Wright Orville

Related to Wright Orville: Wilbur and Orville Wright
Wilbur and Orville Wright

Wright

, Orville 1871-1948. American aviation pioneer who with his brother Wilbur (1867-1912) invented the airplane. On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they made the first controlled, sustained flights in a powered heavier-than-air vehicle.