Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur):

We have found that the bird is a much more intelligent creature than we had supposed.

— Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) Modern

First powered flight

Wilbur Wright, in a letter to Octave Chanute

1901

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