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The Wright Brothers Orville and Wilber Wright were two brothers, Orville was born in 1871 and Wilber was born in 1867. In 1892 together, they opened up a bike shop in Dayton Ohio. They did this because with the profits from the shop they spent on their passion aeronautics. In 1902, they both took a plane powered with gas to North Carolina. This was the first plane ever flown successfully and it was all because of Wilber and Orville. Their contributions led to one of the first airplane engines. The name of the engine they used was called a "Wright" it was named after them. That specific engine weighs 13 pounds. The engine is the heaviest part in the planes construction.

"Wright Brothers." //Wikipedia //. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.