Trimming Health-Care Costs Without Reforming the System Oct 2, 2009
"This is equivalent to the Wright brothers flight at Kitty Hawk," says Eddy. "It's saying that something can be done.". (BusinessWeek)
IBM's Encryption Breakthrough for the Web Oct 1, 2009
He compares Gentry's invention to the Wright brothers' first flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. a demonstration of the possibility of something big, though not yet commercially viable. "It has a huge number of applications," he says. (BusinessWeek)
Ethel Iline (Tenney) Fretenborough Sep 26, 2009
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Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, Aeronaut Sep 21, 2009
The aeronaut died in 1913, living long enough to witness flight s early years after the Wright brothers. Interestingly, a Prussian officer too a ride in one of Lowe s balloons during the Civil War, and came away impressed. (Suite101.com)
Aiming for the sky Sep 21, 2009
It was six years after the Wright brothers took to the skies, and aviation had just become a global infatuation ... Publishers of Qianjiang Evening News attended the ceremony along with Thomas C. Reed, former Secretary of the Air Force; Cindi Edwards, the great grandniece of the Wright brothers; members of the Amelia Earhart Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol; and other special guests. (Xinhuanet, China)
Lions, Patriots unbeaten in youth football action Sep 19, 2009
The Wright brothers Blake and Brady propelled the Chargers to a defensive-minded victory. The Chargers improved to 3-0 on the season. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
The Story of Guy Fawkes Sep 17, 2009
Catesby and co. had been joined by Rookwood and the Wright brothers ... Catesby, the Wright brothers and Percy died of their wounds; Thomas Wintour, Rookwood and Grant were captured and returned to London. (Suite101.com)
World's oldest person dies at 115 with no disappointments Sep 13, 2009
Ms Baines, whose life encompassed 21 US presidents, two world wars, the Wright Brothers' maiden flight in 1903 and Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon, died on Friday in the hospital where she had lived for 11 years. She became the longest-living person in January following the death of Portuguese woman Maria de Jesus, and had celebrated her 115th birthday in April with music, cake and congratulations from President Barack Obama. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
World's oldest person dies Sep 12, 2009
Baines, whose epic life encompassed 21 US presidents, two World Wars, the Wright Brothers' maiden flight in 1903 and Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon, died at the Western Convalescent Hospital on Friday, hospital officials said. "She passed away this morning at 7.25am (0025 AEST Saturday)," hospital administrator Emma Camanag told AFP. Baines had lived at the hospital for 11 years. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
For Flight 93 memorial, long-awaited progress Sep 11, 2009
Wright Brothers National Memorial. 527,721. (USA Today -- News)
35,000SF Scottsdale complex sold for $5.4M Sep 9, 2009
Wright Brothers Investments will retain space in the building for two years, said Greg Hopley of Colliers Scottsdale office in a news release. The two-story building was constructed in 2004. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
• Wright brothers shine at Stampede Sep 5, 2009
Wright brothers shine at Stampede By Diane PhilbinTimes-News writer. FILER - All three Wright brothers, Cody, Alex and Jesse competed in saddle bronc Friday night at the Magic Valley Stampede and all made qualified 8-second rides. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
5 ways to improve procurement Sep 3, 2009
The Wright brothers developed their airplane in response to a contest in which the first to develop a lighter-than-air flying machine received a prize, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has successfully used contests for developing all-terrain vehicles. In appropriate situations, contests can elicit a sum of effort from industry and individual inventors that is disproportionate to the cost to the government. (FCW.com)
Who Owns The Ghana National Anthem Aug 18, 2009
Thus whereas Watts invention is said to be the first to employ a separate device, called a condenser, which performed this function as against steam engines which previously depended on atmospheric pressure to push a piston (a sliding piece of metal moved by pressure) into a cylinder (a hollow tube) that create a vacuum by the cooling steam, the same is true of Wright Flyer by Wright Brothers in 1898/1903 which has also undergone significant development in the 21st century with the... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Lynchburg airport finishes third busies July on record Aug 15, 2009
