tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7572251729863272593..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In History: Flight.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26480101916274100832007-12-17T21:44:00.000-05:002007-12-17T21:44:00.000-05:00Had this one on my mind today being into the whole...Had this one on my mind today being into the whole aviation history thing. Also got to see lots of "First in Flight" license plates and many pictures of the Wright Flyer on licenses and IDs at the shop. But then, I'm in North Carolina so I get that everyday.<BR/><BR/>Anyone notice the US quarter with NC on the back has "First Flight" and not "First in Flight" printed on it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12699816854855987852007-12-17T16:38:00.000-05:002007-12-17T16:38:00.000-05:00During the early days of aviation, weren't all the...During the early days of aviation, weren't all these planes mostly "ground effect aircraft"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27246116642642883342007-12-17T16:26:00.000-05:002007-12-17T16:26:00.000-05:00Anonymous said... "... setting off a PR war betwee...Anonymous said... <BR/>"... setting off a PR war between Ohio and North Carolina that still rages."<BR/><BR/>Don't forget about Connecticut! Around here everyone knows Gustave Whitehead beat the Wright brothers by 2 yrs. The WBs even rented an office here and visited Gustave's shop before making their own successful flight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88835071755858383942007-12-17T15:28:00.000-05:002007-12-17T15:28:00.000-05:00comatus - I was waiting to see how long it would t...comatus - I was waiting to see how long it would take you. ;)bredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216098318849287384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21608777264136038542007-12-17T14:58:00.000-05:002007-12-17T14:58:00.000-05:00"Frankly, none of us believed it."--James Cox, gov..."Frankly, none of us believed it."--James Cox, governor (D-Ohio), presidential candidate, founder of Cox Cable.<BR/><BR/>In the summer of 1904, Wilbur went out to Huffman Prairie and taught himself to fly. Now you think about that: no instructor, no manual, no simulator (no ATC! no FAA! no hangar fees! Hell, <I>no ailerons</I>!). In that year, the sky was his. It is a wondrous thing to fly like a fighter pilot, like an acrobat, like an astronaut. But in 1904, WW was flying...like a god.<BR/><BR/>Yet other than his sister (by all accounts a brilliant and iron-willed person), chicks did not dig it. Only in Ohio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36583172056327486682007-12-17T14:18:00.000-05:002007-12-17T14:18:00.000-05:00Well, I thought that they'd settled it with "First...Well, I thought that they'd settled it with "First in Flight" vs. "Birthplace of Aviation".<BR/><BR/>(Check out the license-plates issued by NC and OH, next time you get a chance to see them. NC has the first phrase, OH has the other.)<BR/><BR/>After all, the brothers were Buckeyes, even if they had to go to Kitty Hawk, NC, to get off the ground.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62280075347540914842007-12-17T12:11:00.000-05:002007-12-17T12:11:00.000-05:00... setting off a PR war between Ohio and North Ca...... setting off a PR war between Ohio and North Carolina that still rages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com