Just in time for the 121st anniversary on Tuesday, I bring to you the story of two brothers from Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, who changed the world forever with their groundbreaking first flight on December 17th, 1903. Though it lasted just 12 seconds, it marks the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight, something humans had tried and failed to do for centuries. Join special guest Adonis A. Osekre and me as we delve into the story of the Wright brothers to uncover just how remarkable their achievement really was.

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Sources:

• "Remarkable Women of the Outer Banks" by Hannah Bunn West
• "Windswept Dreams: The Wright Brothers' Legacy from Kitty Hawk's Dunes and Beyond" by Adonis A. Osekre
• Encyclopedia Britannica "Wright Brothers"
• National Air and Space Museum "Meet the Wright Family"
• National Air and Space Museum "Who Were the Wright Brothers?"
• National Air and Space Museum "Before the Wrights Were Aviators"
• National Air and Space Museum "Researching the Wright Way"
• National Air and Space Museum "You Just Invented the Airplane, Now What?"
• National Air and Space Museum "Katherine Wright: the Wright Sister"

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