The wright brothers biography educational background check

Why did the wright brothers invent the airplane

The Wright brothers , Orville Wright August 19, — January 30, and Wilbur Wright April 16, — May 30, , designed, built, and flew the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air airplane on December 17, They had been experimenting for many years with gliders and other vehicles before their first powered flight. They are also known for making the first way to steer an airplane.

The Wrights grew up in Dayton, Ohio. They were two of seven children born to Milton Wright — , a clergyman of English and Dutch ancestry, and Susan Catherine Koerner — , of German and Swiss ancestry. There were many books in their house, and they were encouraged to ask questions and find out about whatever they thought was interesting.

Sometimes their father would ask them to argue for a topic, then switch sides and argue for the opposite point of view. Because of their father's position as a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, he traveled often and the Wrights frequently moved — twelve times before finally returning permanently to Dayton in In elementary school, Orville was given to mischief and was once expelled.

In their father brought home a toy helicopter for his two younger sons. Made of paper, bamboo and cork with a rubber band to twirl its rotor, it was about 1 ft 30 cm long.