Wilbur Wright Flight Demonstration
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Wilbur Wright Flight Demonstration
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Wilbur Wright made his first flights at the Hunaudieres racetrack at Le Mans, France. The Wright Flyer used for this and later flights had been shipped to Le Havre by Orville the previous year. It had been seriously damaged by custom officials when it arrived in France and uncrated. Wilbur spent the whole summer of 1908 rebuilding the machine and getting it into flying condition. Wilbur's flights in this machine will have a profound effect on European aviation during the following months. Wilbur Wright moved to Camp d'Auvours, east of Le Mans, where all his flights for the remainder of the year were based. This image of Wilbur Wright making a demonstration flight at d'Auvours, where he took up passengers on more than 60 occasions besides breaking many records.
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