Popular Science: December 17, 1903 – The Wright brothers take flight, drama ensues

From my Anniversary collection on Pop Sci

The fight over 'First in Flight.'

Today, Wilbur and Orville Wright are as synonymous with the first to achieve powered flight as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are with the first to walk on the moon. But it wasn’t always so.

December 17, 1903 – The Wright brothers take flight, drama ensues

Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.

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