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At last Orville was free soaring above the sand dunes wind in his face Lying in the gliders wing he moved his hips in the control cradle and the craft began to turn as planned But then something went wrong The glider wanted to go into a spin and as Orville struggled with the controls it came to a standstill in midair

When Orville Wright 18711948 and his brother Wilbur set out to solve the problem of flight they recognized that success would come with careful observation perseverance and ingenuity From experiments in their Dayton Ohio bicycle shop to test flights over the beaches of Kitty Hawk North Carolina the amateur aviation enthusiasts risked their lives and worked tirelessly to solve the problems that had stumped the worlds best scientists

Together the Wright brothers designed and constructed a powerdriven airplane and in it made the worlds first controlled sustained flights As a result the skies were opened and the era of aviation began

Heroes of History is a unique biography series that brings the shaping of history to life with the remarkable true stories of fascinating men and women who changed the course of history