Orville+Wright

Born: August 19, 1871 Died: January 30, 1948 [|Google Map] written eulogy.pdf "Wright Bros. Areoplane Co.." August 28, 2006. Wright Bros. Areoplane Co.. 8 Oct 2008 . "Biography of Orville Wright." __Nasa__. Nasa. 25 Sep 2008 .
 * Both Orville and his brother may have been merely nominal Protestants as adults.
 * Orville Wright never married, but he was the sixth of seven children growing up. The oldest Wright child was Reuchlin Wright, then Lorin, Wilbur, Otis and Ida, Orville, and Katharine. Otis and Ida both died in infancy.
 * Growing up, Orville always enjoyed inventing. One of the sparks for his interest in aviation in childhood was when his father, Bishop Milton Wright, brought home a toy Penaud helicopter. This intrigued both Wilbur and Orville, and they became interested in flight for a short period of time. The brothers were very close all there lives, and worked many jobs together, leading to their work on the “Wright Flyer.”
 * Otto Lilienthal, a German engineer, died trying to perfect his latest single surface glider. The tragedy renewed the brothers' interest in the problem of human flight. The brothers' were convinced that it is possible, so they begin their research on the “Wright Flyer” which would soon become the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.
 * His keen interest in aviation, and inventing lead to ease of international travel, and in fact flights to the moon. He will always be remembered for his beloved, serviceable invention of the airplane.
 * Orville Wright simply died of old at when he was 77.