The Amazing Flying Machine

wright brother's plane first successful flight

first successful flight by the Wright brothers

More than one hundred years ago, two brothers stood on a sand dune at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Nearby was a big, odd-looking machine they had built. The brothers were Orville and Wilbur Wright. The machine was the world's first powered airplane.

Today, that amazing flying...

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