File:Wright First Flight 1903Dec17 (full restore 115).jpg

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English: The first powered, controlled, sustained airplane flight in history. Orville Wright, age 32, is at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. His brother, Wilbur Wright, age 36, ran alongside to help balance the machine, having just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. (Orville Wright preset the camera and had John T. Daniels squeeze the rubber bulb, tripping the shutter.)


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Date (restored 2018 Dec. 17)
Source File:Wright_first_flight.tif
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John T. Daniels  (1873–1948) wikidata:Q6259960
 
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 31 July 1873 Edit this at Wikidata 31 January 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q6259960
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