Posted on 12/18/2017 1:44:05 AM PST by Enlightened1
On December 17, 1903, a handcrafted biplane lifted off the soft sand of a windswept beach in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, ushering in the age of aviation. The flight lasted a mere 12 seconds, and covered only 120 feet, but it changed the course of history. On Wright Brothers Day, we honor the two American pioneers from Dayton, Ohio, who first achieved powered flight, one of the most remarkable triumphs of the 20th century.
Orville and Wilbur Wright shared a fascination with flight and a desire to push the limits of the possible. They were bicycle mechanics by trade, and though they lacked formal education and resources, they excelled in aviation through determination and tenacity. They built their own research facilities, learned and tested principles of engineering and aerodynamics, and endured years of failure as they improved on their designs.
Aviation has transformed modern life. The Golden Age of Flight during the 1920s and 1930s captured the imagination of the American people, and soon opened commercial opportunities for transport and trade. Two world wars led to the development of the modern U.S. Air Force, strengthening our national security and enabling us to command the battlefield and protect our homeland from the sky. Aviation has also connected far-away nations, changing the way we conduct business, spend our leisure time, and spread new ideas. In only 60 years’ time, aviation expanded from the familiar to a new unknown from speeding us through the clouds to launching us into space.
The same spirit that fueled Orville and Wilbur Wright ignited a passion in other aviation visionaries. In July 1969, American pioneers, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, completed the first manned mission to the Moon on Apollo 11.
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It's total Americana.... I love it!
Yes, but did they ever pinch their secretary?
Liberals and media triggered by recognition of two dead White dudes.
Haha!
Yeah no kidding right?
Oh yeah the Snowflakes will certainly be triggered by this.
Never mind the fact that use Air Planes to get to their destinations.
Never mind the fact that a lot of the technologies they use on a daily bases come from the Space Program that would have never existed if it was not for the Wright Brothers.
Never mind the fact their lives would be way more difficult if it was not for these two men.
Our technology is still in infancy in the larger scheme of things.
December 17th?
That can’t be Wright.
That’s a good question bro, but isn’t it kind of racist, to honor two white dudes? I think they should name it “Indigenous Pilot’s Day” /S
White privelege again.
Bike mechanics.
Now everyone’s a game developer.
And the press that was there and saw it DENIED it happened!
What a great picture of two excellent American inventors... our first flyers! And Kitty Hawk, NC was the best place for a first flight. Along with the sea breeze, I believe they were lucky to have the ocean meeting the sky as their horizon to keep level.
Liberals will cry racism!!!
A lot of other bike mechanics went onto build the automobiles and roads that transformed the world. “Bike mechanic” was the “computer programmer” or game developer of the early 20th century.
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Well, by all accounts, these guys were so focused in on their work that they were not even interested meeting or courting women...they were obsessed!
Very good. Now for Nikola Tesla Day.
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