First Flight

[Roadster Renovations]

The engineer in me just had to marvel at how the Wright brothers figured the elements to achieve flight for the fight time. The stiff breeze off the ocean blowing directly up the hill. The hill itself not too steep to cause a nose over, yet steep enough to contribute to the push from the surely underpowered little engine they used. I can see in my minds' eye the descent to gain speed, then the gentle pull back on the stick as the engine raced behind him and that moment when everything seemed to stop as an ungainly ground vehicle became a thing of grace and beauty as it took to the air for the first time........What a cusp event that was! Awesome!

 

[PrairieSpyder]

What a beautiful description. Thanks.

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: :clap:

 

[ChasCS]

Flight path

Lovely pic of a significant place in flight history.

Thanks for the memorializeation of a fantastic time in our worlds aeronautic past.

I'm going to be flying pretty high this afternoon too, if all goes as planned.

I shall keep you informed on the ultimate progress.

Chas

 

[ARtraveler]

Good information--thanks for posting. :thumbup:

 

[bruiser]

Been there. Great place to visit. Has all of the attempts marked out. It's a pretty good walk up to the monument. Thanks for the post.

 

[Chupaca]

Nicely put..!!

gives a nice discription of that moment in time for those men and their flying machine..!! :2thumbs: thanks...