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"Nobody will fly for a thousand years!" - Wilbur Wright in 1901, reflecting on the Wright brothers' initial glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, NC
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Kijyu
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Wilbur Wright's statement proved to be incredibly inaccurate, as the Wright brothers successfully flew the first powered airplane just two years later in 1903. It goes to show that even the most visionary thinkers can sometimes underestimate human ingenuity and progress
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