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First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - SteveG - 12-17-2022
It seems like a dream...a universe away
First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903.
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Re: First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - Article Accelerator - 12-17-2022
It took just 66 years to go from that modest event to landing on the moon. Incredible…
Re: First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - SDGuy - 12-17-2022
Article Accelerator wrote:
It took just 66 years to go from that modest event to landing on the moon. Incredible…
and in the 53 years since then we've now advanced to the point of being able to (someday soon) send a capsule to the moon with up to SIX astronauts in it!
Take THAT you primitive 1960s Engineers - you only sent three astronauts in your capsules!
Re: First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - Carnos Jax - 12-17-2022
If Starship get's off the ground, it will significantly improve the average.
Re: First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - Ca Bob - 12-17-2022
The airplane was actually developed in west Dayton. They just had an odd test strip due to the prevailing winds. Then the development of controlled flight was done in east Dayton at the Huffman prairie, which can still be visited.
Re: First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - Ombligo - 12-18-2022
Today was also the 83rd anniversary of the scuttling of the Graf Spee
Re: First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - testcase - 12-19-2022
No, that "first flight" did NOT occur at Kitty Hawk. It occurred at nearby Kill Devil Hill. The telegraph office that sent out the news was at Kitty Hawk.
https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/bits-and-pieces-newsletter/07-11-2018-in-the-minds-of-the-wright-brothers
Re: First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903. - DeusxMac - 12-19-2022
testcase wrote:
No, that "first flight" did NOT occur at Kitty Hawk. It occurred at nearby Kill Devil Hill. The telegraph office that sent out the news was at Kitty Hawk.
https://www.eaa.org/eaa/news-and-publications/eaa-news-and-aviation-news/bits-and-pieces-newsletter/07-11-2018-in-the-minds-of-the-wright-brothers
Get a taste of the experience just down the road.
https://www.kittyhawk.com/adventures/hang-gliding/