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December 14, 1903: Orville Wright Loses A Coin Toss

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December 13, 2024

On December 14, 1903, at the windswept dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first attempt at history. The brothers had dedicated years of meticulous research and experimentation to achieve controlled, sustained flight, and this moment marked the culmination…

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October 14, 1947: Man Breaks A Vital Threshold For The First Time

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October 13, 2024

On October 14, 1947, in the Bell X-1 rocket-powered aircraft, Chuck Yeager did something no one had ever done before. He flew faster than the speed of sound, reaching a speed of Mach 1.06, approximately 700 miles per hour. This achievement, which took place…

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September 30, 1968: The ‘Queen of the Skies’ Makes A Debut

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September 29, 2024

On September 30, 1968, the public saw the “Queen of the Skies” for the first time, the Boeing 747. One of the most iconic and influential commercial aircraft in aviation history, its story began in the late 1960s when Boeing initiated the development of…

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