On August 8, 1908, the Wright brothers showed off their flying machine in its first public flight
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first powered, sustained, controlled, heavier-than-air flights at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
Five years after their first successful flight in 1903, the Wright brothers demonstrated their flying machine in its first public flight on August 8, 1908.
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