Yearlong celebration planned to mark first powered flight
Tuesday, December 17, 2002
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. -- It took only 12 seconds for the Wright brothers to change the world. What hasn't changed much in the 99 years since is the site where they flew the first airplane.
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