First flight of Wright brothers’ aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903.

[SteveG]

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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[Article Accelerator]

It took just 66 years to go from that modest event to landing on the moon. Incredible…

[SDGuy]

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!

[Carnos Jax]

If Starship get's off the ground, it will significantly improve the average.

[Ca Bob]

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.

[Ombligo]

Today was also the 83rd anniversary of the scuttling of the Graf Spee

[testcase]

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-publica...t-brothers

[DeusxMac]

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-publica...t-brothers

Get a taste of the experience just down the road.

https://www.kittyhawk.com/adventures/hang-gliding/