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presents photos, letters, and diary excerpts from the experiments and efforts that led to the Wright brothers' December 17, 1903, achievement of the first sustained, powered, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine. The site includes a flight timeline and examines the notion of flight as a universal aspiration -- a desire expressed in civilizations from classical times to the early 20th century. (Library of Congress)
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Icarus at merito, cum petat alta, cadit |
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