Wilbur and Orville Wright were brothers and best buddies who ushered in the age of modern aviation. On December 17, 1903, they flew the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight, depicted here, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (technically, Orville was in the plane, and Wilbur was on the ground, but they always took dual credit for everything).
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It was 5 Marines and 1 NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSON (Corman)
The America Flag had to have a rod or spring to keep it straight out. ? No atmosphere on moon.
I know what really happened, two hijacked jet planes crashed individually into both towers Am I missing something??