English subtitles for clip: File:First flights in aviation history.ogv
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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 It was as recently as December 17, 1903, that Wilbur and Orville Wright made man's first sustained 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,840 flights in an engine-driven airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States. 3 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:28,040 Alberto Santos Dumont, on September 13, 1909, the Brazilian pioneer airman, made the first 4 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:35,040 airplane flight in all of Europe. The first United States airmail service was 5 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:44,400 begun on May 15, 1918, between New York City and Washington, D.C. 6 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:58,600 It was only 26 years ago, within the easy recollections of men living today, that the 7 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:03,480 first flight across the Atlantic Ocean was accomplished. Four United States Navy flying 8 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:10,480 boats left Newfoundland on May 16, 1919. Only one of these reached England 15 days later.