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The Wright brothers’ first powered flight
lasted twelve seconds.

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A year earlier, they were testing how to
steer a glider in the wind.

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On December seventeenth, 1903, Orville
took the controls at Kill Devil Hills.

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John Daniels pressed the shutter just as
the Flyer lifted off the rail.

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Orville covered one hundred and twenty
feet. Wilbur ran beside him at liftoff.

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By noon, Wilbur had flown eight hundred
and fifty-two feet in fifty-nine seconds.

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The photograph caught one instant. The
four flights showed they could do it
again.