Remembering the Wright Brothers

Very few people have been categorized as a pioneer. A pioneer is someone who does something that mankind has never done before to progress science and understanding to our world. These people are very well known through the world. They are in history books as great and famous people. But who were the pioneers of humanity. Some of the most famous pioneers are Neil Armstrong, who was the first man on the moon. The Wright Brothers brought the airplane to the world. Now the plane is a widely use form of transportation. But few pioneers did something across the Atlantic. The most famous of these is Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh.

“Flying,” by Alice Miller is a complex story about a woman named Allie, who reminisces about a time spent when her cousin Mack taught her to fly when she was just a young girl. On different occasions when Mack visited, he would show her how to do new things. As Allie grew up she found herself thinking of the secret that Mack shared with her and how he told her not to tell anyone or she may get hurt. Allie longed for the feeling of flying, if she could just reach out and talk to Mack but too much time had passed. She dreams of flying in her sleep, not for long periods of time, but just enough to embrace that feeling she had years ago. She wonders if many people have experienced flying the way that she has and if she could fly by herself without Mack. One day, Allie tries to fly on her own and succeeds, soaring higher than she did with Mack. Before Allie knew it, she was flying through the clouds and around town. Now that Allie has experienced the feeling of flying again, more than ever she wanted to share with her kids. One night after the children were asleep she wanted to share her secret with her boys but instead chose her daughter. Miller suggests that when a person is afraid of doing something on their own, sometimes it just takes a little bit of courage to step out and let go of the things that could be holding a person back.

“Flying,” by Alice Miller tells the story of woman reminiscing on the time that her cousin taught her how to fly when they were kids. It begins with the main character, Allie, flying in the air with her cousin, Mack, when she was six years old. Allie has many questions and Mack tells her that all boys can fly and instructs her to not tell anyone that she knows this secret. He also tells her not to ever try to fly without him and compares this secret to the myth about Prometheus giving the God’s fire to man and being punished for it. As the years went by, Allie wonders if she would ever fly again and even doubts if the memory was real. She becomes a wife and a mother to two sons and a daughter but still wonders if flying is possible. One night, she decides to test her memory and tries to fly out of her backyard. She slowly ascends just as she did when she was young but even higher. Over the next few days, her urge to fly again grows. One night, she sneaks into her children’s room and picks up her daughter to take her outside and show her how to fly. The story ends with Allie telling her daughter to promise not to tell the boys what she is about to experience and excitement building in Allie for her daughter. The central idea of this story is the pursuit of satisfaction never ends.

The 1920s was a decade of drastic change in the United States, with many new conflicts, leisure activities, and heroes to worship (Nash 374). Charles Lindbergh was one of these heroes. Born in 1902, he was trained in aviation and worked as an airmail pilot (Bishop). Later, he made history by becoming the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone (Nash 388). On May twenty-first, 1927, Lindbergh traveled from New York to Le Bourget field in Paris in his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis (James). He designed this plane himself, working to make it as small and lightweight as possible (Kessner “Charles Lindbergh, A New Hero”). Known as the “lone eagle”, Lindbergh became one of the biggest celebrities of the era (Chamberlain). His flight caused more excitement than any other event of its time (Nash 388). Approximately 25,000 people were at Le Bourget field to watch Lindbergh land (James). Upon returning to the United States, there were numerous parades and dinners to honor his achievement (“Lindbergh Visit Ends”). Charles Lindbergh was the most influential hero to emerge from the 1920s, making an impact by transforming aviation, as well as acting as a role model for the American public and encouraging a return to the old way of American life.

