[vaskypilot]

121 years today. Remember the Wright Brothers did not receive government grants, tax incentives, or subsidies. An example of how Americans can use their ingenuity.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

My wife and I went to Kitty Hawk in April 2023. Well worth seeing.

[enumerated]

Ahem… I think you mean Wright Siblings Day

[HYPOCRACY]

“The headwind would slow their groundspeed to a crawl, but they proceeded anyway.”

Why didn’t they just go the other way?

[Paisan]

and 66 years later, we walked on the moon.

[workerbee]

If you’ve never been to the Wright Brothers museum and park in NC, it should be on your bucket list. Really fantastic.

[Bubba_Leroy]

My grandfather was born in 1880, before the invention of radio or automobiles, was an adult by the time of the Wright Brothers first flight, and lived long enough to watch men orbit the moon live on television. He died after Apollo 8 (the first human lunar orbit), but before Apollo 11 (the first human moon landing).

I still vividly remember watching the Apollo launches with him when I was a child. I hope that I live long enough to see men walk on the moon again.

[NorthMountain]

. Remember the Wright Brothers did not receive government grants, tax incentives, or subsidies.

The same cannot be said of Langley ...

[rlmorel]

Yep. Amazing American Men.

[vaskypilot]

The Wright Brothers would have been gone anywhere without their mechanic Charle Taylor.

https://airandspace.si.edu/support/wall-of-honor/charles-e-taylor

[minnesota_bound]

The first flight was less then the wingspan of a 747.