#flyer 1

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The original 1903 Wright Flyer on display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, DC

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110 years ago at 10:30am EST this photograph was taken of Wilbur & Orville Wright's historic 1st flight.

Flyer 1 only flew, on this flight, 120 feet, only a third of the length of the Apollo rocket that took man to the moon 65 years later.