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1900-1910s - Powered Flight Begins

December 17, 1903 - The Wright Brothers make the first heavier-than-air powered flight in their homebuilt aircraft, the Wright Flyer, at Kill Devils Hill, NC.

April 16, 1904 - Mr. Orland George Corben is born in Des Moines, IA. [1]

1918 - At age 14, Corben begins flying. His first flight was in a Curtiss Jenny. [2][3]

1 http://www.aviationhalloffamewisconsin.com/inductees/corben.htm
2 Ibid.
3 Dzik, S. "'Ace' Corben and the 'Baby Ace' Story," Sport Aviation, August 1965, p. 6

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