Note that the first flight was also in 1903.
According to the legend I've heard - this was published the day before the Wright Brothers first flight in Dec 17 1903.
I didn't see the publication date in the article.
According to the legend I've heard - this was published the day before the Wright Brothers first flight in Dec 17 1903.
I didn't see the publication date in the article.
The NYT article mentioned is in their archives [1], dated October 9, 1903, which would be 9 weeks and 6 days. Close enough, although I'd probably round up to 10 weeks.
[1] https://nyti.ms/47ZyE3D (subscription probably required)
>Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight.
Nobody believed them until 1908ish, when they flew over crowds in France and could no longer be ignored.