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Note that the first flight was also in 1903. According to the legend I've heard - this was published the day before the Wright Brothers first flight in Dec 17
by onlyrealcuzzo 3y ago
Note that the first flight was also in 1903.
According to the legend I've heard - this was published the day before the Wright Brothers first flight in Dec 17 1903.
I didn't see the publication date in the article.
- jjulius 3y agoThe article states: >Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight.
- andy0x2a 3y agoaccording to the first paragraph of TFA, the first flight was 9 weeks after the 1903 article was published
- Kon-Peki 3y agoBut that doesn’t really matter. They sent out a press release after Kitty Hawk; newspapers refused to publish it. Some instead published articles making fun of them. Nobody believed them until 1908ish, when they flew over crowds in France and could no longer be ignored.
- JonathonW 3y agoThe article says nine weeks before. The NYT article mentioned is in their archives [1], dated October 9, 1903, which would be 9 weeks and 6 days. Close enough, although I'd probably round up to 10 weeks. [1] https://nyti.ms/47ZyE3D https://nyti.ms/47ZyE3D (subscription probably required)