Orville and Wilbur were lucky. Not to have invented the airplane, they were fated to do that anyway. But can you imagine their plight had their family been named something else, like say, the Wrong family. I mean, they obviously had the right stuff, but the wrong name could have been a disaster and we might still be traveling from coast to coast in Oxcarts. Patent attorney: So let me get this (myterious chuckle) right, you have invented a way to take to the air like birds? Wrong bros: That's... Sign in to see full entry.