The first-of-its-kind aircraft, built and designed in Russia, made its maiden flight in May 1913, reaching a speed of 100 kilometers per second and an altitude of about 100 meters.
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At 11 o'clock on a warm summer's morning in 1903, 38-year-old artist Katharine Augusta Carl was ushered into the throne room of the Summer Palace, on the western outskirts of Beijing. 67-year-old Empress Dowager Cixi, who had effectively controlled China for more than 40 years, entered with her chief lady-in-waiting and interpreter Princess Der Ling, an ambassador's daughter who had.