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Over a 100 years ago, fixed wing aircraft flight was made possible by Orville and Wilbur Wright’s breakthrough invention of a three-axis control that allowed effective steering and maintenance of airplanes’ equilibrium. The significance of the Wright brothers’ control invention is that it facilitated recovery of lateral balance, or equilibrium, when the wind tilts the aircraft to one side or another.
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Byars-Winston, A. (2008). The Equilibrium of Life-Career Planning. In: Hartel, R.W., Klawitter, C.P. (eds) Careers in Food Science: From Undergraduate to Professional. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77391-9_2
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