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Mar 23, 1903 - First patent on the Wright Brothers' airplane based on their 1902 glider, filed in America. It was not issued until May 22, 1906.
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Dec 17, 1903 - Orville Wright completes the world's first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight. The Flyer rises into a 27 mph wind after accelerating down a level launch track, and remains aloft for 12 seconds. Three other flights are made over the next several hours, the last by Wilbur Wright, covers 852 feet in 59 seconds. A wind gust then upsets the Flyer, seriously damaging it; it never flies again.
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Aug 3, 1904 - Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin made the first circuit flight in an airship-equipped with a Curtiss motor at Oakland, Calif. This was the first successful airship flight in the U.S.
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