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Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm of the United States Signal Corps making the world's record flight at Fort Myer, on July 27--The aeroplane made fifty miles at a speed of about forty miles an hour
Summary
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1909
Contributors
Harris & Ewing.
Location
Fort Myer Heights (Arlington, Va.), 38.89194, -77.07944
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
