Orville witnessed the airplane revolution

In 1909, Orville Wright and a group of businessmen founded the Wright Company, which made them incredibly wealthy very quickly. Despite spending the majority of their time in legal battles over patents, the brothers launched a flight school and offered hardware and ideas for planes.

Orville, who was 77 years old when he passed away from a heart attack in 1948, outlived Wilbur, who passed away in 1912 from typhoid disease. He had a brief encounter with Charles Lindbergh in 1927, and they took a final flight together aboard the Constellation. Orville Lockheed, a Lockheed star in 1944, witnessed numerous significant aviation accomplishments during World War II, including the development of the first jet engine and rocket.

In a lengthy interview years later, Orville expressed sorrow at the loss of life and destruction brought on by World War II bombers: "We dared to dream that something we created would result in enduring world peace, but we were mistaken. No, even though no one can be more appalled by the destruction than I am, I don't regret creating the airplane. I feel the same way about the plane and the fire. In other words, while I apologize for the fire's horrific harm, I believe it was fortunate for humanity when someone discovered how to start a fire and we learned how to put it out with countless useful applications.