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on verso, center printed in black ink on applied paper: CAPTIONS [underlined] / FIRST FLIGHT - - Orville Wright [circled in red pencil] shown at the controls of the cumbersome / mechanically-powered bi-plane invented by himself and his brother Wilbur, / the first heavier-than-air craft to soar above the ground at Kitty Hawk, N.C. / in 1903, and featured in "The Epic of Flight" which will be aired [by unknown hand in red ink: 3/13 6:30 pm] / (date and time) / on [by unknown hand in red ink: WTCN-11] / (channel). This new March of Time special from Wolper / Productions is a fascinating story of man's conquest of the air. / #######

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Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

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