I can fly!

This unimpressive looking spot is where aviation history was made when the Wright brothers made the first powered flight on Dec 17, 1903. They made four flights that day, each marked by a stone in this picture. The first flight went up to the first stone, a distance of 120 feet; the airplane was in the air 12 seconds. I can throw a frisbee that far!

When you think of it, it's quite amazing that in a period of just 66 years, we went from a 120 foot flight to the moon! More than a few people, born from the 1870s to the early 1890s, remembered both events! Wilbur died in 1912, but Orville lived until 1948, long enough to see jet fighters. I wonder what he thought about that. Wouldn't be surprised if he was stoked! When the brothers made their first flights, this area was mostly sand; the National Park Service has planted it in grass to stabilize it.