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Flying Time-1903-1948

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Associated Press Photos

WING SPANNING 45 YEARS - The Kittyhawk's flight of 120 feet in 1903 was slightly more than half the 230-foot wing span of the Air Force's giant B-36 bomber, as indicated in this photodiagram. While the fuel consumption of the Wright brothers' small motor was 2 1/2 gallons an hour-if it could have stayed aloft that long-the B-36 uses more than 250 gallons an hour and has a range of 10,000 miles. It's cruising speed is 250 miles an hour and the Wright brothers' top speed was 40

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EARLY FLIGHT TALK-There was little zigging or zagging in the Wright brothers' first flight, but Capt. Bill Tate, who witnessed the takeoff at Kitty Hawk, N.C., uses gestures typical of the modern pilot as he explains to two of the Wrights' nieces. They are Mrs. J. H. Jameson (left) and Mrs. Harold S. Miller, both from Dayton

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The Washington Post
PRESENT - DAY FLIER'S ACHIEVEMENT-
President Harry Truman shakes hands with Army Capt. Charles E. Yeager as he makes the joint presentation of the Collier Trophy to three men who played key roles in the first human flight faster than sound. The high aviation award goes to Yeager, the rocket plane pilot; John Stack (left), research scientist of Hampton, Va., and Lawrence D. Bell (right) of Buffalo, whose company built the X-1, first plane to break through the sound barrier. Presentation was made yesterday at White House