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It was as recently as December 17, 1903, that Wilbur and Orville Wright made man's first sustained
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flights in an engine-driven airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States.
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Alberto Santos Dumont, on September 13, 1909, the Brazilian pioneer airman, made the first
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airplane flight in all of Europe. The first United States airmail service was
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begun on May 15, 1918, between New York City and Washington, D.C.
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It was only 26 years ago, within the easy recollections of men living today, that the
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first flight across the Atlantic Ocean was accomplished. Four United States Navy flying
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boats left Newfoundland on May 16, 1919. Only one of these reached England 15 days later.
