Posted on 12/17/2003 11:59:06 AM PST by CHUCKfromCAL
The 12-second flight 100 years ago this morning reached a height of just 10 feet, less than the 63-foot height of a Boeing 747, and covered just 120 feet of ground, less than a 747's 195-foot wingspan.
But the Wright brothers' fourth and final flight that day in North Carolina lasted 59 seconds and went 852 feet. So by sunset, the 20th century's themes -- farther, faster, higher, now -- were, so to speak, in the air.
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