Orville and Wilbur Wright: Pioneers of the Age of Flight

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and Orville as the inventors of the airplane the brothers became global heroes but it wasn’t all smooth sailing Competition from other aviators near-fatal accidents and years of legal battles drained the brothers time energy and passion for flight Claims that other aviators had invented human-powered flight before the Wright brothers created controversy in the aviation community for decades Today however Orville and Wilbur Wright are recognized as the fathers of flight Every airplane that has been developed since 1903 uses the same basic building blocks the Wright brothers identified in 1903 Until the Wright brothers put their minds to solving what they called the flying problem humans could only travel in two dimensions moving across Earth’s flat surface Ultimately these quiet bookish brilliant brothers solved the problem they’d set their minds to They taught humans how to travel in an upward direction a third dimension They taught the world to fly For the past century postal services around the world have issued dozens of stamps that pay tribute to the Wright brothers contributions to flight 12