"When you're losing 60 to 65 percent of your potential passenger base because your lowest fares are 200 or more than near-by airports, it doesn't take the Wright brothers to figure out that a competitive fare environment will recapture a significant portion of that lost business.". Contributing to the near tripling of passengers at Lynchburg Regional Airport was more seat capacity that was added earlier this year by Delta and US Airways in response to the greater demand by local air travelers... (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Cruises for those who want something different Aug 10, 2009
It's travel the way it was before the Wright brothers were born and Jack Kerouac invented the road trip. Strengths include decent cabin size (these are, essentially, hotels sitting on a barge), a strong sense of history and elegance, almost zero chance of seasickness and even less chance of being stopped by the maritime police for speeding. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The disputed history of Times New Roman Aug 6, 2009
William Starling Burgess was born into a wealthy Boston family in 1878, and is best remembered as an accomplished naval and aeronautical designer, the builder of yachts for the Americas Cup and aircraft for the Wright brothers ... But before Lanston Monotype could complete the order, Giampa claimed, Burgess witnessed an early flight by the Wright brothers and abandoned his interest in type in favour of aviation. (Harper's Magazine)
Drones may sideline most fighter pilots Aug 2, 2009
"You can't judge UAVs by what you see today. That would be like judging all aircraft by looking at the Wright Flyer," Mathewson said, referring to the first powered plane, built by the Wright brothers in 1903. The most common Air Force UAVs - the Predator, and its supercharged sibling, the Reaper - are armed with Hellfire missiles. (AZCentral -- News)
Air Safety Falls in First Half of 2009 Jul 31, 2009
This has been the rule since the Wright Brothers first took flight with their motorized airplane in 1903. That long-lasting trend, however, appears to have ended this decade. (BusinessWeek)
Bleriot XI marks centenary of historic flight Jul 26, 2009
In marking Bleriot's feat -- the first flight across a large body of water, albeit several years after the Wright Brothers were generally credited with pioneering successful air travel -- Salis was following in the footsteps of his own father and grandfather. Each had also made the same crossing in the same aeroplane, which was itself used to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bleriot's crossing. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Pilot Re-Enacts 1st English Channel Flight Jul 26, 2009
Bleriot made his flight six years after the Wright brothers flew overland over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and during a decade in which pioneers in Europe and North America were developing the rudiments of airplane technology and expanding its limits ... German Otto Lilienthal flew a few hundred yards in the 1890s, and the Wright brothers briefly lifted off with a motor-propelled craft in 1903 ... Whether you eat "freedom fries" or not if you look, with an unbiased eye, at history you will see... (CBS News)
VALLEY CENTER: Pioneer aviator honored Jul 26, 2009
Gordon's flight occurred just six years after the Wright brothers had their historic take-off at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Unlike other early-day fliers, Gordon did not hold public demonstrations, which were common at the time. "What we're honoring here today is not just some basic engineering skills," said Jim Kidrick, president of the San Diego Air museum. (North County Times)
* First English Channel flight recreated Jul 26, 2009
The flight came six years after the Wright brothers flew over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and during a decade in which pioneers in Europe and North America were developing the rudiments of airplane technology and expanding its limits ... German Otto Lilienthal flew a few hundred meters in the 1890s, and the Wright brothers briefly lifted off with a motor-propelled craft in 1903. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Pilot marks first Channel flight Jul 25, 2009
"After this people believed in flying, you could cross continents and water so this inspired a lot of people. "The Wright brothers flew first but Louis Bleriot did the next big thing and this started flying in Europe. " Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Up, up and away in a Bleriot XI Mr Bleriot earned worldwide fame and a 1,000 cash prize, courtesy of the Daily Mail, for his 1909 achievement. His lightweight aircraft, with a 25 horsepower rotary engine... (BBC News -- Europe)
News Junkie Smackdown Jul 23, 2009
The Kindle and the "Jet Book" and the iPhone reader apps are the Wright brothers getting off the ground for 12 seconds. Soon enough, we'll get to the rocket ship era; whether newspapers will live long enough to reassert their inherent strengths is the $64 billion question. (Slate)
VALLEY CENTER: Ceremony planned to recognize centennial of first flight west of Mississippi Jul 23, 2009
