* 1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.

While there are many competing claims for the earliest powered, heavier-than-air flight, the most widely-accepted date is December 17, 1903 by the Wright brothers.

The Wright brothers were the first to fly in a powered and controlled aircraft.

Previous flights were gliders ( control but no power ) or free flight ( power but no control ), but the Wright brothers combined both, setting the new standard in aviation records.

With the information contained in Chanute's book, the personal assistance of Chanute himself, and research carried out in their own wind tunnel, the Wright brothers gained enough knowledge of aerodynamics to fly the first powered aircraft on December 17, 1903.

The Wright brothers ' flight confirmed or disproved a number of aerodynamics theories.

The Wright brothers ' famous Wright Flyer III aircraft is housed in a museum at Carillon Historical Park.

* 1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Football authority and College Football Hall of Fame coach David M. Nelson wrote that " E. B. Cochems is to forward passing what the Wright brothers are to aviation and Thomas Edison is to the electric light.

Glenn Curtiss, the chief rival of the Wright brothers, was the first to design a flying car.

Kites were also instrumental in the research and development of the Wright brothers when building the first airplane in the late 1800s.

Alexander Graham Bell experimented with very large man-lifting kites, as did the Wright brothers and Lawrence Hargrave.

* 1906 – The Wright brothers are granted U. S. patent number 821, 393 for their " Flying-Machine ".

From left, clockwise: The Wright brothers achieve the first manned flight by airplane, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina | Kitty Hawk in 1903 ; U. S. President William McKinley is William McKinley assassination | assassinated in 1901 by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition ; An 1906 San Francisco earthquake | earthquake on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, killing at least 3, 000 in 1906 ; United States | America gains control over the Philippines in 1902, after the Philippine – American War ; Rock being moved to construct the Panama Canal ; Admiral Heihachiro Togo | Togo before the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, part of the Russo-Japanese War, leading to Japanese victory and their establishment as a great power.

The feat, if true, exceeded the best of the Wright brothers first powered flights by 540 m ( 1770 ft ) and preceded the Kitty Hawk flights by more than two years, but is not accepted by most aviation historians

Replica of the Wright brothers ' wind tunnel.

The Wright brothers ' use of a simple wind tunnel in 1901 to study the effects of airflow over various shapes while developing their Wright Flyer was in some ways revolutionary.

The Wright brothers flights in 1903 are recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ( FAI ), the standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics, as " the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight ".

The Wright brothers credited Otto Lilienthal as a major inspiration for their decision to pursue manned flight.

The Wright brothers ' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation.

Cloud made an interesting statement in parting from his client: `` I wanted to be a lawyer, and Mrs. Wright wanted me to be an avenging angel.

As he made plans for the new Taliesin, Wright also got on paper his conception of a cathedral of steel and glass to house a congregation of all faiths, and the idea for a planetarium with a sloping ramp.

What irritated Miriam was that Wright had told the papers about a reasonable offer he had made, which he considered she would accept `` when she tires of publicity ''.

Several biographical programs have been made, such as the 2004 BBC television programme entitled Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures, in which she is portrayed by Olivia Williams, Anna Massey, and Bonnie Wright.

In February 1883, just before the disputed Fourth Test, a velvet bag made by Mrs Ann Fletcher, the daughter of Joseph Hines Clarke and Marion Wright, both of Dublin, was given to Bligh to contain the urn.

Wright alleged that drugs made blacks uncontrollable, gave them superhuman powers and caused them to rebel against white authority.

In the early days of Unitarianism, the stories of the virgin birth were accepted by most, but there were a number of Unitarians who questioned the historical accuracy of the Bible ( such as Symon Budny, Jacob Paleologus, Thomas Belsham, and Richard Wright ), and this made them question the virgin birth story.

The flight, made by Wright Brothers pilot Philip Parmalee between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio.

She was succeeded by Shannon Wright, who was then rivaled by Heather McKay, a great Australian squash player who made the transition to racquetball when living in Canada.

In 1923, Wright excelled in grade school and was made class valedictorian of Smith Robertson junior high school.

Especially interested in the literary contacts made at the meetings, Wright formally joined the Communist Party in late 1933 and as a revolutionary poet wrote numerous proletarian poems (" I Have Seen Black Hands ", " We of the Streets ", " Red Leaves of Red Books ", for example ), The New Masses and other left-wing periodicals.

" Wright was one of the people who made me conscious of the need to struggle ", said writer Amiri Baraka .< ref >

Also in 1911, Grant Morton made the first parachute jump from an airplane, a Wright Model B, at Venice Beach, California.

When the Wright brothers made the world ’ s first sustained heavier-than-air flight, they laid the foundation for what would become a major transport industry.

In 1909 he bought one of six Wright Flyer aircraft built by Short Brothers under licence from the Wright Brothers, and made more than 200 flights.

In February 1998 Binoche made her London stage debut in a new version of Luigi Pirandello's Clothe the Naked retitled Naked and adapted by Nicolas Wright.

Kitty Hawk became famous after the Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio, made the first controlled powered airplane flights at the Kill Devil Hills, four miles ( 6 km ) south of the town, on December 17, 1903.

This is in part because research into the genetics of guinea pigs has lagged behind that of other rodents, although geneticists W. E. Castle and Sewall Wright made a number of contributions to this area of study, especially regarding coat color.

Serling appeared in an art gallery setting and introduced the macabre tales that made up each episode by unveiling paintings ( by artist Tom Wright ) that depicted the stories.

Wright made his home in Portadown from the time he transferred there as a teenager

In April 2011, Dorell Wright made a franchise record of 3 pt shots made in a season with 184 in a home win versus the Los Angeles Lakers, beating Jason Richardson with the previous record of 183 in the 2005 – 06 season.

Wright also ended the season with the most 3 point shots made in the 2010 – 11 season with 194, as well as the most 3-point field goals attempted with 516, both of which set new Warriors franchise records.