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Fall foliage at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.

WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL

Historic photo of Orville and Wilbur with their Flyer.

"Though this flight took only 12 seconds, nevertheless, it was the first time in history that a piloted machine rose into the air under its own power, moved forward in the air without losing speed and finally landed at a point as high as that from which it took off."

- Orville Wright

National Park Service photo.
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