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2023-05-12 15:50:43 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4383EF2D6A4FEB68283173928EBFC0E10C7FAE8C3A8AEDB708A15E926BFA2F6C
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Original Note:
Their flight was not 9 days later, it was 69 days later. The New York Times opinion piece was published on October 9, 1903: https://www.nytimes.com/1903/10/09/archives/flying-machines-which-do-not-fly.html The Wright brothers first flight occurred on December 17, 1903: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/1903-wright-flyer/nasm_A19610048000
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