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Birth of Flight and Wright Brothers Pioneering Era
The text traces human flight from myth to science, highlighting Roger Bacon and Leonardo da Vinci, then details the Wright brothers birth of the air age. It notes the 1903 Kitty Hawk flight lasting 12 seconds, gradual public recognition, and test flights leading to Army contracts by 1909.
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Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers
England
Wright
Frank P. Lahm