The Wright brothers develop the first airplane, after many others have failed, by using the very twentieth century method of patient, careful experimentation.

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Fanfare

Opening Theme

Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Composed in 1843 by Richard Wagner. Public domain.
Performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra, and used pursuant to a Creative Commons License. Details.

“Flight of the Bumblebee” from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Composed in 1900 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Public domain.
Performed by the United States Army Band. Public domain recording. Source.

Closing Theme

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