Fun Facts:

-On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright completed the first successful flight.
-The brothers were the oldest two out of seven children.
-Wilbur completed high school, while Orville did not; however, neither received a diploma.
-The Wrights’ success was unknown for five years, until Octave Chanute, an American civil engineer, reported their achievements in an article in his March of 1904 issue of Popular Science Monthly.
-After Wilbur’s death on May 30, 1912, Orville worked alone and in 1913, won the Collier Trophy for a device to balance airplanes automatically.
-In 1929, Orville received the first Daniel Guggenheim Medal for his and Wilbur’s contributions to advancement of aeronautics.