First flight2
First successful flight of the Wright Flyer, by the Wright brothers. The machine traveled 120 ft (36.6 m) in 12 seconds at 10:35 a.m. at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville Wright was at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with his hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright ran alongside to balance the machine, and just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing in the photo. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. This is described as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air, powered flight" by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, but is not listed by the FAI as an official record.
- Date
- 1903-12-17
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 6,603 × 4,280 pixels
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"First flight2" (1903-12-17). Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_flight2.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 57270.
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