Mu gihe isi yari ikiri mu rujijo ku kuba umuntu yaguruka nk’inyoni, abavandimwe Wilbur na Orville Wright, bakomoka muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, batangije amateka mashya mu rugendo rw’ubushakashatsi n’iterambere. Ni bo bantu ba mbere bakoze indege ifite moteri ishobora kuguruka.
Tariki ya 17 Ukuboza 1903, mu gace ka Kitty Hawk muri leta ya North Carolina, habereye igikorwa cy’igitangaza. Indege yabo bise Flyer yagurutse bwa mbere mu kirere, iguruka metero 36.6 mu masegonda 12. Nubwo byari bike mu buryo bw’ibipimo, ni bwo bwa mbere mu mateka umuntu yagurutse akoresheje imashini. Icyo gihe, isi yari ibonye umusingi mushya w’ingendo zo mu kirere.
Wilbur na Orville Wright ntibari injeniyeri bize kaminuza. Bafashijwe n’ishyaka, amatsiko n’ubushake bwo kumenya, binjira mu buhanga bw’indege babikesha ubushishozi, ubushakashatsi n’igerageza ryimbitse. Bakoresheje ibikoresho bike, ariko bafite intego ndende. Ibyo bakoze byabaye ishingiro ry’indege zigezweho, zikoreshwa mu ngendo z’ubucuruzi, mu nganda, mu bukerarugendo no mu bwirinzi bw’ibihugu.
Wilbur Wright yitabye Imana mu 1912 azize indwara ya typhoid, mu gihe Orville Wright we yabayeho kugeza mu 1948. Nubwo batakiriho, umurage wabo nturibagirana. Isi yabashimiye kuba barafunguye amarembo y’ikirere, bigisha abatuye isi ko ibyifuzo binini bishobora kugerwaho binyuze mu bushake, ubwitange n’akazi kenshi.
Uruhare rwabo rushimangira ko ubushakashatsi bushobora guhindura amateka. Abavandimwe Wright baribukwa nk’abashinze urufatiro rw’isi iguruka kandi ibyo batangije biracyubakwa na n’ubu, bifasha isi kugera kure kurusha uko byashobokaga mbere.