Bush honors Wright brothers on 100th anniversary of first flight

[Judi Lynn]

Posted 12/17/2003 9:42 AM Updated 12/17/2003 9:50 AM


Bush honors Wright brothers on 100th anniversary of first flight

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) — A bald eagle soared into a rainy sky Wednesday, a symbol of flight, as a poncho-clad crowd cheered the 100th anniversary of man's first powered, heavier-than-air flight.
A team of mechanics, pilots and engineers hoped to re-enact the Wright brothers' seminal flight from a century ago, when the two brothers with a delicate contraption fashioned in their bicycle shop made their first tentative hops through the air.

President Bush was on hand for the attempt, timed to come 100 years to the minute after the brothers from Dayton, Ohio, made their first 120-foot, 12-second flight.

"By our skill and daring, we will continue to lead the world in flight," Bush said. (snip/...)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-12-17-bush-wright_x.htm

[0007]

1. Can you believe this idiot? Like we never hear the story before, 'eh?



Wish junior would tell us more about his "Road to Peace" and where we are with it at this stage.

[MrBenchley]

2. Anybody know did these yutzes

get their replica off the ground...

I almost choked this morning when I heard it cost $1.5 million to build a wood and canvas plane with a crapass motor...about the only thing they added from Wilbur and Orville was a bicycle helmet this time around.

The Wright brothers original plane cost less than $1000 to build.

THERE's a fitting and glorious salute to the American aerospace industry all right...a 150,000% cost overrun...

[karlschneider]

3. Bunnypants jinxed 'em. It didn't make it off the ground.

;-)

[MrBenchley]

4. Too frigging funny!!!

I'm sorry I missed that....a 150,000% cost overrun and it couldn't fly...that really IS a fitting symbol for the US aerospace industry...

If God had meant man to fly.....