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This week in history: Wright Flyer II

by David Tollen | Sep 23, 2019 | The Early Modern Age

This week in 1904, Wilbur Wright achieved humanity’s first “circular flight.” He did this in the 2nd plane he and his brother Orville built. The Wright Flyer II, pictured here, took one minute and sixteen seconds to complete a circle in the air. The plane made a total...
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