Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 95. Chapters: Wright brothers, Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County, Ohio, Dayton Agreement, Fairborn, Ohio, Riverside, Ohio, Project Blue Book, Air Force Research Laboratory, United States gravity control propulsion research, National Museum of the United States Air Force, 445th Airlift Wing, Project Sign, Ohio State Route 4, Charles D. Metcalf, USAF Digital DATCOM, 445th Operations Group, Project Grudge, Franklin C. Spinney, Bruce A. Carlson, 77th Aeronautical Systems Wing, National Aviation Hall of Fame, Edward Andrew Deeds, Air Force Materiel Command, John L Hudson, Integrated Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Vadim Komkov, Huffman Prairie, Janet C. Wolfenbarger, Air Force Institute of Technology, 4950th Test Wing, USAF Stability and Control DATCOM, Apollo Observatory, Lenticular Reentry Vehicle, MIMIC, Paper township, Air Force Logistics Command, McCook Field, Wright Field, Alexis Felix du Pont, Jr., Osborn, Ohio, Ohio State Route 844, United States Air Force Marathon. Excerpt: The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), were two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible. The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of three-axis control, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium. This method became standard and remains standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds. From the be...