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1 October
6:48 pm

neither one of the Wright brothers had a pilot's license

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Matt Dunlap, at Maine 2nd Congressional District General Election Debate (WMTW)

6:48 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific historical claim about the Wright brothers used to make an analogy about AI regulation — verifiable and potentially misleading if inaccurate
What we foundThe claim is contradicted by multiple independent historical sources: both Wright brothers did receive pilot's licenses from the Aéro-Club de France in 1910 and the Aero Club of America in 1911.
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