Few people know his name, but on July 27, 1909, Donald Gordon became the first person west of the Mississippi River to fly a powered aircraft, which he launched in Valley Center just six years after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. ... His interests shifted to airplanes after hearing about the Wright brothers' 1903 flight, and by 1906 Gordon was building gliders and launching them from a slope near his parents' ranch. (North County Times)
Namesake Celebration honors keepsakes from 1909 gala Jul 23, 2009
Thomas Edison installed the first electric street lights just for the occasion and the Wright brothers flew over the river in a prototype airplane. For the event, celebration organizers authorized official souvenirs, but others got into the action, bootlegging little tin toys, medals, pins, pennants and other trinkets made to add to the party atmosphere, but also, Johnson said, be humorous and satirize the official celebration. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
License Plate Would Tout Golf Jul 22, 2009
" The Pinehurst tag is one of two golf specialty plates under consideration. The other plate promotes golf in general and is sponsored by the Carolinas Golf Association. Nongolf subjects before the legislature this year include soccer, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Jaycees and city officials. Customized license plates have become increasingly popular in recent years. At latest count, about 210,500 vehicles carry these plates, featuring some 280 different designs. They differ from the specialty plates... (The Pilot Newspaper)
A look at the moon landing, and beyond Jul 22, 2009
We landed men on the moon, only 66 years after the Wright Brothers pioneered powered flight. And then we did it five more times. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind Jul 20, 2009
Oh, and I forgot to add, Granny was there, matriarch to the clan, who herself had gone from the Wright Brothers to the moon in her lifetime. getalife. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Apollo 11 astronauts look beyond moon, toward Mars Jul 20, 2009
Aldrin said he and Armstrong landed on the moon 66 years after the Wright brothers first flew an airplane. What he would like would be for humanity to land on Mars 66 years after his flight. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Ed White, Jimmy Stewart inducted in Aviation Hall Jul 19, 2009
The aviation hall was founded in 1962 in Dayton, hometown of the Wright brothers, and later was chartered by Congress. Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first inductees. (New York Post)
World’s oldest man, one of the last WWI veterans, dies Jul 19, 2009
Only a dozen years after the Wright brothers first put up their plane, Allingham and other airmen set out from England on motorized kites made with wood, linen, and wire. They piled on clothes and smeared their faces in Vaseline, whale oil, or engine grease to block the cold. (Boston Globe)
Apollo 11: From JFK to the launch on July 16, 1969 Jul 18, 2009
A member of the Saturn V design team once recalled the speed and enormity of designing and building the Saturn V: imagine if the Concorde supersonic passenger jet had been developed within 10 years of the Wright brothers flight at Kitty Hawk. Launching an object with the mass of a Saturn V was roughly equivalent to launching a fully-loaded World War II-era Fletcher class Navy destroyer such as the USS Cassin Young on display at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Bill Gates envisions fighting hurricanes by manipulating the sea... Jul 16, 2009
I bet many of you also probably would have laughed at the Wright Brothers when they through out the idea of a flying winged machines or the idea of building a 24 mile long bridge to get across a large lake. The idea is VERY feasible. (The Drudge Report)
40 years after moonwalk, world of kid space books Jul 16, 2009
The son of a pilot, Aldrin recalls photos of the Wright brothers and Amelia Earhart at home, his dad s love of flying inspiring him to reach for the stars. Aldrin traces exploration of the universe from Copernicus and encourages young people to carry the torch of science and space travel. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Free weekend at national parks, July 18-19 Jul 15, 2009
In North Carolina, visitors to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore area will be able to visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial free of charge. In Wyoming, the opportunity applies to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, Devils Tower National Monument, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area and Fort Laramie National Historic Site. (Yahoo News)
One giant signature for mankind Jul 14, 2009
Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers are favorites here, as well as luminaries as diverse as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, P.T. Barnum, and Ted Williams. There s also a ticket to the US Senate gallery for the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson; a ticket to the 1935 trial of Bruno Hauptmann, executed in the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh s baby; and even a request from 1836, written in Spanish by Lieutenant Colonel William Travis, to buy beef for his doomed men at the... (Boston Globe)
Trouble at the National Archives Jul 8, 2009
The patent file for the Wright Brothers Flying Machine ... The patent file for the Wright Brothers Flyer was last seen in 1980, after being passed around various government facilities since 1969. (Suite101.com)
Tech.view: Flights of fancy Jul 5, 2009
Ever since Glenn Curtiss, a seaplane pioneer, racing legend and the Wright brothers rival, tried to make a flying car early in the last century, tinkerers have dreamed of having an automobile sprout wings, soar above the traffic, then land and tuck its wings away ready for a short trip into town. Flying cars of one sort or another have dominated the pages of schoolboy comics ever since. (The Economist)
Prized items missing from Archives Jul 5, 2009
But they won't find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory ... From 1969 to 1980, the patent file for the Wright Brothers Flyer was passed around multiple Archives offices, the Patents and Trademarks Office and the. (USA Today)
The Wright brothers ride again at rodeo Jul 4, 2009
The Wright brothers were hitting the road right after the rodeo. I go to Greeley for the short round tomorrow and they are heading for Oregon after they drop me off, Cody said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Forbes Field long gone, but fans mark its 100th birthday Jun 28, 2009
Here's one perspective on Forbes Field: It opened six years after the Wright brothers introduced powered flight, and it closed a year after astronauts left boot prints on the moon. And when the reminiscences reach critical mass, it's possible to hear a gravel-voiced announcer in a loud sports coat saying, "Good night, Mary Edgerly, wherever you are.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Solar Impulse solar-powered plane unveiled Jun 28, 2009
"It will be like the Wright brothers," said Piccard. This article appeared on page A - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Innovation: Sun-powered plane prototype unveiled Jun 27, 2009
"It will be like the Wright brothers," said the 51-year-old Piccard, who comes from a long line of adventurers. His late father Jacques plunged deeper beneath the ocean than any other man, and grandfather Auguste was the first man to take a balloon into the stratosphere. (MSNBC -- Environment)
LexisNexis employees to support nonprofits Jun 25, 2009
Two teams of employees also have volunteered to clean up the LexisNexis Adopt a Road highway section of state Route 741 that runs from Wright Brothers airport to the company s campus. All of the items assembled and painted on Thursday will be donated to local nonprofit organizations. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Doing the Double-Nickel Jun 25, 2009
Your date of birth is closer to the date of the Wright brothers' flight than it is to today. If you had a dollar for every second you've been alive, you'd have one billion, 735 million, 668 thousand dollars. (Human Events Online)
Statue to honor aviation pioneer Jun 24, 2009
Although not an innovator like the Wright Brothers, Epps was a tinkerer who is credited with perfecting ultralight airplane designs and popularizing aviation in Georgia. He died in a plane crash in 1938, but numerous relatives have followed in his footsteps, including sons Ben Epps Jr. and Pat Epps. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Knights of the air Jun 21, 2009
There were the Wright brothers, two high-school drop-outs - each one more anonymous than a wrong number - who somehow were able to unlock the final secrets of flight before they took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on the morning of December 17, 1903; there was Louis Bleriot, the sad-eyed Frenchman with the droopy moustache whose last words on the cliffs of Calais, before his successful attempt to be the first man to cross the Channel were the superbly insouciant: "Au fait, ou est-ce... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Happy Father's Day, Dad Jun 21, 2009
He was born 11 years after the Wright brothers proved man could fly, and he's lived to see humans conquer outer space and walk on the moon. But he's never set foot in an airplane. (NJ.com -- Times)
Solar flight: Flying for ever Jun 18, 2009
Its electric motors can produce a maximum of 9 kilowatts, or 12 horsepower which is about the same as the Wright brothers had. With all four engines at full power, HB-SIA is only as powerful as a motor scooter. (The Economist)
Junior ROTC students learn about leadership, eggs Jun 18, 2009
