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August 5
The First Working Airplane!
The Wright brothers, after gathering information on flight from the Smithsonian, completed the first human flight in a powered aircraft on December 17, 1903. The plane was donated to the Smithsonian in 1948, and has been on display ever since.
This is Where the Wright Brothers First Flew
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Wright Brothers Stamp from Postal Museum
Medal of Congress awarded to the Wright Brothers
How do Planes Fly?
Photo of the Wright Brothers Outside the Smithsonian (1910)
Airplane art from SAAM
Early Flight Visionaries from Medieval Times
More Flight Legends: the First Transatlantic Flight
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