December 17, 2003
100 Years of Flight
100 years ago today, two bicycle mechanics, through a rather long and methodical investigation of the properties of flying machines, managed to fly.
From the diary of Orville Wright, Dec. 17, 2003:
"When we got up a wind of between 20 and 25 miles was blowing from the north. We got the machine out early and put out the signal for the men at the station. Before we were quite ready, John T. Daniels, W. S. Dough, A. D. Etheridge, W C. Brinkley of Manteo, and Johnny Moore of Nags Head arrived. After running the engine and propellers a few minutes to get them in working order, I got on the machine at 10:35 for the first trial. . . "
Here is a great article on the Wrights.
Posted by elkaim at December 17, 2003 6:00 PM