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Tag Archives: the Wright Brothers
The First Passenger Death
“Uh-oh!” It was a simple statement uttered by a man who was about to die. Pilots tend to do that – which is a way of recognizing they will say something very prophetic just before crashing. Usually it is a … Continue reading →
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Tagged airplanes, airspeed, altitude, crashing, engine failures, flying, Fort Myer VA, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, military service, Orville Wright, pilots, September 17 1908, The First Passenger Death, the first passenger fatality, the Wright Brothers, the Wright Flyer, US Army, “Uh-oh!”
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107 Years
A century plus seven years. It is almost too much to comprehend, especially when you give some thought to the amazing accomplishments which have taken place since then. It was 107 years ago today the Wright Brothers officially “cracked the … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying
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Tagged 107 Years, 1941, aerial combat maneuvering, aerial combatants, airmail, aviation, B-25 Mitchell bombers, B-29 Superfortresses, barnstormers, Charles Lindbergh, Chuck Yeager, December 7, Douglas DC-3, H.G. Wells, history, jet fighters, Jimmy Doolittle, John Kennedy, Jules Verne, Maritime aviation, October 14 1947, open cockpit biplanes, the airline industry, the aviation industry, the Boeing 707, The Korean War, the moon, the sound barrier, the space race, the USS Hornet, the Wright Brothers, times of war, turbojets, World War I
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