Comparing Orville And The Wright Brothers

A hero is someone who demonstrates compassion, determination, passion and inspiration. 2 heroes who help start the aviation industry are engineers and inventors, Orville and Wilbur Wright. Wilbur Wright was born in a small city near Millville Indiana in 1867, April 16. Orville Wright was born in Dayton Ohio, 1871, August 19. Both of the brothers attended Richmond high school, neither of them receive the diploma. Later in their lives they were both given a degree from Earlham college for Honorary Bachelor of Science. For 8 years the Wright brothers were creating successful fight machines such as the 1904 glider and 1905 plane. They even won the Congressional Medal of Honour in 1909. This glory wasn't easy to achieve, they had multiple

Determination was evident in the Wright brothers lives as inventors. One example of determination that the wright brothers showed, was during 1899 they first attempted to create a glider, but that glider was unsuccessful. Most people would give up after one unrewarding attempt. The Wright brothers persevered and kept on trying, but results didn't come until 4 years after, during late 1903 there failed attempts had paid off, they had created their first prototype plane. Another example of determination that the wright brothers presented was in there career they had multiple severe crashes. During the wright brothers life's as inventors they created many prototype planes and glider, for them to test the aircrafts they made to be the pilot. There where many risks that came with experimenting a prototype plane, these include defect in construction, a mistake in calibrations, the new system might not work and the psychological doubt that human where not meant to fly. The Wright brothers had been through many crashes, such as in 1902, September 23, Orville was testing a glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and due to a malfunction he crashed and broke his arm. Another crash was while they where testing the Wright Model A at Fort Myer, Virginia on 17 September 1908. Orville was the pilot, during the flight the propeller got tangled in the rudder wires, this made the aircraft uncontrollable, resulting in it plummeting to the ground. This was by far their worst accident, Orville Wright broke his leg and his passenger and friend, Lt. Thomas Selfridge was