| October 17, 2004 |
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The Dream of Flight
Put  your tray tables up, return your seat backs to their upright and locked position, and prepare for a celebration of the centennial of human flight. The Library of Congress has created a nifty summary of Wilbur and Orville Wright's achievement and the centuries of imagination and experimentation that they built upon. The dream itself dates back to the beginning of time. People in most every culture on Earth have wished they could fly. From biblical tales of Elijah's fiery chariot in the sky to the Greek legend of Daedalus and Icarus, plus countless winged angels and flying carpets, humans have imagined themselves soaring through the air like birds. The timeline of flight starts with kites, invented by the Chinese around 1,000 B.C.E., and takes off past Leonardo da Vinci's flying machines in the Renaissance. But it wasn't until the Wrights that the dream really got off the ground. (in Recreation & Sports > Aviation) |
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