National Aviation Day on August 19th recognizes the pioneers of human flight.
For centuries, humans have been fascinated by flight. In ancient China, kites few to investigate the weather. Inventors such as Leonardo da Vinci developed many ideas about flight, too. Gliders and balloons lifted humans into the sky, but none of the inventions gave a person control of where they flew.
Before Powered Flight
The physics of flight and propulsion play key roles in who became pioneers. George Cayley used aerodynamics while designing fixed-wing aircraft. His designs would later inspire Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Since propulsion is one of the primary requirements to lift a human into the sky for flight, it would make sense that an engine could provide that power. Samuel Langley, an astronomer from Boston, designed a steam-powered model called an aerodrome in 1891. It flew for 3/4ths of a mile.
After receiving a grant to build a full-sized aerodrome, Langley’s first test crashed. He never made another attempt.
First Powered Flight
In a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, two inventors eagerly began testing their ideas about flight. Brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, had studied Octave Chanute’s 1894 Progress in Flying Machines. The brothers set to work testing their designs, first with gliders. Eventually, they sought to add an engine.
Two American inventors and aviation pioneers, the Wright brothers are credited with inventing and building the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903.
In 1902, Charles Edward Taylor joined their team in pursuit of powered flight. Since automobile companies couldn’t supply an engine light enough and powerful enough, they would have to build it. Taylor, a machinist, set to work building the 12-horsepower engine. It took Taylor 6 weeks to build the engine.
After completing the design in September of 1903, the Wrights returned to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Just months before, they had successfully tested their glider. However, setbacks and weather postponed the powered flight.
It wasn’t until mid-December that the brothers finally felt all was in order. After flipping a coin to decide who would pilot the machine, Wilbur climbed aboard. The first attempt failed, only flying 3.5 seconds. However, the brothers learned what worked.
The next attempt on December 17, 1903, Orville took the controls. After launching, the machine flew for 120 feet. Man flew.
Since that day, aviation exploded into the skies. Its applications became immediately apparent to the military. The Wrights consulted with the Army for several years after their success.
Now that humans could fly, they set new challenges – flying across oceans, around the world, and into space.
HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalAviationDay
Explore the world of aviation. There are so many ways to do it, too!
- Read about firsts in flight. Read the memoirs and other books about aviation’s pioneers. Here are a few to start with: A Dream of Wings by Tom D. Crough, The Fun of It by Amelia Earhart, Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg, Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O’Brien, or Three-Eight Charlie: 1st Woman to Fly Solo by Jerrie Mock.
- Watch a documentary such as The Making of the Boeing 747 or Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers’ Journey of Invention.
- Explore aviation museums.
- Take a flight.
- Learn to fly.
- Build a model plane.
Use #NationalAviationDay to post on social media and spread the word.
NATIONAL AVIATION DAY HISTORY
In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established National Aviation Day by presidential proclamation designating the anniversary of Orville Wright’s birthday for the observance. Born August 19, 1871, Orville Wright was still living when President Roosevelt issued the proclamation. Orville Wright continued living for nine more years until his death in 1948.
Proclamation USC 36:I:A:1:118 allows the sitting United States President to proclaim August 19th as National Aviation Day each year. If desired, the President’s proclamation may direct all federal buildings and installations to fly the U.S. flag on that day. The President may encourage citizens to observe the day with activities that promote interest in aviation.
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“Encouragement” – Pass “IT” – Around!
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Today…”Encouragement” is the good word!
Seems to me… that everyone is selling a course on “HOW to DO” something better… than you could have ever done “IT” before!
But… my thoughts… and they are still FREE… are very good, hopefully kind … with some care and warmth… energetic and may be helpful words… with a firm readiness to pitch in… while sometimes helping… could work wonders in my book
So… did you ever try observing others in a crowded room?
Did you really take notice… that there is so often … someone doing something and is having problems… they continue and continue, and are getting absolutely “NOWHERE” fast!
The room is just full of people, most looking and hoping to not make eye contact… for if they did… they would now feel… that they should really offer to help… so they will continue to look… without really looking.
Have you ever been in such a surrounding… such as that above ?
Is it possible … you get a feeling… then a flash … you will just so quickly think… “OH! well, it will not kill me… to give them a helping hand… and before you can stop yourself… there you are… you find that… this is just what you would wish… that someone were doing… if the circumstances were reversed!”
“Here you are… knee deep… doing something you never ever dreamed… you are actually helping somebody… and it is somebody you don’t even know!”
“NOW… you are getting some… real good feelings about …”YOURSELF” … these feelings… that you are getting… are making you feel so good inside…YOU are NOW wondering…WHY in the world… haven’t I done this long before… NOW”
If we can “encourage” ourselves to do something good… for another… we will soon find, that someone is right beside us… and they are encouraging “US” in such a way, that we are getting further ahead in all of our new undertakings!
