The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, of Dayton, Ohio, invented, constructed and flew the world’s first successful powered airplane in December 1903. Following this success, others became interested in manned flight and built their own aircraft based upon the Wright Brothers’ technology. The period between The period between World Wars I and II (1918 to 1939), often r...

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