The Wright Brothers: After Kitty Hawk
Family, Colleagues Recall the Years Following the First Flight
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Orville Wright flying over Huffman Prairie on the outskirts of Dayton, Ohio.
The story of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, N.C., nearly 100 years ago is well known. But for the first time tapes of family and coworkers of Wilbur and Orville Wright shed light on the years after their famed first flight. On Weekend Edition Sunday, Hal Cannon reports. See a Wright Brothers photo gallery.
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