“It is possible to fly without motors, but not without Knowledge and skill,” –Wilbur Wright (Reed, 5). Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville had invented the airplane. They had first started creating gliders and used the data they had collected to create an airplane. Without their data and the invention of the three-axis control the airplane would have never flown properly. The Wright brothers have positively benefited modern society by achieving the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight and creating the basis of an airplanes control system. The Wright Brothers have significantly benefitted modern society by achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight. They had constructed a wind tunnel so that they could