It did not happen at Kitty Hawk.
The first flight did not happen at Kitty Hawk. It happened at Kill Devil Hills, four miles south, and the difference matters to the archive.
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Twelve seconds, and then three more.
Twelve seconds is not a slogan. It is the first of four flights on 17 December 1903, measured on the sand at Kill Devil Hills.
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