The Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright’s contributions to aviation were among the most important in our century. The invention of flight was first thought of hundreds of years ago, but look how long it took us. From 1903, when the Wrights flew an eight horsepowered plane until now when we fly a thirty ton plane that has thousands of horsepower, we have made incredible advances in the technology of aviation. The effects of the …showed first 75 words of 2650 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2650 total…which way, they are used for putting out forest fires, for radar, different sea rescues and much more. We take for granted so much what Wilbur and Orville Wright did for us in 1903. We rarely ever think about it. But I bet that over 80% of all Americans have been in an airplane and most of them don’t even stop to think how the Wrights struggled to get in the air in 1902, in Kitty Hawk.