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Birthplace of Wilbur Wright

Henry County, Indiana
· April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912
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Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the airplane with his brother Orville, began studying flight in 1896, built his first model airplane in 1899, began gliding in 1900, and achieved the first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903.
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