Fun Facts about Orville Wright

• Orville and Wilbur owned a cat named Old Mom when they were children.
• In September 1908, Orville was working with the U.S. Army when the propeller split and the airplane crashed. Orville's passenger, Thomas Selfridge, was killed and became the first casualty of powered flight.
• In 1896 Orville was extremely ill with typhoid fever but he survived.
• Orville died of a heart attack on January 30, 1948.