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English: First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight.

SUMMARY: Negative shows Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine.

MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 5 × 7 in.

Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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Source Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppprs-00626 (digital file from original), uncompressed archival TIFF version (232 MiB), converted to JPEG (quality level 88) with GraphicsMagick 1.1.11.
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John T. Daniels  (1873–1948) wikidata:Q6259960
 
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 31 July 1873 Edit this at Wikidata 31 January 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q6259960
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