Orville Wright
Orville Wright (born August 19, 1871 in Dayton , Ohio , † January 30, 1948 , ibid) was an American aircraft manufacturer .
Life
Orville and his brother Wilbur Wright are still officially awarded the first controlled flight in their native USA, something that is repeatedly doubted. Wright flew 37 meters over the sands of Kill Devil Hills in 12 seconds in a powered aircraft called the Flyer on December 17, 1903 .
In 1936 Wright was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .
Others
British ventriloquist Keith Harris jokingly named his doll Orville, a duck that always complained that it couldn't fly, after Orville Wright.
literature
- Andreas Venzke : Pioneers of Heaven - The Wright Brothers. A biography. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf and Zurich 2002.
Individual evidence
- ^ Telegram from Orville Wright in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to His Father Announcing Four Successful Flights, 1903 December 17 . December 17, 1903. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
- ↑ Keith Harris, ventriloquist - obituary in: The Daily Telegraph , April 28, 2015, accessed April 29, 2015
Trivia
In the American FOX series The Orville , the spaceship of the protagonists was obviously named after Orville Wright. In addition, Captain Ed Mercer has a photo of the Wright brothers' first flight on the wall in his ready room and a model of the first aircraft on his desk.
Web links
- Literature by and about Orville Wright in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography Orville Wright (English)
- Interview with Orville Wright based on Die Woche Heft 35, Berlin, August 28, 1909
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wright, Orville |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dayton , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1948 |
| Place of death | Dayton , Ohio |