The Wright brothers wilbur wright and Orville Wright are the sons of a priest in Ohio, USA. They have been very interested in flying since childhood. The Wright brothers have no higher education, but they are open-minded and eager to learn, attach great importance to theory and practice, and read a lot of aerodynamic literature. In order to read the works of Lilienthal, the most important pioneer of glider research, they taught themselves German. By studying Lilienthal's works and other books about flight that could be found at that time, they laid the foundation of aviation knowledge.