Dec 17
Happy Anniversary of Powered Flight Day!
105 Years ago today (December 17, 1903), Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first sustained powered flights, so I say “happy anniversary to aviation!” It’s amazing to think of all that we’ve accomplished in aviation in those short 105 years… practically everyone has taken a commercial flight these days, we’ve been to the moon and back, and now I’M even a pilot! It’s also hard to believe the first flight was only about 120 feet lasting about maybe 12 seconds, and we’ve come so far, so fast, ever since. I tell ya, it’s great to be a part of such an amazing legacy!
Too bad it’s so darn cold and the weather so crappy in Chicago today otherwise I’d love to get up and fly on such a great anniversary!
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December 17th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I hope the next 105 years will see similar advances in aviation.