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    The Wright Brothers’ creation of the first plane, the Flyer, made a big impact on the world. Some of the impacts may not have been positive, but the first plane has definitely affected how the world is today. In 1893, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened a bike rental and repair shop. As time passed, their reputation for engineering became bigger and the brothers decided to take on a new challenge, which was flight. (Wright-brothers.org) Their knowledge of bicycles helped the Brothers produce a successful

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    Wilbur Wright invented The Wright Flyer on December 17,1903 in Kitty Hawk,North Carolina. They went to Kitty Hawk because it had strong winds. In 59 seconds it flew 852 feet in the air. To make the airplane they tested birds on how they flew and they angled there wings. They invented the airplane because they heard of a German glider pilot Otto Lilienthal and he died in a glider crash and The Wright Brothers were wanting to decide to start experimenting about flying in 1899. The Wright brothers

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    AIR HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED By two brothers of Dayton, Ohio named Orville and Wilbur Wright, who flew the first powered, controlled and sustained flying machine near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Story It was a cold winter’s day, with a strong headwind (up to 21 miles per hour) in Kitty Hawk, NC while the Wright brothers were preparing their Flyer on its rails. The glorious contraption, named the Wright Flyer, rolled down its 60-foot steel track to what seemed to be a perilous end, but reaching

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    with the employees. It seemed to me this was a challenge, so after discussing with our group we dropped off our boxes to the areas where we found the permission and support to bring the awareness to our cause. The big white boxes were made with our flyer poster on the front to provide a professional design. They were set out in the lobbies at both locations of Connections credit union, SEI credit union, and in the back-employee lounge for Fred Meyer, and Well Fargo for the customers and employees to

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    for the children. They persuaded me to come back to talk to other groups of kids about the importance of washing your hands and to stay away from germs. The children that participated in the seminar went home to tell their parents and gave them the flyer I passed out in class. The school took action and started placing more signs in bathrooms and hallways about the importance of washing hands. The teachers in the school also began having things like disinfectant wipes, and hand sanitizers handy in

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    As concerned citizens at University of North Dakota me and my group addressed a money saving solution to the president, presenting problems the school faces nowadays. Our purpose of the grant proposal, “UND Solar Project: Saving Money Through Investing in Solar” was to make a plan implementing and installing 1,000 solar panels at UND in order to save up money in the future. The project is accurate, because University of North Dakota faces numerous budget cuts and so the school needs a change in its

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    Orville and Wilbur Wright are two icons that are recognisable to world of aviation for their big contribution to the aviation industry. Orville and Wilbur are two American brothers who both grown up to become inventors and aviation pioneers which their invention eventually gave them the respect and fame of millions around the world (Wikipedia, 2017). Both brothers were born at different states in the United States of America where Orville was born in Dayton, Ohio on the 19th of August 1871 while

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    The very first motorized aircraft, made by the Wright brothers and named "Flyer I," was a brilliant vehicle and was the dawn of airplane travel. Since its final flight in 1903, there have been many different versions of the airplane (which evolved faster than any other mode of travel, which is due to warfare, as WWI came quickly after its development), all of them for advanced (and safer) than the Flyer I, however, none of those come first so the Wright brother's plane wins. It contained an engine

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    Have you ever wanted to soar through the air like a bird? Well, the Wright Brothers made it possible with their flying machine. The two brothers were pioneers of aviation. Nowadays, airplanes are everywhere; the world would be a completely different place without them. We wouldn't be able to land on the moon, technology would not have advanced as fast, and the two brothers produced the original piloted plane that was heavier-than-air in 1903 (Ryan). They are the greatest historical figures of all

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    The Wright Brothers Introduction: The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were inventors and pioneers who created the worlds first successful flying airplane that they invented and builded. Their first recorded flight was on December 17, 1903. Over the next years they continued to develop the aircraft making a contribution to develop the modern airplane. This contribution was in control of the airplane through their three- axis control system that is still used today. The Wright Brothers use the

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