1871/08/19 |
Susan Catherine Koerner Wright, wife of Milton Wright, gives birth to a son, Orville Wright, at home, 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio. |
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Wright Home |
The Henry Ford Museum |
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1903/12/17 |
Orville Wright pilots his aircraft off the ground into the 27-mph wind. John Daniels from the Kill Devil Hills lifesaving station snaps a picture of the airborne aircraft with Wilbur running alongside. |
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Wright Flyer (plane) |
Wright Brothers National Memorial |
Kill Devil Hills |
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Invention of the Powered Aeroplane |
1904/00/00 |
In 1904, the Wright brothers make 105 flights, totaling 49 minutes in the air with their Flyer II. With this flying machine, they make the first turn and the first circle in the air. |
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Huffman Field |
Fairborn |
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Invention of the Powered Aeroplane |
1905/02/00 |
The Wright brothers construct the WRIGHT FLYER III of spruce. The aircraft is equipped with the engine and other hardware from the scrapped FLYER II. |
Inventor |
Wright Flyer III (plane) |
Wright Cycle Shop at 1127 West Third Street |
The Henry Ford Museum |
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1905/06/23 |
Orville Wright pilots the maiden flight of FLYER III. |
Pilot, Inventor |
Wright Flyer III (plane) |
Huffman Field |
Fairborn |
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1905/07/14 |
FLYER III crashes at Huffman Prairie. The accident all but wrecks the airplane, but Orville escapes with only injuries. |
Pilot, Inventor |
Wright Flyer III (plane) |
Huffman Field |
Fairborn |
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1910/01/20 |
More than 200,000 spectators experience the Los Angeles International Aviation Meet, January 10 - January 20. |
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Dominguez Ranch Adobe |
Compton |
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1910 Los Angeles International Aviation Meet |
1913/00/00 |
Orville Wright designs the plumbing, heating and electric systems at Hawthorn Hill. |
Engineer |
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Hawthorn Hill |
Oakwood |
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1914/05/00 |
The last of the Wright family's household possessions arrive at Hawthorn Hill. |
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Hawthorn Hill |
Oakwood |
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1915/10/15 |
Orville Wright sells his interests in the Wright Company with plans to stay with the company for a year as a consulting engineer. |
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1915/10/25 |
Orville Wright signs over the Wright patents to the Wright Company. On the same day, Orville deposits $257,910.94 (c $7,117,141.07 in 2022) in his savings account at Winters National Bank in Dayton. |
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1916/10/16 |
A 3-foot wind tunnel will be installed. The measuring instruments, although not yet completely designed will be after the type of instruments we used in our tunnel of 1901-02. Orville Wright to Elisha N Fales |
Work |
Wright Brothers 1916 Wind Tunnel |
Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial |
Dayton, OH |
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1916/12/00 |
Orville Wright has an aeronautical laboratory erected on North Broadway in Dayton, and moves his equipment from the former Wright Cycle Shop at 1127 West Third Street. |
Work |
Wright Flyer (plane) |
Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial |
Dayton, OH |
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1917/12/00 |
Mr Wright, consulting engineer of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, test the control and guidance system of the Kettering Bug, a guided missile, using the wind tunnel in his laboratory on Broadway. |
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Wright Brothers 1916 Wind Tunnel |
Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial |
Dayton, OH |
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1917/12/00 |
By December, Orville Wright is running test and designing the air frame for the Kettering Bug guided missile. |
Work |
Kettering Aerial Torpedo |
Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial |
Dayton, OH |
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1918/07/00 |
The Wright Brother's FLYER is exhibited at the Society of Automobile Engineers Summer Meeting in Dayton, Ohio. |
Inventor |
Wright Flyer (plane) |
Dayton, OH |
Ohio |
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1924/10/00 |
Orville Wright reassembles his first airplane in a hangar at Wilbur Wright Field for an exhibit at the International Air Races. |
Inventor |
Wright Flyer (plane) |
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
Ohio |
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1925/01/25 |
Orville Wright is awarded US Patent No 1,523,989 for "Flips and Flops", a game the family sells through Orville's brother Lorin's toy company, The Miami Wood Specialty Company. |
