Which Wright brother was the first person to fly in an airplane?

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Kelley

Orville wright - worked for radio trivia.
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alextrbk_1999

Orville Wright

Warren D

Both brothers flew the first day--December 17, 1903--but I believe the first flight was made by Orville.

Orville wright

jugglehopper39

orv works for trivia

zilly

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Which Wright brother was the first person to fly in an airplane?

ORVILLE is the us99 trivia answer.

lilewu

Orville wright

etiegs

Orville--------------worked for trivia

kmart

Orville

Sher

Orville Wright

Alice S

ORVILLE is the answer for radio trivia!!!!:-)
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Orville Wright

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Orville Wright
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Bev B

Orville Wright - works for me

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Char

ORVILLE 4 radio trivia

Linda D

Orville

Jan J

ORVILLE.
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first sustained, controlled flights in a powered aircraft.
The first day's attempt was unsuccessful, but in a few days, Orville flew the plane 37 meters (120 feet), which took 12 seconds.

luannb38

Orville

barefootinquisitor

oriville was the the first

czar59

Orville works for radio trivia.
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ima-bratt

Orville Wright works for the radio trivia's.

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Orville Wright

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Orville wright

Cindy

Orville

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Orville Wright worked for trivia

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Orville wright is it.

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Orville Wright is the c orrect answer for the radio trivia.
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Popular history has it that the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk [in the United States] were the first to fly [a heavier-than-air craft], but this is not true! The first flight was by a twenty-five year old New Zealander, Richard Pearse on March 31, 1902. Pearse, (1877 - 1953), is not generally known for this wonderful feat as there has been very little publicity about it. In fact the first formal mention of his achievement was some seven years later in the newspapers of 1909.
Pearse was an enthusiast, and perhaps a turn of the century 'mad scientist' inventor. Certainly his other creations - mostly farm machinery - were far from the mainstream and thus [ also ] didn't get much credit. But he did get a few things right on his flying machine that were amazingly advanced for the time.

Accounts by witnesses of the flight vary, from "50 to 400 yards in length", but it seems most likely that it was around 350 yards long, and ending prematurely when the flying machine landed in a large hedge - 4 metres off the ground ! The aircraft was the first to use proper ailerons, instead of the inferior wing warping system that the Wright's used.

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