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... aviation and rocketry. The key people in this story are highlighted - and are given “The Wright Stuff” Awards - for their contribution. Many of them are surprising, in that they would not ... by artists, regulators, politicians and some of the earliest aviators - all of whom had “The Wright Stuff”.Image:9781926592176.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www.apogeespacebooks.com/Books ...

... were fundamental to the triumph which we commemorate on Wright Brothers Day. "The pioneering spirit, the determination, and the ability exemplified by the Wright brothers are the essence of human progress. They were neither ... chief execu­tive officer of Douglas Aircraft Co., was presented 1963 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy at Aero Club of Washington's annual Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet. ''(NAA Release)'' Speaking at Boston College Seminar, Franklyn ...

... , compared Apollo 11 mission with first flight of Wright brothers in aircraft Dec. 17, 1903: Wright brothers' flight had lasted 12 sets; Apollo 11 , 156 his. Wright brothers' aircraft weighed 274 kg (605 Ibs); Apollo weighed 3 million kg (61/2 million lbs) at liftoff. Wright brothers' aircraft flew ...

... the Wright Memorial Trophy? It's given in Washington every year in December, black-tie dinner, for the individual who has contributed -- this is the 60th year -- contributed to the Wright Brothers' legacy ... ever received the Wright Memorial Trophy. That's a pretty unique club. Three days from now -- I've been selected. I'm going to receive the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy. '''Wright:''' Congratulations. '''Cernan:''' Okay ...

... would commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic Kitty Hawk, N.C., flight with the opening of a new exhibit featuring the 1903 Wright Flyer, the Washington Star reported. The exhibit ... other memorabilia, would open three days before the actual anniversary of the Wright brothers' flight Dec. 17, 1903. The special Wright exhibit would be on display for a yr. Paul Garber, first curator ...

... of Wright brothers' flight, in Beverly Hills, Calif. John Stack, former NASA Director of Aeronautical Research and NACA aerodynamicist, was awarded Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy—sterling silver model of Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk airplane—at Wright Memorial Dinner, Washington. Earlier in the day, ceremonies at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, N.C., commemorated 59th anniversary of Wright brothers' historic flight ...

... -15 pilot. Full-scale replica of the Wright Flyer , built by volunteers from National Capitol Section of AIAA, was installed in museum at Wright Brothers National Memorial. Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges ... Nags Head, N.C. Soaring Society of America presented to Wright Memorial Museum and Visitor's Center a plaque commemorating Wright Brother's glider flights. Presentation was made by Floyd Sweet of NASA ...

... 1956, the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1959 and the National Aeronautics Association's Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 1974. The engineer also was inducted into the National Inventors' Hall of ... design of high performance aircraft, and the Paul E. Garber First Flight Shrine at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina. Whitcomb's alma mater, Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, awarded ...

... resident, Alexander Graham Bell put his substantial personal resources into pioneering aviation. Shortly after the Wright Brothers' famous first flight, two Canadians, Casey Baldwin and John McCurdy, teamed up in 1907 with ... glimpse of the world's first aircraft machine shops, built under license from the Wright Brothers by the Short Brothers. They were exposed to enterprising aviation stalwarts like Charles Rolls and Frederick Royce ...

... in 1903 upon the first manned controlled flights with heavier-than-air machines by the Wright brothers, the basic terminology ¬ including the words we take for granted, “aircraft,” “airplane,” or simply “plane ... a kind of JATO (Jet-Assisted-Takeoff) method---and was invented six years before the Wright brothers undertook the first controlled manned flight in an aircraft on 17 December 1903. (Yet, we ...

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