I think there's a wide variety of ways this gets taught (in the US at least). But if you go to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum where the Wright F

I think there's a wide variety of ways this gets taught (in the US at least). But if you go to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum where the Wright Flyer is currently on display, maybe a third of the room's displays document the achievements of the wide array of pioneers of flight besides the Wright Brothers, followed by maybe another third of the room documenting the fast followers who competed with the Wright Brothers (and many of their tragic deaths).