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Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Dayton OH photo: Orville, Wilbur and Katharine Wright (Wright State University Archives, Wright Brothers Collection)
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History of the Wright Brothers

photo: Bishop Milton Wright in a rocking chair (Wright State University Archives, Wright Brothers Collection)

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How were these two bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio, who had seemed so ordinary, able to achieve the extraordinary? Explore the times and trials of the Wright brothers through a glimpse of their family history.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar, Orville Wright, and Wilbur Wright

Did You Know?
On May 25, 1910, Orville takes his 81 year old father for his first airplane ride. The flight lasted 6 minutes, 55 seconds, never climbing above 350 feet.

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