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About this image: Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. - December 17, 1903

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About this image: Portrait of Otto Lilienthal

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About this image: Model of the Wright brothers' wind-tunnel

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About this image: Otto Lilienthal gliding

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About this image: Portrait of Orville Wright

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About this image: Portrait of Wilbur Wright

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About this image: Wright brothers' 1902 glider

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