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Orville Wright 1st hour long flight...
Orville Wright 1st hour long flight...
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September 10, 1908
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, September 10, 1908
* 1st ever airplane flight for over 1 hour
* Orville Wright - Brothers
* Fort Meyer, Virginia
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include
* THREE PHENOMENAL TRIPS
* Wrights' Aeroplane, in Trial at Fort Myer, Breaks All Records
* STAYS IN AIR OVER ONE HOUR
Tells of one of the few Wright Brothers airplane demonstrations in which Orville flew for over an hour for the first time in history. A interesting report in early aviation.
Other news of the day. Usual browning with some spotty staining and little margin wear but no text loss. Should be handled with care.
wikipedia notes: The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two Americans who are generally credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. They are also officially credited worldwide through the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the standard-setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight." In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing flight possible.
Orville followed his brother's success by demonstrating another nearly identical flyer to the United States Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, starting on September 3, 1908. On September 9, he made the first hour-long flight, lasting 62 minutes and 15 seconds.
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