ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — At the beginning of the 20th Century, it’s estimated there were about 300 people living in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. When two men arrived, bearing the name Wright, the town’s and world’s history was changed forever. “At that time, there was a lot of competition across the whole world for flight,” said […]
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Jeff Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot, (TNS)
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