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Despite what we’ve been told, this famous photograph doesn’t show the first powered, controlled flight. Probably everyone in the developed world has seen the iconic picture of the first takeoff by the Wrights on December 17, 1903. The case could be made that it’s the most famous photograph of all time, with the possible exception …
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