
Co-inventor of the first successful powered airplane.
Orville Wright and his brother Wilbur were American inventors who built and flew the first powered, controlled airplane in 1903. Orville piloted that historic first flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers studied how birds fly and tested their ideas carefully to solve the problem of controlled flight.
Era
1900s
Field
Aviation
Co-inventor of the first successful powered airplane.
Engineering · Aviation · 1900s
Orville Wright and his brother Wilbur were American inventors who built and flew the first powered, controlled airplane in 1903. Orville piloted that historic first flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers studied how birds fly and tested their ideas carefully to solve the problem of controlled flight.
Helped build and fly the first successful powered, controlled airplane.
Every airplane that carries people and cargo around the world today builds on the Wright brothers' breakthrough.
Wilkinson STEM Education Foundation · 251 American Innovators · wilkinsonstemfoundation.org