Photograph of Wright near Le Mans, France, 1908.

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Photograph of Wright near Le Mans, France, 1908.

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Photograph of Wright flying near Camp d'Auvours, Le Mans, where he went from August to December, 1908, to demonstrate the capabilities of the airplane. With it is a small metal plaque originally attached to the photograph's frame identifying the place and time.

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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...