1867-1912 H I THE PIONEERS OF FLIGHT, K Orville and Wilbur Wright, L were bom in Ohio. In 1893, they M opened a workshop together to N manufacture and repair bicycles, experimented with powered flight using a homemade engine. Their P but their real fascination was flying. O Undeterred by those who had first flight of 25 yards (23 m) was in 1903. By 1905, they had managed R died trying to achieve flight, they to fly 25 miles (10 km). S read all they could on the subject. The Wrights sold their airplanes T They constructed gliders and, to the American army, and Wilbur when these were successful, they toured Europe demonstrating the W new machines to thrilled onlookers. Wilbur died of typhoid in 1912. X Orville remained in the aircraft Airplane business until his death in 1948. Z M
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