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Wright Brothers’ Wind Tunnel

Nicole Sharp - March 4, 2011November 6, 2019

A large part of the Wright Brothers’ ultimate success in creating the first powered heavier-than-air craft came as a result of work done in their homemade wind tunnel, shown above. Keep reading

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