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1929/10/21 |
The Edison Institute is dedicated by Herbert Hoover. The attendees include Marie Curie, George Eastman, John D Rockefeller, Will Rogers, and Orville Wright. The dedication is broadcast on radio. |
Dignitary |
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The Henry Ford Museum |
Dearborn |
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1933/05/08 |
At a dinner in the Engineer's Club, William Tate presents Orville Wright with the silvered shovel which was used to turn the first earth at the erection of Kitty Hawk memorial. "I built up a wholesome respect and human love for the Wright boys." W Tate |
Life |
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Engineers Club of Dayton |
Dayton, OH |
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1936/06/26 |
Through the efforts of William E Scripps and Edsel Ford, Orville Wright meets with Henry Ford in Dearborn to discuss removal of the 1125-1127 building. |
Life |
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Fair Lane |
Dearborn |
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1936/10/27 |
After Henry Ford buys the Wrights' home and cycle shop, Orville Wright helps him locate original family furnishings, books and equipment to outfit the buildings. |
Life |
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Wright Cycle Shop at 1127 West Third Street |
The Henry Ford Museum |
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1937/00/00 |
Amelia Earhart meets Orville Wright at the Franklin Institute |
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Franklin Institute Science Museum |
Philadelphia, PA |
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1938/04/16 |
The Wright Cycle Company building and Wright home are dedicated at the Greenfield Village. |
Guest of Honor |
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The Henry Ford Museum |
Dearborn |
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1944/04/26 |
Howard Hughes and Jack Frye pickup Orville Wright at Wright Field for a flight over Dayton. "I guess I ran the whole plane for a minute but I let the machine take care of itself. I always said airplanes would fly themselves if you left them alone." OW |
Passenger |
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base |
Ohio |
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1947/00/00 |
Orville Wright supervises the restoration of Wright Flyer III and contributes to the design of Wright Hall, the building that houses the plane at Carillon Historical Park. |
Architect |
Wright Flyer III (plane) |
Carillon Park |
Dayton, OH |
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1947/10/10 |
Orville Wright is stricken with 'minor difficulty' of the heart, on the steps of the National Cash Register administration building and is taken to the hospital by Col E A Deeds. |
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1948/01/24 |
I have a 10-HP General Electric motor that I would like to sell. This motor was purchased in 1917 for use in my laboratory on a wind tunnel. I would estimate it had about 200 hours of running. - letter written by Orville Wright to the General Electric Co |
Life |
Wright Brothers 1916 Wind Tunnel |
Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial |
Dayton, OH |
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1948/01/27 |
Orville Wright suffers a heart attack at his laboratory on North Broadway Street and is taken to the hospital in an ambulance. It is the second collapse he suffered in four months. |
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Orville Wright Laboratory Memorial |
Dayton, OH |
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1948/01/30 |
Orville Wright dies in his sleep at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, age 76. |
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1948/02/27 |
Hugh crowds attend Orville Wright's funeral. Mayor Edward Breen proclaims the city has entered a period of mourning. University of Dayton and area schools closed at noon. |
In Memoriam |
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University Of Dayton |
Dayton, OH |
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Orville Wright's Funeral |
1948/02/27 |
At First Baptist Church, Dr Charles L Seasholes eulogizes Wright as a genius and "a man who was just one of folks like us - middle class, Mid-Western American, with simple, devout parents, and a simple and modest way of life." |
In Memoriam |
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First Baptist Church, Dayton |
Dayton, OH |
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Orville Wright's Funeral |
1948/02/27 |
Orville Wright is laid to rest as a formation of P-80 jet planes flyover in tribute. The "battle-type" group of four planes, the fifth was absent in honor of Wright, make three passes, dipping their wings on the final pass in honor of a departed brother. |
In Memoriam |
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Woodland Cemetery Gateway, Chapel And Office |
Dayton, OH |
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Orville Wright's Funeral |