Friday, December 17, 2010

First in flight

Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first sustained air craft flight on the windy beaches of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. By day's end, the brothers made several flights in their gas-powered, six-hundred pound craft. The final flight of the day carried Wilbur 852 feet in 59 seconds. Orville and Wilbur Wright were awarded a patent for their "aeroplane" on May 22, 1906.
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