With the information contained in Chanute's book, the personal assistance of Chanute himself, and research carried out in their own wind tunnel, the Wright brothers gained enough knowledge of aerodynamics to fly the first powered aircraft on December 17, 1903.

With designer Ted Wells, they developed the first aircraft under the Beechcraft name, the classic Model 17 Staggerwing, which first flew in November 1932.

With Brueys dead and his van and centre defeated, the rear division of the French fleet attempted to break out of the bay, but ultimately only two ships of the line and two frigates escaped, from a total of 17 ships engaged.

With almost 30 % of the total land area suitable for crop production and about 17 % of the labor force engaged in farming, agriculture remains the primary occupation, accounting for 11 % of GDP in 2001.

With 17 out of 58 votes in the Bundesrat, Berlin needed only a few votes from the small states to exercise effective control.

With a career regular-season record of 151 – 87 – 5 (. 632 ) in 17 seasons with Minnesota, Grant led the franchise to 12 playoff appearances, 11 division titles, and four Super Bowls.

With the PNDS ' 17 seats this coalition took 25 seats.

With a strength of 17, 969 troops, the FAP counts in its arsenal with MiG-29 ( interceptor ) and Mirage 2000 ( interdictor / multirole aircraft ).

With Hitler striving for absolute power in Germany, Himmler and Heydrich wished to control the political police forces of all 17 German states.

With growth of 17. 4 % to 185. 799 million euros in sales, the export sector has recovered to pre-crisis levels, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry.

With 1: 17 left in the half, Tarkenton threw a pass to receiver John Gilliam at the 5-yard line, but Steelers safety Glen Edwards hit him just as he caught the ball.

With the game almost completely out of reach, the Bills managed to respond with a 15 play, 79-yard drive to cut the score to 37 – 17 on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Kelly to Metzelaars.

With the Federal army having rebuilt the City Point Railroad, Grant was able to use mortars to attack Lee's entrenchments ; the most famous and largest mortar used during the Civil War, over 17, 000 pounds, was called the Dictator.

* June 17 – With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.

With 64 % of the electorate turning out the referendum passed with a 66. 83 % margin in favor, 33. 17 % against.

With 64 % of the electorate turning out the referendum passed with a 66. 83 % margin in favor, 33. 17 % against.

With the advent of computers, many more values of n have been checked ; T. Oliveira e Silva is running a distributed computer search that has verified the conjecture for n ≤ 4 × 10 < sup > 18 </ sup > ( and double-checked up to 2 × 10 < sup > 17 </ sup >).

With a prevalence from 12. 5 % to 17. 5 % ( Dawson-Falk et al., 1992 ), bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital malformation affecting the heart in this syndrome.

With accommodation for three officers and 14 enlisted men, the crew varied from 12 to 17, depending upon the number and type of weapons installed.

With Florida depopulated, English traders paid other tribes to attack and enslave the Yamasee, leading to the Yamassee War of 1715 – 17.

With only a grade school education himself, Adams came to the SLV in 1879 at the age of 17 to begin ranching.

With some help from the missionaries, on October 17, 1743 Shabash put together a petition of names of people who could attest that the land in which one of the lots was running through was theirs.

With an average of 2 ° C, winter months are slightly milder than on the mainland, summer months though with a median of 17 ° C are somewhat cooler, despite a longer sunshine period on Sylt.

With their own # 4 pick, they chose guard Dion Waiters from Syracuse, and with pick # 17 ( which was acquired from Dallas on draft night ), they chose center Tyler Zeller from North Carolina.

With partners Dell and Simon & Schuster, the company sponsored the Story Book Shop on Main Street, U. S. A. in Disneyland which opened on July 17, 1955 and closed April 1, 1995.

With ' King Richard ' still holding court as coach in 1951, albeit now in a non-playing capacity, Essendon seemed on course for a third consecutive flag but a controversial four week suspension dished out to John Coleman on the eve of the finals effectively put paid to their chances.

