1. Wilbur Wright is best known for developing the first successful airplane with his brother, Orville.
2. Born in Indiana in 1867, Wilbur Wright was the elder brother of Orville Wright, with whom he developed the world's first successful airplane.
3. On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers succeeded in making the first free, controlled flight of a power-driven airplane.
4. Wilbur flew the plane for 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet.
5. Wright brothers are regarded as the "fathers of modern aviation."
6. Wilbur Wright died in Dayton, Ohio, on May 30, 1912.