Why Did The Wright Brothers Fail

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The Wright brothers have contributed to the field of aviation an immeasurable amount of research and information, such as their patent, aircraft designs, and other plethora of information. The first thing that the wright brothers did that others failed to accomplish was to focus the design and construction of their aircraft on the aspect of control. Wilbur and Orville conducted an incredible amount of research and came to a conclusion that the reason others failed was the use of pilot’s body to control the plane, instead they came up with the idea of controlling the movement of the aircraft by moving the wings (“Wright Brothers.”, n.d.). Control meant having the ability to sustain the time spent being airborne and the ability to navigate the