1903 newspaper INVENTION ofThe AIRPLANE Wright Brothers 1st Flight KITTY HAWK NC

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1903 newspaper INVENTION ofThe AIRPLANE Wright Brothers 1st Flight KITTY HAWK NC:
$600.00

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This newspaper contains an inside page report headed: \"FLYING MACHINE WORKS / Successful Trial by Ohio Men with machine on Box Kite Frame.\"

This is a \"first report\" of the INVENTION of the AIRPLANE, the first successful flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft. It was flown at Kitty hawk, North Carolina by Orville and Wilbur Wright, the WRIGHT BROTHERS.

A KEY EVENT in world history !!!

The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I or 1903 Flyer) was the first successful heavier-than-air powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903, near Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S. Today, the airplane is exhibited in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

The U.S. Smithsonian Institution describes the aircraft as \"...the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.\" The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale described the 1903 flight during the 100th anniversary in 2003 as \"the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight.\"

On December 17, 1903 the wind was averaging more than 20mph, so the brothers laid the launching rail on level ground, pointed into the wind, near their camp. This time the wind, instead of an inclined launch, helped provide the necessary airspeed for takeoff. Because Wilbur already had the first chance, Orville took his turn at the controls. His first flight lasted 12 seconds for a total distance of 120ft– shorter than the wingspan of a Boeing 747, as noted by observers in the 2003 commemoration of the first flight.

Taking turns, the Wrights made four brief, low-altitude flights that day. The flight paths were all essentially straight; turns were not attempted. Each flight ended in a bumpy and unintended \"landing\". The last flight, by Wilbur, was 852 feetin 59 seconds, much longer than each of the three previous flights of 120, 175 and 200 feet.

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