{"slug": "wright-brothers", "label": "Wright brothers", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35820", "qid": "Q35820", "description": "American aviation pioneers", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1867, 1948], "span_label": ["1867 CE", "1948 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Orville Wright", "Wilbur Wright", "Wright Brothers"], "related": [{"slug": "virginia", "label": "Virginia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, co-inventor of the airplane with brother Orville (d. 1912)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#March–April", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Births › March–April"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer, co-inventor of the airplane with brother Wilbur (d. 1948)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#July–August", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Births › July–August"}}, {"year": 1877, "year_label": "1877 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Frank Lahm, Brigadier General USAF, airship pilot, early military aviator trained by the Wright brothers (d. 1963)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370239819#October–December", "title": "1877", "revid": 1370239819, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1903, "year_label": "1903 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine, the Wright Flyer, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented and successful powered and controlled heavier-than-air flight.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373319317#December", "title": "1903", "revid": 1373319317, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – The Wright brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting, the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#October", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Wilbur Wright flies in France for the first time, demonstrating controlled powered flight in Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#August", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – At Fort Myer, Virginia, Thomas Selfridge becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash. The pilot, Orville Wright, is severely injured in the crash but recovers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#September", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1909, "year_label": "1909 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 2", "text": "August 2 – The United States Army Signal Corp Division purchases the world's first military airplane, a Wright Military Flyer, from the Wright brothers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373420847#July–August", "title": "1909", "revid": 1373420847, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States. The flight, made by Wright brothers pilot Philip Parmalee, is between Dayton and Columbus, Ohio.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#November", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1912, "year_label": "1912 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, of typhoid (b. 1867)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503730#May", "title": "1912", "revid": 1373503730, "section": "Deaths › May"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Orville Wright, American co-inventor of the airplane (b. 1871)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#January", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Deaths › January"}}]}