...Magazine in 1908, accurately describes the first of the four flights, that lasted twelve seconds, as ' the first in the history of the world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself into the air by its own power in free flight, had sailed forward on a level course without reduction...

...seconds, covering a distance of eight hundred and fifty-two feet. Said Wilbur Wright: "These flights were the first in the history of the world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself into the air by its own power in free flight, had sailed forward on a level course without reduction...

...first one of these lasted only twelve seconds, a flight very modest compared with that of the bird's, but it was, nevertheless, the first in the history of the world in which a machine carrying a man—Orville Wright—had raised itself by its own power into the air in free flight, had sailed forward...

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...seconds. The brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright later wrote of that first 12-second flight that it was "the first in the history of the world in which a...had raised itself by its own power into the air in free flight, had sailed forward on a level course without reduction of speed, and had finally landed...

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...There were only five witnesses. It was the first time in history in which a machine carrying a man raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, sailed forward without reduction in speed, and landed at a point as high as where it started. The Wrights...

...atmosphere in fiery hypersonic flight? Orville Wright later wrote that "the [first] flight lasted only 12 seconds, but it was nevertheless the first in the history of the world in roll Figure 1.3. The three axes of motion of an airplane. which a machine carrying a man had raised...

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