first flight
- carrmillus
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first flight
.........on this day, 115 years ago at kitty hawk, n.c., the wright bros. made the first successful flight of a powered, heavier than air machine!!!!............... .....................
Re: first flight
I have had the pleasure of visiting the place where that first flight took place. It's amazing to me to think about how far we've come since that day. I doubt there's any way those early pioneers of flight could have imagined the impact their work would have on the entire world.
Phil
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Re: first flight
.........well said, phil!!!!........ ..............
- Quick Steel
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Re: first flight
That first flight was 120'. From there to the moon in just a couple of generations. Amazing.
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Phil, you obviously haven't flown in coach recently!philco wrote:It's amazing to me to think about how far we've come since that day.
Mike
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Re: first flight
One of the finest museums I've ever visited is the Owls Head Transportation Museum, located in Owls Head, ME. In it is a full scale model of the plane flown by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903. Situated next to it in the museum is a Gemini Space capsule, flown in 1963, just 60 years later.Quick Steel wrote:That first flight was 120'. From there to the moon in just a couple of generations. Amazing.
Here's some pictures of the museum exhibits. If you look closely at the picture of the Wright brothers plane you can see the Gemini capsule behind it. What struck me as interesting at the time was the relative sizes of the two.
Owls Head is near Rockland, between Freeport and Camden. If you're ever in the area the museum is a must-see. http://owlshead.org/discover/collections The website is misleading in that the museum has thousands of automobiles, and hundreds of aircraft, motorcycles, and bicycles, but the website shows only a few examples of the collection. With a few exceptions every piece they have is fully functional, and frequently driven, flown, or ridden.
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