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Paper Seeks to Get the Wright Story Right One hundred years ago The Virginian Pilot newspaper had the scoop of the century: man had achieved powered flight. But while the paper was the first to report the Wright Brothers' accomplishment at nearby Kitty Hawk, N.C., the story was riddled with errors. To make amends, the paper published a correction Wednesday. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Virginian Pilot Vice President and Editor Kay Tucker Addis.

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One hundred years ago The Virginian Pilot newspaper had the scoop of the century: man had achieved powered flight. But while the paper was the first to report the Wright Brothers' accomplishment at nearby Kitty Hawk, N.C., the story was riddled with errors. To make amends, the paper published a correction Wednesday. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Virginian Pilot Vice President and Editor Kay Tucker Addis.