Joshua Stroud wants to be a Navy flier someday, but for now he doesn't stack up to the Wright Brothers ... While the computer animation showed he didn't crash, he "got about 90 feet -- about twice as much as the other students -- but the Wright Brothers got about 800 feet," said the 17-year-old high school senior from Round Rock, Texas. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Open Road: Dodge Viper plant may be first to reopen, but not exactly the image of the New Chrysler Jun 17, 2009
Before you get too worked up over the news that , consider that it's almost akin to the Wright brothers reopening the bicycle shop. It's asmall operation, only 289 have been sold this year through the end of May, and far more representative of the old Chrysler than what is supposed to become the new Chrysler. (USA Today -- Money)
A ray of hope for Detroit, spiritual home of General Motors Jun 16, 2009
At the Henry Ford museum, we got a unique glimpse into the auto magnates personal collections that include the Wright brothers plane and the first model of a locomotive engine. Among the displays were cars and limousines of US presidents from Theodore Roosevelt to John F Kennedy, cars that were popular among rock stars and various Ford models. (India Times)
Space tourism Jun 16, 2009
Learn how the Wright brothers first flight set the stage for the ever-higher flights that followed. SPECIAL REPORT. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Ohio grapples with loss of NCR Jun 5, 2009
With the departure of which is as ingrained in Dayton, Ohio s, history as the Wright Brothers Dayton Commissioner Joey Williams said the Ohio community needs to look at what it could have done, and can do, better to retain businesses. We need to put all conversations on the table, nothing should be taboo, said Williams, also president of. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
The other pilot Jun 4, 2009
The obvious front-runners were the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur ... "The Wright brothers weren't into flying for prizes or taking unnecessary risks, so they weren't going to do it. At the end of 1908 when the prize was first offered there probably wasn't anyone else who could have done it - which shows that Lord Northcliffe was far-sighted. THE MISSING ALARM Extract from the Times newspaper on 26 July 1909 (News International) "But, by the middle of the next year, there were two or three... (BBC News -- UK)
Tourism on the fly May 31, 2009
Wright Brothers National Memorial. N.C. Zoo. (News & Observer)
Summer fun on North Carolina's coast May 27, 2009
National park sites on the coast include: Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, , the Wright Brothers National Memorial, , and Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Together they'll offer 383 visitor programs daily through Labor Day. (Yahoo News)
Carthage Celebrates McConnell Day May 27, 2009
It had been little more than 11 years since the first manned powered flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. "World War I started the technological revolution in aircraft design," Thurman said. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Teeland students win bronze at national Science Olympiad May 26, 2009
Tyler Olson and Shannon Guinn took the bronze medal in Wright Stuff, an aviation category named from the Wright Brothers. Competitors had to build and fly a rubber-band powered plane. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Deke Slayton museum celebrating 10 years May 24, 2009
A larger model of the Wright Brothers plane can be seen at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. but even that s not the real thing, Bender said, because the real thing fell over the day of the test and was broken. It had to be re-created for the Smithsonian, and then the Monroe County Aviators used reverse blueprints to make the quarter-scale model. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian May 24, 2009
The climax takes us to the Air and Space Museum and Amelia's inevitable adventure behind the controls of the Wright brothers' plane before a late but crucial appearance by Abraham Lincoln. And along the way, a couple of large gaps open up in the plot. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Matthew Day Jackson exhibit at MIT's List Visual Arts Center touches on many disciplines May 24, 2009
He made one piece in MIT's Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel. He visited Harvard University's Warren Anatomical Museum, from which he borrowed the skull of Phineas Gage, a 19th-century Vermont railroad worker who had his head shot through by a 3-foot-long iron rod and survived. (Boston Globe)
Gaming the Robot Revolution May 22, 2009
Many of the people I talked with described robotics as being equivalent to the rise of the steam engine or the computer in terms of its massive military, political, social, and economic ripple effects, making the Predators and Packbots of today akin to the Wright brothers' Flyer or the Model T Ford. Bill Gates described robots as being parallel to where computers were in 1980 and said we're "on the verge of a new era." But many others describe robots in the same way we now discuss the atomic... (Slate)
