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The next Wright brothers
Entrepreneurs, explorers and scientists are continuing the legacy of innovation into the second century of flight. • FULL STORY

SPECIAL REPORT

• Aviation's ugly duckling starts odyssey
British pilot begins globe-girdling trip in autogyro

• 'Experimental' aircraft push the envelope
More pilots are building their own planes

• Airlines' flighty finances
After 100 years, it's no easier to get rich

• Secondhand fleet soars
Old planes continue to fly routes less traveled

• A DC-3 flies the northern skies
Every day, 60-year-old planes are in the air

• An airplane hall of fame
With the help of readers, we’ve selected 10 planes that shaped modern aviation.

• Just 10 planes? But what about ...
Readers weigh in on our Hall of Fame picks

• Seven flights of fancy that fizzled
Why flying cars, jetpacks haven’t taken hold

• Aviation’s past sets future path
The ‘Wright stuff,’ then and now

INTERACTIVE

• A century of flight
Learn how the Wright brothers’ first flight set the stage for the ever-higher flights that followed

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS

Thousands gather to mark anniversary

•	Re-enactment has Wright stuff, wrong weather
•	Aviation legends salute Wright brothers
•	Witnesses' descendants remember local role

INTERACTIVE

• A look at the 1903 Wright Flyer
Dissect the aircraft that holds the highest place of honor in the history of aviation

QUIZZES

Test your aviation IQ:

• 10 famous firsts
• Orville or Wilbur?

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