Comparing Orville And Wilbur Wright

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Orville and Wilbur Wright were leaders in the aviation era and are considered the fathers of modern aviation(Smithsonian NASM). The brothers relied on their individual skills, talents, and traits to design and build many amazing things(Smithsonian NASM) making them innovative leaders during their life. They designed and built many amazing things on their own, but their greatest accomplishments seemed to be created when they used their individual gifts and skills and worked together as a team. Wilbur and Orville right had many influences in their life that makes them the great leaders we see today! Their father traveled often for his church work, and in 1878, he brought home a toy helicopter for his boys. Based on an invention by French …show more content…

From the time they were little children Orville and Wilbur lived together. They usually owned all of their toys in the common, talked over their thoughts and aspirations so that nearly everything that was done in their lives had been the result of conversations, suggestions and discussion between them(Wilbur Wright, Smithsonian NASM). When Wilbur was younger his bright future suddenly changed when he was injured playing an ice hockey type of game during the winter of 1885–86. The damage to his face and teeth healed, but he suffered lingering heart and digestive complications. He became depressed and withdrew from the world. The confident, robust young Wilbur faded. Uncertain of his health and future, Wilbur dropped his plans to attend Yale and descended into a self-imposed isolation of reading and contemplation(Smithonian NASM). Orville was as bright as his brother, but he could be mischievous in the classroom and did not always apply himself fully. His work habits improved in high school. But instead of following the prescribed junior-year curriculum, he opted for a series of advanced college preparatory courses. As a result, he would not qualify for his high school degree at the end of his senior year, so he decided not to attend school that term. He never graduated(Smithsonian NASM). Along with these major decisions

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