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Letter: For the record

Published 18 October 2003

• Our Soundbite on recreating the first powered flight called the aircraft a replica “Kitty Hawk” (27 September, p 12). In fact, Kittyhawk, North Carolina, is where the Wright brothers’ first flight took place. The aircraft was called the “Flyer” or later “Wright Flyer 1”.

Issue no. 2417 published 18 October 2003

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