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The First Successful Flight of an Airplane

THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF AN AIRPLANE WAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY ORVILLE WRIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1903, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT   THIS TABLET WAS...

THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT 
OF AN AIRPLANE 
WAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY 
ORVILLE WRIGHT 
DECEMBER 17, 1903, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY 
WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT  

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE 
NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION 
OF THE U.S.A. DECEMBER 17, 1928 
TO COMMEMORATE THE TWENTY-FIFTH 
ANNIVERSARY OF THIS EVENT

Submitted by @mtrem2.

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