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The Wright Stuff-15
The Conquest of the Air: The Kitty Hawk experience is more than is easily absorbed in many ways. Knowing that the last 100 plus years of crazy developments all started in the little wooden sheds on this sandy remote beach is extraordinary. The Wright brothers were the winners of this effort that was on this very spot the beginnings of all of the accomplishments that were to follow, all the way through to the Space Station. Three flights on December 17th 1903 and history had an exclamation point. The inside museum has the original crankcase from the aircraft and it was destroyed on December 17th, most likely in an attempt to fly again. The engine was so very crude by today’s standards and it is remarkable that it was able to accomplish the task at all. I have visited this monument several times and always have a keen sense of the magnitude of change that the ability to fly has had on mankind. Being involved in aviation I hold the monument to be a sort of Hallowed Ground. I know most visitors are happy to see the stone markers and the descriptions of the flights. But to understand the subsequent rapid sequence of developments and increasing pace of technology that started here is awe inspiring.
The Wright Stuff-15
The Conquest of the Air: The Kitty Hawk experience is more than is easily absorbed in many ways. Knowing that the last 100 plus years of crazy developments all started in the little wooden sheds on this sandy remote beach is extraordinary. The Wright brothers were the winners of this effort that was on this very spot the beginnings of all of the accomplishments that were to follow, all the way through to the Space Station. Three flights on December 17th 1903 and history had an exclamation point. The inside museum has the original crankcase from the aircraft and it was destroyed on December 17th, most likely in an attempt to fly again. The engine was so very crude by today’s standards and it is remarkable that it was able to accomplish the task at all. I have visited this monument several times and always have a keen sense of the magnitude of change that the ability to fly has had on mankind. Being involved in aviation I hold the monument to be a sort of Hallowed Ground. I know most visitors are happy to see the stone markers and the descriptions of the flights. But to understand the subsequent rapid sequence of developments and increasing pace of technology that started here is awe inspiring.