Wright Brother’s Before and After THE Flight
Christopher L. Teal
AVIA210 LUO

Abstract
Most anyone that you talk to in the modern world can tell you who the famous brothers were that flew the first airplane, but many cannot tell you much else about them. Without question, the importance of that first powered flight has no equal in significance in the aviation world. However, the events that led up to their first flight and the ones after are an important part of their stories. From humble beginnings in Ohio to never ending amount of time devoted to stop the blatant infringement of their patents, their lives span from birth to death and do not just encompass one historic event on the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk North Carolina.
Keywords: Aviation, Kitty Hawk, Beginning
Wright Brother’s Before and After THE Flight

Humble Beginnings
The forefathers of modern aviation were not born into a famous or rich family.
“The Wright brothers were a product of deep Midwestern roots” (Jakab, P 2001). They were born into a religious family whose Patriarch, Milton Wright, was an ordained minister and Bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. The Matriarch, Susan Wright was a bright shy woman who studied Literature at Hartsville College, though she left 3 months shy of obtaining her degree (Jakab, P 2011). She was already a member of the Church when they met. Wilbur and Orville were two of five surviving children that the couple birthed. There was a set of twins that didn’t make it out of infancy.
One would think that the fathers of aviation would have all sorts of degrees and spent all of their youth in some form of school or another. It often takes people by surprise to know that both were considered high school dropouts due to neither receiving a diploma. Based on the breakthroughs that were made by these two men, you can ascertain that they