Wilbur Wright glides down the steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1902.
This was an unpowered glider.
The Wright Brothers would complete their first powered flight in December 1903.
The brothers developed a control system to pilot their flying machines.
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