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Wright First Flight 1903Dec17 (full restore 115)
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Wright First Flight 1903Dec17 (full restore 115)

The first powered, controlled, sustained airplane flight in history. Orville Wright, age 32, is at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. His brother, Wilbur Wright, age 36, ran alongside to help balance the machine, having just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. (Orville Wright preset the camera and had John T. Daniels squeeze the rubber bulb, tripping the shutter.) This image was restored by User:Wright Stuf in November, 2018 using GIMP.

Date
1903–2018
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
7,162 × 5,178 pixels

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Reason: its US copyright has expired (published before 1931).

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"Wright First Flight 1903Dec17 (full restore 115)" (1903–2018). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wright_First_Flight_1903Dec17_(full_restore_115).jpg

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