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THE BEGINNINGS: On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made their first successful one-minute flight at Kittyhawk, N. C. Five years later they achieved a record by staying in the air over an hour. One of their machines is shown in flight (upper).

Meanwhile Douglas McCurdy was experimenting along similar lines in Canada. On February 3, 1909, he made the British Empire’s first successful heavier-than-air machine flight in his “Silver Dart” (lower) while skaters on the ice of Baddeck Bay tried to equal his air speed.