December 22, 2024

100 years ago this day, Orville and Wilbur Wright demonstrated the world’s first powered, heavier than air machine fly off the ground in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Interestingly, neither of them had finished high school.

News:
Presidential Address
Bush honors anniversary of first flight – CNN
Outer Banks

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Links:
Centennial of Flight
First Flight: How Wright Brothers Changed World – National Geographic
Flying Machines
History of Flight
Century of Flight
The Wright Stuff
Centennial of Flight