Here, Kitty Kitty Kitty Hawk.

Posted on March 13, 2011 by bloggard
Oliver at the Controls, Wilbur Watches

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903: After a string of glider tests, Orville launches the world’s first airplane, as Wilbur watches.

Steering by shifting his weight, Orville is aloft for 120 feet. It took 12 seconds to change the world.

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