With a table of appropriate size, this method is likely to be much faster than any alternative approach ( such as sorting the file and comparing all consecutive pairs ).

With his win in Las Vegas in March, Hewitt had won at least one ATP title annually for ten consecutive years.

With the maturation of quarterback Doug Williams and future 4-time Pro Bowl tight end Jimmie Giles, the first 1000-yard rushing season from running back Ricky Bell, and a smothering, league-leading defense led by future NFL Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon, the Bucs kicked off the season with five consecutive victories, a stunning performance that landed them on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

With a set starting rotation of Battie, Howard, Türkoğlu, DeShawn Stevenson, and Nelson, the Magic mounted a surprising run at the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, including an 8-game winning streak and twelve consecutive home wins.

With the condensed 2011-12 NBA season due to the lockout, the Mavericks were unable to win 50 games, thus ending their 11 consecutive season with 50 or more wins.

With their 50th win in the 2011-2012 season, the Spurs currently hold the record for most consecutive 50 + win seasons at 13.

With The Beatles stayed at the top of the charts for 21 weeks, displacing Please Please Me, so that The Beatles occupied the top spot for 51 consecutive weeks.

With a Fall 2010 enrollment of 27, 816 students, it is the fastest-growing campus in the University of North Carolina system for six consecutive years.

The high school's JROTC program has held the rating of " Honor Unit With Distinction ", the highest possible unit ranking within the JROTC program, for the past 33 consecutive years ( as of 2007 ).

With a slow delivery of his devastating screwball, Hubbell recorded five consecutive 20-win seasons for the Giants ( 1933 – 37 ), and helped his team to three NL pennants and the 1933 World Series title.

With 1, 021 rushing yards in 2001, Smith became the first player in NFL history with 11 consecutive 1, 000 yard seasons and the first to post eleven 1, 000-yard rushing seasons in a career.

Roberta Flack was the first artist to win Record of the Year in two consecutive years for the years 1972 (" The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ") and 1973 (" Killing Me Softly With His Song ").

With a downhill victory in March 2011, she has won at least one race for ten consecutive World Cup seasons, trailing only Alberto Tomba and Vreni Schneider who won races in eleven consecutive World Cup seasons, and equalling the mark of Renate Götschl and Ingemar Stenmark.

With the tournament now as an Olympic qualifier, there followed three more consecutive victories, in 1991, 1995 and 1999.

With their third consecutive single (" Let Love In ") from the album, the Goo Goo Dolls hit a record 12 Top 10 hits in Adult Top 40 history, beating Matchbox Twenty and Sheryl Crow until Matchbox Twenty's release of Exile on Mainstream and the Goo Goo Dolls ' release of " Before It's Too Late " from the Transformers Soundtrack, which left both groups with 13 Top 10 hits in the Adult Top 40.

With dominant players such as Canadian Football Hall of Famer Eddie James, the Roughriders were a perennial contender from the West, reaching the Grey Cup finals five consecutive years from 1928 to 1932, the second-longest streak in the championship's history.

With the competition having rebranded itself as the Australian Football League ( AFL ) at the start of the 1990 season, West Coast finished third on the ladder at the conclusion of the home-and-away season, and progressed to the preliminary final before losing to, having been forced to play four consecutive finals in Melbourne.

With a 3 – 2 win over Afan Lido at Stebonheath Park Llanelli ( 06. 05. 07 ) Carmarthen Town lifted the Welsh Cup for the first time in their history and with it secured their third consecutive foray into European competition.

With 12 straight All-Star appearances, Boggs is third only to Brooks Robinson and George Brett in number of consecutive appearances as a third baseman.

With the Lions in 2003, he rushed for over 1, 000 yards for the eighth consecutive season, setting a league record.

With the win, the Patriots matched the Dolphins as the only team to win 17 consecutive games in one season.

With this, Westlife broke an unexpected record of the most consecutive number one singles in the UK, having their first seven singles debut at the top.