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The First Successful Flight of an Airplane

THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT 
OF AN AIRPLANE 
WAS MADE FROM THIS SPOT BY 
ORVILLE WRIGHT 
DECEMBER 17, 1903, IN A MACHINE DESIGNED AND BUILT BY 
WILBUR WRIGHT AND ORVILLE WRIGHT  

THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE 
NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION 
OF THE U.S.A. DECEMBER 17, 1928 
TO COMMEMORATE THE TWENTY-FIFTH 
ANNIVERSARY OF THIS EVENT

Submitted by @mtrem2.

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