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Thursday, January 30, 2014

The Wright Flight

by Robbie Burkett


The Wright brothers have done it! Orville and Wilbur have made the first successful flight in human history.  On December 17, 1903, the Wright brother made several attempts of leaving the ground in their “Flyer” from Kitty Hawk, S. C.  With freezing headwind gusting to 27 miles per hour, it sure was a frigid flight.  The brothers flew a distance of several hundred feet with heights above 10 feet above the ground.  The day has ended in a sad note though due to the Flyer being blown over and being severally damaged.  After years of working on gliders, this was a big day for the Brothers and will be definitely something they, and the many witness, never forget. 

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