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The First Catapult to Take Off
Wilbur wright had tried and failed to pilot their newly invented flying machine just a few days earlier. So on this next attempt, his brother ville peared up, braved the wind and climbed into the fire with this first catapult to take off. Man's age old dream of light became a reality. The invention of aviation would change the world forever. It would change travel, it would change trade, and it would change war. On april secend, 19 seve ord, less than 15 years after the right brothers took that first flight, president woodrell wilson asked congress to formally enter World War One.