Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - Spectators: Sen. Kean; Sen. Lodge; Sen. [Augustus Octavius] Bacon. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the War Department offered them a $25,000 contract if their Flyer reached a speed of 40 miles per hour].

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