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The story of Orville and Wilbur Wright and their history making flight.

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With steam whooshing from its sides, the train ground slowly to a stop in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

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1) The Trip to Kitty Hawk
2) Getting Started
3) Kite Flying
4) Kill Devil Hill
5) At Home in Dayton
6) A Great Man Calls
7) Attacked!
8) Beyond Kite Flying
9) Wilbur Goes to Chicago
10) The Magic Box
11) Closer to the Goal
12) Almost Perfect
13) A New Kind of Engine
14) A Toss of the Coin
15) On the Track
16) Birth of the Space Age

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