The Wright Brothers testing an early plane at Kitty Hawk mb-code 00357994 The British Lion rests quietly

The British Lion rests quietly against a wall whilst the three most prominent politicians advocating parliamentary reform prod him with 'reform' spears

George Telfer and Billy Kenny

Showing the eardrum of a three-week old Indian elephant at at natural size

Broadcast to 26 countries and watched by 400 million

at the time of her wedding

The Wright Brothers testing an early plane at Kitty Hawk mb-code 00357994 The British Lion rests quietlyThe Wright Brothers testing an early plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, c1903. Wilbur (1867 1912) and Orville Wright (1871 1948) testing a plane with an engine instead of their previous experiments with gliders. They made the world's first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk.