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" A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight. "
Orville Wright
Flight
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" We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building. "
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