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The Wright Brothers’ Big Flop

UP IN THE AIR

David McCullough’s new book shows that the Ohioans didn’t build the first plane but the first plane that was worth flying. Then they stopped.

Clive Irving
Clive Irving
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Clive Irving

Clive Irving

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