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122 Years Ago - Yazata - Dec 18, 2025
Not really all that long ago. On December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk North Carolina, the first heavier than air aircraft took off under its own power. (Balloons and gliders had flown earlier.)
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RE: 122 Years Ago - Zinjanthropos - Dec 18, 2025
Not too often can one see a real image of a great moment in human history. Two bicycle mechanics changed the world that day. Why was “lift” so hard to figure out? Was da Vinci on the right track?
RE: 122 Years Ago - C C - Dec 22, 2025
(Dec 18, 2025 04:37 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: Not too often can one see a real image of a great moment in human history. Two bicycle mechanics changed the world that day. Why was “lift” so hard to figure out? Was da Vinci on the right track?
Other undertakings had demonstrated that getting a craft off the ground was possible, but those attempts swiftly crashed. What the Wright Brothers added was the ability to control a vehicle long enough for an actual, extended flight.