| Before the Wrights took off in the Flyer, they had gained experience with unpowered gliders, following the example of other pioneering aviators. |
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| In the 100 years since, the Wrights have become the most famous aviation pioneers of all. |
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| It seems more likely that the event grew naturally out of the annual walks and picnics of the Braemar Wrights Society, a friendly society set up for local artisans. |
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| The Wrights were not the first to pilot a heavier-than-air craft. |
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| In 1908, the Wrights finally went public with their flying machine. |
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| These laws contribute to Barbour and Wrights idea of the rational nonvoter. |
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| And folks laughed at Santos Dumont, at the Wrights, and at all the other fellows, who said they could take a heavier-than-air machine, and skim above the clouds like a bird. |
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| Parish records give a snapshot of heads of family's occupations in 1835 and 1839 including several bakers, servants, shoemakers and wrights. |
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