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The Wright Brothers And Their Impact On The Aviation Industry

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The Wright brothers had discovered something new, flying. From what flying is today to what is was in 1903 if they would not of discovered what they had who knows if we would have planes today. In 1903 steam engines were about the only way around. Cars were not quite around yet so the thought of flying was hardly a question. As two of the most famous names in the aviation industry the Wright brothers changed the way we think of traveling and getting around not just our country, but the world. Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana, the middle child in a family of five children. His father, Milton Wright, was a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. His mother was Susan Catherine Koerner Wright.

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