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Old 15th Jan 2002, 05:20
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I saw a T shirt labelled "Wright Brothers..First to Fly." So much for history.

I thought that in fact, the first documented and accepted true powered flight was done by Glenn Curtiss in 1908. All the Wright airplanes relied on a catapult launcher and rails and did not in fact takeoff and fly under their own power.

Am I wrong?
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