{"name":"The Early History of the Airplane","short_name":"The Early History of the Airplane","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"The Brothers Orville (1871 - 1948) and Wilbur (1867 – 1912) Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They were not the first to build and fly aircraft, but they invented the controls that were necessary for a pilot to steer the aircraft, which made fixed wing powered flight possible.","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/1509936/The-Early-History-of-the-Airplane_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}