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Anniversary of powered flight: The right move for the Wright Brothers
December 17, 2019 — It had long been the dream of man to take to the skies and soar like the birds. The notion of being able to fly had been hypothesized and experimented with far earlier than the twentieth century, but that aspiration wasn’t fulfilled until two brothers from Dayton, Ohio broke the barriers and fulfilled the visions of those who came before them... MORE

On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took their famous first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. After four years of experimentation, the brothers became the first to fly a "heavier-than-air machine with a pilot on board."

Foulois Firsts
February 24, 2017 — While known for being the “father of U.S. military aviation” with his historic flight at Fort Sam Houston March 2, 1910, Benjamin D. Foulois was also the owner of many other aviation-related “firsts.”... MORE

The first Army aircraft made its first flight March 2, 1910, at Fort Sam Houston with Lt. Benjamin Foulois at the controls. Foulois piloted the Army's first aircraft, Signal Corps Aircraft No. 1, with his first flight lasting only 7 1/2 minutes. He made three more flights that day and on his fourth attempt, the young pilot ended up crashing the airplane.