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Wright Brothers achieved the first powered flight
North Carolina's Outer Banks was where the Wright Brothers achieved the first powered flight on December 17, 1903. The flight lasted only <hl>12 seconds</hl> and covered 120 feet — less than the wingspan of a modern 747.
SrcSmithsonian National Air and Space Museum

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