What Happened
The Wright brothers' first flight lasted only seconds, but it opened the aviation age. Within a lifetime, airplanes would transform war, commerce, travel, communication, and the idea of distance itself.
Why It Matters
It is a perfect America 250 milestone: invention, risk, trial and error, and a new horizon.
Worth Knowing
The first powered flight covered 120 feet in 12 seconds.
Where It Fits in the America 250 Book
This story appears in Chapter 5, Pages 73-74, as part of the 160-page landscape collector edition. The book expands timeline moments like this with archival imagery, maps, concise narrative context, and feature spreads designed for browsing and display.
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