The Airplane!
On December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight in a machine that they had invented. This was the first time an engine-propelled airplane had been flown, and it successfully covered a distance of 40 metres. Though, at first, it was seen as nothing more than a curiosity, the airplane later proved to be the invention of the century. It revolutionized means of transportation and communication, and its possibilities as a mail carrier were soon recognized. Avion |
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