Born on the 26th of February, 1732, Francis Marion was born on his parents’ plantation in Berkley, South Carolina. He lived on this plantation for about 5 or 6 years of his life, before moving to a new estate around Georgetown, South Carolina. A great adventure in his life began when he was 15, when he boarded a ship along with some crewman sailing to the West Indies. On the way back, a whale hit the

They both wanted to achieve what other could not. Christopher Columbus was the first to discover what is now North America. While Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo, without any stops, across the Atlantic from New York to Paris. Both were traveling when they met there spouse. Columbus was on his very first voyage when he was attacked by French Privateers. His ship burned down and he was forced to swim to shore. He settled down in Lisbon,after the attack, and met his future wife, Felipa Perestrello. Charles Lindbergh was invited to Mexico by Dwight Morrow, his financial advisor and Anne's father, for a goodwill tour. Soon after he met Anne Morrow and they married about two years later. Although for different subjects both pursued an education before becoming

In 1947, an unidentified flying object crashed into the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. The United States Air Force published a report in 1994. So why do conspiracists still believe an alien crashed into Roswell?

Columbus and Lindbergh: A Journey across the Atlantic Eventhough Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh made their journeys across the Atlantic Ocean centuries apart, each man had to face similar difficulties. Both of them also had similar goals, for example Columbus wanted to spread his religion, gain wealth, and earn fame; whereas Lindbergh wanted to win the prize money offered by Raymond Orteig. The weather each man faced was unfavorable also, but Columbus had his crew to help him.

“Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.” Thomas Hardy might have been comparing Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh’s adventures when he said this. The 400 hundred years between their journeys may hint at the similarities and differences of what they hoped to achieve, challenges they faced, and the skills it took to reach their destination.

Born on December 7, 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, Charles McGee changed aviation in more ways than one. McGee graduated from Chicago’s Dusable High School in 1938 and pursued a higher education by attending the University of Illinois in 1939. It was there that he joined ROTC. When war was declared on Pearl Harbor, McGee applied for a pilot’s slot in an experimental squadron and passed the exams. According to the National Aviation Hall of Fame, on October 19, 1942, he received his orders and made his way to Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama to begin training with his fellow African Americans. One memory he claims to remember very well was his trip down to the south to get to Tuskegee. He said when he crossed into the state he had to get up on the

Texas A&M at its core is a senior military academy, with a rich history of producing leaders for our nation’s finest. Since our inception in 1876, there have been Texas Aggies fighting, and dying, in every American conflict. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the involvement of aggies who served in World War I, and specifically, the contribution made by Jesse L. Easterwood to the University, state of Texas, and our nation. When regarding our schools history, specifically with World War I, we saw an entire senior class drop out, and we fly 55 flags at every home football game to remember those who never came back to this great school.

There are many important accomlisments that have happened over the last 100 years such as Neil Armstrong landing on the Moon, Jonas Salk creating the Polio Vaccine etc. I believe one of the more overlooked accomplishments the last 100 years is Charles Lindbergh flying the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh was in the air for about 33 hours. This tells you how transportation had evolved from the last 20 years prior with Wilbur and Orville Wright flying the first plane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. John Ward wrote a great piece on the impact of Charles Lindbergh Flight in 1927.

HP did many things correctly when addressing the challenges for disruptive change. For instance, they organized a smaller team of “hungry” individuals from marketing, manufacturing, and research and development that moved the project away from the core group essentially acting as a small startup business. The smaller group was motivated to establish itself and prove their product was worthy of funding and upper management support. They also differentiated themselves by choosing team members that were uninterested in maintaining status in the company mainstream way of thinking. HP allowed a lot of leeway to the Kitty Hawk team in making decisions and providing financial backing to the project’s

Sir Walter Raleigh the explorer was born in 1552, or possibly 1554 and died in 1618. He grew up in a farmhouse near a village called East Budleigh in Devon. He had four older brothers. He was also raised as a strict Protestant.

Have you ever wanted to soar through the air like a bird? Well, the Wright Brothers made it possible with their flying machine. The two brothers were pioneers of aviation. Nowadays, airplanes are everywhere; the world would be a completely different place without them. We wouldn't be able to land on the moon, technology would not have advanced as fast, and the two brothers produced the original piloted plane that was heavier-than-air in 1903 (Ryan). They are the greatest historical figures of all time because they revolutionized transportation by making it safer and easier, they started a new era of warfare, they allowed space travel to be possible, and they demonstrated the American Dream.