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The Wright brothers' 1909 Military Flyer.

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This is the beginning of true air power as we know it today.

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It's the Air Forces first airplane.

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Flying in 1909 was pretty dangerous.

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Every flight was different, you were always learning something.

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You had to learn how to take off, you had to learn how to turn, always a new experience.

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But then you also had to learn what happens if a bug hits you in the eye.

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They had to learn the hard way, you better wear goggles when you fly.

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This is the beginning of so many things. They're looking at reconnaissance, carrying information.

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That's why this aircraft is called Signal Corps One.

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The Signal Corps of the U.S. Army, which eventually becomes the U.S. Air Force,

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needed this aircraft to carry messages, to do reconnaissance, to look for enemy troops.

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This is 1909. Only six years earlier, the Wright brothers had just flown their first aircraft at Kitty Hawk.