Almanac: The Wright Brothers

3,715 views · Published 30 January 2011 · 2:06 · Indexed 21 September 2026

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January 30th, 1948 was the day Orville Wright died of a heart attack at the age of 76. His moment of truth came on December 17th, 1903 when the "Wright Flyer" finally flew.

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