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Outer Banks: hundreds of miles of vacation fun
With more than 300 miles of coastline, the Outer Banks has stretches of sand that are consistently rated among the top beaches in the world — a perfect setting whether you crave an active vacation or a simple barefoot walk along empty beaches....Tags: Wildlife, Ray Romano, Outer Banks, Seafood, Transportation
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Prize lifts would-be spacefarers
Sun National StaffOne in a series of occasional articles LISSIE, Texas - On a rice farm west of Houston, in a pasture littered with cow droppings, Jim Akkerman is immersed in the work of the future. Flanked by industrial gas tanks and wearing a straw hat, he rummages...Tags: George Washington University, University of Texas at Austin, Space Programs, Satellite Technology, Rocketry
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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, History, Diving, Outer Banks
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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, Weather Reports, Feet, Perry Hall, Rocketry
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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, History, Hospitals and Clinics, Multiple Sclerosis, Fishing
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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: History, U.S. Army, Transportation Accidents, Alfred Nobel, Invention and Innovation
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Trappe resident is 'Wright' pilot for job
Sun StaffA Maryland woman's quest to re-enact the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., 100 years later ended victoriously at a Wisconsin air show yesterday where she was named as one of two "Pilots of the Century." For Terry Queijo, an American...Tags: Diving, Kill Devil Hills, Outer Banks, Langley Air Force Base, Boeing Co.
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Wright 1st flight re-creation grounded
Sun StaffKILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. -- Clad in plastic ponchos and clutching cups of coffee, the thousands who gathered on the sand dunes near Kitty Hawk Wednesday had hoped to see history repeat itself on the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight....Tags: Leonardo da Vinci, George Bush, Outer Banks, Satellite Technology, Transportation
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Soaring on the hope of equality
Sun StaffOne in a series of occasional articles With the luster of its potential tarnished by a century of use, it now seems odd to think of the airplane as anything more than a convenient way to get from one city or country to another. But at the turn of the...Tags: History, Minority Groups, Transportation, France, Federal Aviation Administration
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Wright Brothers flew into a newspaper fog
Sun StaffOne in a series of occasional articles They may have appeared stiff and square in their starched white collars and bowler hats, but this week, the 100th anniversary of their first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the Wright brothers will be the toast of the...Tags: News Media, Weather Reports, The New York Times, Outer Banks, Documentary (genre)
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Olympics-Flame takes front seat on golden Firefly
ReutersBy Alan Baldwin ON BOARD FLIGHT 2012, May 18 (Reuters) - The cabin announcement was polite but firm: "Unless you happen to be the Olympic Flame, I'm afraid there is no smoking allowed." The flame, lit from the sun's rays in the ruins of ancient...Tags: England, David Beckham, BBC, London (England), 2014 Winter Olympic Games
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What's on page one?
Orville and Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, had been working on their flying machine for some time, but without visible success. Finally, in December of 1903 they were able to get the plane off the ground for an extended distance at Kitty Hawk. They wrote...Tags: Christmas, Kitty Hawk, Religious Festivals, Jesus Christ, Kim Kardashian
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