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1903 Wright Flyer on launch track before unsuccessful flight attempt 14 December 1903
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1903 Wright Flyer on launch track before unsuccessful flight attempt 14 December 1903

The 1903 Wright Flyer on its launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, on December 14, 1903, before the Wrights' first, unsuccessful flight attempt. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move the Flyer from the Wrights' shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog.

Date
1903-12-14
Photographer / author
Attributed to Wilbur Wright (1867–1912) and/or Orville Wright (1871–1948).
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
image
Original size
7,500 × 5,445 pixels

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Reason: its author died more than 70 years ago.

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"1903 Wright Flyer on launch track before unsuccessful flight attempt 14 December 1903" (1903-12-14). Attributed to Wilbur Wright (1867–1912) and/or Orville Wright (1871–1948).. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1903_Wright_Flyer_on_launch_track_before_unsuccessful_flight_attempt_14_December_1903.jpg

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