| 100 years of Aviation |
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Posted by Kenny Moens (SAB94K) @ 17/12/2003 |
100 years ago, the Wright Brothers made the first controllable, powered heavier-than-air flight. On December 17th, 1903 Orville Wright took to the air. Orville's controlled flight, of 36 meters (120 feet) in 12 seconds, was recorded in a famous photograph. In the fourth flight of the same day, the only flight made that day which was actually controlled, Wilbur Wright flew 259 meters (852 feet) in 59 seconds! External Links http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers http://www.outerbanks.com/wrightbrothers/wrightlc.htm http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/planetruth.html Source: Wikipedia.org |
