WRIGHT brothers, Wilbur & Orville [1867-1912,] -- American inventors and pioneers of flight
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A coin toss determined who would go first, and Orville won. On that chilly day in December, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, on the dunes of North Carolina's Outer Banks, Orville Wright became the first man to fly in a powered, heavier-than-air craft. Six years later...
The year 1909 saw the beginning of actual mastery of the air with practical flying machines, not balloons, but heavier-than-air apparatus, propelled by their own motors and capable of being guided and driven in any desired direction. In the light of more recent developments the accomplishments of aviators in 1909 now seem weak and insignificant, but at that time they were truly marvellous. Between July 20th and October 9th, the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, made a number of public flights which did much to remove doubt as to the practicability of the modern flying machine, and to establish the fact that the air could be navigated with as much ease and certainty as water. [Jackman, William J.; History of the American Nation; Chicago, IL: K. Gaynor, 1913]
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- Wright brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- December 17, 1903 the events of that day, the first flight
- Why Kitty Hawk?
- Talkback: Could the Wright brothers patent flying?
- The patents and the lawsuits
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- Wright brothers: Wilbur and Orville Wright
- Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
- Early Flight: The Wright Brothers by M. Greening, Anthony Paddon Elementary school, NF, CAN
- The Wright brothers: pioneers of the skies
- THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
- PBS - Chasing the Sun - Orville and Wilbur Wright
- Tails you win pdf viewer required
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- Centennial of flight
- Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (National Park Service)
- Wright Brothers National Memorial - Wright Brothers National Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
- Wright Brothers National Memorial
- Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation Home Page
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- Google Directory - Science > Technology > Aerospace > Aeronautics > History > Wright Brothers
- Google Directory - Kids and Teens > People and Society > Biography > Inventors > Wright, Wilbur and Orville
- MSN.com: Search Results for "Wright Brothers"
- Wright Brothers Rare Books
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- Welcome to First Flight Inn look for the "lighter-than-air" gaffe
- CURTISS, Glenn Hammond [1878-1930] -- American inventor and aviation pioneer
- Samuel Pierpont Langley - USA
- The Wright Brothers & Wright-Patterson AFB
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- wright_bros nicely done
- Photos 1902-1913
- IMDb character search Orville Wright
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- wright brothers - Google Image Search
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