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Show Magnificentf mraemi carad fheirf1ying'-mDichjne- The first flight in history in which a machine carrying a wis! man raised itself into the air in free flight lasted only 12 seconds. The second and third flights were a little longer, and the fourth lasted 59 seconds, covering a distance of 852 feet against a 20 mile wind. ORVILLE and Wilbur Wright, the aviation pioneers who designed and constructed the first flying machine, used air propellers and a 12 hor- r? jt! m.' jk measured five mile course from Ft. Myer to Alexandria, Va., and back at an average speed of 42.5 miles per hour. With on had begun. The mind of man had been occupied with the dream and problem of flight from ancient times. Cave paintings from early civilizations show that man, who could not himself soar from the earth, endowed his gods with wings and the gift of flight. Mercury, with his winged sandals and helmet in Roman methology, and Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek antiquity, were able to fly faster and more adroitly than any bird. Icarus with his wings of waxed feathers, the Griffon, and the flopping-winge- d Orinthoper soared only in man's imagination. THE FLIGHT dream was imbedded in the human psyche. Over the centuries as man s knowledge increased, his attempts to make flight a more became reality airplane quickly advanced from the experimental stage to practical use. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Orville Wright's birthday. August 19 of that year and each succeeding year, as National Aviation Day. In issuing the proclamation. President Roosevelt stated that "the development of when Orville Wright, with Lt. aeronautics in recent years as has been so rapid that aviation Foulois Benjamin a in its many phases has come flew over passenger, sepower motor. their first four flights the morning of December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk on the outer banks of North Carolina, the course of aviation history Signal Corps No. 1, the first military airplane in the world. The one hour endurance test requirement set by the Army was met in early July 1909, when Orville Wright remained in the air for one hour, twelve minutes and forty seconds with Lt. Frank Lahm as The speed test requirement was met later that month . to exert a profound influence on the course of events throughout the world." Once off the ground, modern man achieved in less than a first military airplane in the world, Wright Type B later designated BECAUSE the airplane century what ancient man was No. 1, tested and accepted at Ft. Myer, Va., in 1909. Now in the Signal Corps for exceeded the speed test dared only dream Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. it was launched by dropping a 1,400 pound milleniums. of 40 miles per requirement weight ; it landed on skids since it had no wheels. (USAF photo: Air Force Museum, Wright The Wright brothers', first the Wright brothers hour, Patterson AFB. Ohio) received $25,000 for the plan few feet off the sand at Kitty Hawk has culminated to date scientific. centrated on the effects of returned to Washington the plus a $5,000 bonus. in man's walk on the moon. In a the modified with location that and the when took followed, the years following year Yet, varying depth Wrights A Even so, the dream conrecords of in world Model and curvature. which 18 in a the flying up airplane only subject became known as the 1909 flying machines continued to tinues with anticipated flights few aerodynamical works of By 1903, they had developed scientific validity were in the crew propulsion theory for Military Flyer, designated be made and broken, and the to the planets beyond. air propellers. Thus, the first existence. machine of 1903 was designed After two years of exthe with air entirely on the basis of their RE-C- AP perimenting own experimentation. pressure tables of Lilenthal, Duchemin and Langley, the Report of the flights at Kitty FULLY QUARANTEED FOR AS LONG AS YOU OWN THE TIRE! Hawk became brothers greatly increased Wright scientific interest in the convinced that these tales were greatly in error and of no airplane both at home and abroad. use in designing their airBut it was not until five plane. 1901 In they constructed a years later that the first and began flights in 1903 were equaled by windtunnel small 1909 AIR FORCE-T- he WINTER PASSENGER TRUCK calculating the pressures various by produced others than the Wright brothers themselves, and CONDUCTING experiments in 1902, using curved instead IN THE next few years, the U.S. military became interested in the novel flying thicknesses and shapes of surfaces when exposed to air at different angles. of plane surfaces, they con- - Fighter pilots set reunion NELLIS AFB. Nev. ( AFNS) - The 1974 annual reunion of the 36th, 49th. 50th and 86th Tactical Fighter Wings will be held Oct. 7 in Las Vegas, Nev. These four wings at one time were based simultaneously in Germany. The 36th, 50th and R6th wings are still in Germany; however, the 49th is now based at Holloman AFB, N.M. Reunion details may be obtained by writing P.O. Box 9766, Nellis AFB. Nev. 89110, Attn. Col. Floyd White (USAF Retired) 25-2- 1 then only on a machine based on the early drawings of the Wright airplane. machine. First tests of an airplane by the Army were begun at Ft. Myer, Va., with the 1908 Wright Flyer, but these tests ended abruptly the same year after the aircraft crashed, killing a young lieutenant and seriously injuring Orville Wright. 650-1- 3 650-1- 6 670-1- 5 Undaunted, the Wright brothers built a new plane and 700-1- 5 700-1- 6 STORAGE SHEDS 750-1- 6 IS75 U75 18 700-1- 3 560-1- 5 600-1- 5 735-1- 4 IB45 775-1- 4 825-141- 5 855-141- 5 900-1- 5 tires plus excise tax of 70' to 90 per tire and a recapable less. exchange. Summer recaps at All r All HI 8 STEEL l 1 FT. TAIL FREE MOUNTING! 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