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Harford's history making 'birdmen' remembered 100 years later
The story of Calbraith Perry Rodgers Jr. and his Vin Fiz Flyer isn't just one about flying transcontinental when it seemed to be an impossible feat. And, it isn't just a story about the exploits of a member of a prestigious military family hailing from...Tags: Sheepshead Bay, History, Dining and Drinking, Judges, Kitty Hawk
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Island with a view
Special to the SunIn the Outer Banks, the beaches are the star attraction. Just off the North Carolina coast, the chain of barrier islands stretches more than 90 miles. And for inhabitants and visitors in the 15 towns along the Outer Banks, the beaches rank among the...Tags: Bodies of Water, Golf, Wildlife, Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Fishing
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College Park has a prominent place in history of flight
Special To The SunAlmost exactly a century ago, on Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first four powered airplane flights in Kitty Hawk, N.C. The longest lasted 59 seconds and carried Wilbur Wright 852 feet. A couple of years later, the U.S. Army was...Tags: U.S. Army, Space Programs, Dining and Drinking, Colleges and Universities, Boeing Co.
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Soaring to retrace Wright brothers
Sun StaffFirst in an occasional series WARRENTON, Va. -- On a grass runway last fall, amid the low rolling hills of the countryside, Terry Queijo prepared for takeoff. Her 32-foot aircraft, a reproduction of a 1902 Wright brothers glider, resembled an...Tags: Bodies of Water, Space Programs, Invention and Innovation, History, Scuba Diving
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Model rockets soar on delicate odyssey
Sun StaffTHE PLAINS, Va. - In its three-month odyssey of trial and error, the model rocket code-named R.A.V.E.N. had its share of disasters. After one launch, the rocket burst into flames like the mythical phoenix. Another time, it crash-landed atop a frozen...Tags: Building Material, Black & Decker, Weather Reports, Middletown, Calvert County
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Wing flap
Sun StaffThere are those who would have you believe that on Dec. 17, 1903, in the fishing village of Kitty Hawk, N.C., two men with a penchant for starched white collars and bowler hats did not solve the age-old riddle of human flight. Those first-flight tales by...Tags: Brazil, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Invention and Innovation, History, Hospitals and Clinics
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Wrights saw airplanes as tools of peace
Sun StaffWe think of war and we think of airplanes. But when Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the airplane a century ago, they did not envision massive aerial bombardments of "shock and awe." In fact, the Ohio brothers once thought their invention would become...Tags: U.S. Army, History, Invention and Innovation, Transportation Accidents, Kitty Hawk
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For first flight's centennial, reproducing the Wright idea
Sun National StaffKILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. - No one knows exactly what the world's first successful airplane - the Wright brothers' 1903 Flyer - looked like when it lifted off a wooden launching rail at Kitty Hawk, N.C., and into history a century ago today. Orville and...Tags: History, Alcoa Incorporated, Kitty Hawk, Engineering, Old Dominion University
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Making Orville Wright soar again
Sun StaffEvery presentation begins the same: Jim Spence arranges his props - an empty inner tube box, a ball of twine and a stick topped with counter-rotating propellers - on a table before an audience. In an instant, he transforms into his alter ego, Orville...Tags: Invention and Innovation, History, Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Attack, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Rosy future for flight's past
Sun National StaffOne in a series of occasional articles. DAYTON - All that remains of the bicycle shop where brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the world's first successful airplane is a vacant grassy lot at 1127 W. Third St. - until last year, the site of Andy'...Tags: History, Transportation Accidents, Colleges and Universities, Henry Ford, Ford
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Whither wind for Wrights
Sun National StaffOne in a series of occasional articles KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. - The pilot who will step onto the sands near Kitty Hawk tomorrow to re-enact the Wright brothers' first flight 100 years ago will share the centennial spotlight with an unpredictable member...Tags: History, Weather Reports, Transportation Accidents, Ceremonies, Outer Banks
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Living Here: Nearby attractions
Many destinations are within easy driving distance of Hampton Roads. Pack a cooler, fill up the tank and hit the road. 1. Appomattox Court House, Appomattox The buildings and fields where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate army are still a...Tags: Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Wildlife, King William County, Reedville, George Washington
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