Flying has become the transport of choice for business travellers and holidaymakers across the globe and is now considered one of the fastest, most convenient and safest forms of long-distance
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NORFOLK, Va. The Wright brothers soared over Outer Banks dunes for about a minute in 1903 and, within five years, built the world’s first military airplane that could travel 125 miles.
The 1908 aircraft would be the first in America to carry a passenger and
The 1908 aircraft, which was eventually sold to the Army, would be the first in America to carry a passenger and could cruise 40 mph, about as fast as a good racehorse.