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Yesterday's Air Force: 1909 Wright Military Flyer

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FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Two American bicycle shop owners accomplished something the world's greatest minds had been working on for centuries -- powered flight -- and it only took them a few years.

They sold their invention to the U.S. military and the rest is history.

Yesterday's Air Force is a history and heritage featurette series that airs every other week, profiling significant people and missions from the Air Force's past.