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How Did The Wright Brothers Influence On History

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The Wright Brothers significantly influenced history by inventing the airplane. Orville and Wilbur Wright grew up to love inventing.The brothers built and experimented with helicopters and kites as boys. Eventually, they made wing and control designs for an airplane. On December 14, 1903, the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Kitty Hawk was chosen for the flight test because it had good breezes, a hill and was sandy which was good for softening landings. The first flight lasted 12 seconds reaching a distance of 120 feet, the brothers didn’t stop there though. In 1904 they took their newly designed airplane for a flight that lasted over 5 minutes. Even though the Wright Brothers are known for flying, that's
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