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1900 glider

1900 glider flown as kite

Photograph of the Wrights’ 1900 glider being flown as a kite in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This glider was usually flown as a kite, although Wilbur and a young local boy, Tom Tate, performed a few manned glides in order to test scientific principles.



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