I can’t type fast enough to transcribe what he’s saying but it’s very inspiring. Talks about Lincoln, endorsing the building of rails, when he’s never seen a train. He had imagination.
Now the Wright brothers, who had a bicycle shop. They are fascinated with flight...
6 or 7 crashes a day...
finally, the first powered flight, shorter than the wingspan of a 747...
four years later a million and a half people in Manhattan see a plane for the first time...
Good stuff, watch it or catch the video later.
This is the Newt I love... he sounds like the grandfather with the great stories you sit and listen to for hours, or the professor that makes you really aspire to something great.