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Posted onDecember 07, 2011 - 1:05 pm by Admin | 0 Comments

On this day in history, December 17:

Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in history in a propeller-driven, heavier-than-air biplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, flying machine, which remained aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet, on the inaugural flight.

The Wright brothers grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and liked to tinker with toys. They were fascinated with science and mechanics, and adept at solving mechanical problems. Wilbur, who was four years older than his brother, read about aeronautics and decided that the key elements of a flying machine were the wings, power lift and control.

In 1892, they opened a bicycle sales and repair shop, where they built their own bicycles, and this allowed them to pursue their dream of building the world's first heavier-than-air, controlled airplane.


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