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Orville Wright

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Noun

1. orville wright, wright

United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948)

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Orville Wright

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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.

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