Quote#World
This flight lasted only 12 seconds, but it was nevertheless the first…
Quote byOrville Wright · 1871–1948
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: How We Made the First Flight.
English (original)
This flight lasted only 12 seconds, but it was nevertheless the first in the history of the world in which a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and had finally landed at a point as high as that from which it started.
— Orville Wright
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