Just seems that one good improvement here, and there… furthers “US” along, also into even much greater ways… than we could have ever expected!
That’s why … I have the “Psalm 139” posted for TODAY… “click on it” to be able to read it… or check out your own BIBLE.
This is one of my favorites… “IT” is all about us!
When You stop to think, that there was a plan for YOU… way back and before, any kind of Creation ever took place.
So why not work on the theory… that YOU were made for greater things, than YOU are presently doing. And as each of us are in the same boat… why not give a helping hand, here and there… and at the same time… without even spending a dime… WE start earning more rewards for that future TIME, which is just around the corner… someday , and not too long to wait … as we see the conditions of the WORLD… you will then find, that you have great “TREASURE” just waiting for YOU … with your new citizenship with entrance, meeting your Creator … and receiving His Love for all of eternity! D.V.
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Thoughts to make you laugh or cry
When one door closes and another door opens, you are probably in prison.
To me, “drink responsibly” means don’t spill it.
When I say, “The other day,” I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
Interviewer: “So, tell me about yourself.”
Me: “I’d rather not. I kinda want this job.”
Cop: “Please step out of the car”
Me: “I’m too drunk. You get in.”
I had my patience tested…I’m negative.
Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn’t fit any of your containers.
If you’re sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say “Did you bring the money?”
When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say “nothing,” it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
Age 70 might be the new 50, but 9:00 is the new midnight.
I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning and don’t know whose side I’m on.
When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, “Why, what did you hear?”
I don’t remember much from last night, but the fact that I needed sunglasses to open the fridge this morning tells me it was awesome.
When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?
I don’t mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
When I ask for directions, please don’t use words like “east.”
It’s the start of a brand new day, and I’m off like a herd of turtles.
Don’t bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That’ll freak you right out.
That moment when you walk into a spider web suddenly turns you into a karate master.
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Takes a thief to catch a thief – It
Takes all sorts to make a world – It
Takes one to know one – It
Talk is cheap
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
The age of miracles is past
The best defense is a good offence
The best is the enemy of the good
The bigger, the better
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
The bottom line is the bottom line
The boy is father to the man
The bread always falls buttered side down
The Devil looks after his own
The early bird catches the worm
The empty can that makes the most noise – It’s
The end justifies the means
The female of the species is more deadly than the male
The good die young
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
The husband is always the last to know
The labourer is worthy of his hire
The more things change, the more they stay the same
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
The singer not the song – It’s
The squeaky wheel that gets the grease – It’s
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts
There are none so blind as those, that will not see
There are two sides to every question
There’s always more fish in the sea
There’s honour among thieves
There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle
There’s many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip
There’s no accounting for tastes
There’s no smoke without fire
There’s no time like the present
There’s none so blind as those who will not see
There’s none so deaf as those who will not hear
There’s nowt so queer as folk
There’s safety in numbers
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind
Thing of beauty is a joy forever – A
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
Trouble shared is a trouble halved – A
Time flies
Time is a great healer
Time is money
Time will tell
To every thing there is a season
To the victor go the spoils
Tomorrow never comes
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Two blacks don’t make a white
Two is company, but three’s a crowd
Two sides to every question – There are
Two wrongs don’t make a right
Variety is the spice of life
Virtue is its own reward
Volunteer is worth twenty pressed men – A
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Make haste slowly
Make love not war
Man is known by his friends – A
Man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client – A
Manners maketh man
Many a good tune played on an old fiddle – There’s
Many a mickle makes a muckle
Many hands make light work
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers
Marriages are made in heaven
Might is right
Misery loves company
Miss is as good as a mile – A
Moderation in all things
Monday’s child is fair of face
Money doesn’t grow on trees
Money isn’t everything
Money makes the world go round
Money talks
More the merrier – The
More things change, the more they stay the same – The
More ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream – There are
Nature abhors a vacuum
Never go to bed on an argument
Never judge a book by its cover
Never let the sun go down on your anger
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
Never rains but it pours – It
Never speak ill of the dead
Never tell tales out of school
Never too late – It’s
New broom sweeps clean – A
Nine tailors make a man
No accounting for tastes – There’s
No fool like an old fool – There’s
No man can serve two masters
No news is good news
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent
No pain, no gain
No place like home – There’s
No smoke without fire – There’s
No such thing as a free lunch – There’s
No such thing as bad publicity – There’s
No time like the present – There’s
No use crying over spilt milk – It’s
Nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse – A
None so blind as those who will not see – There’s
None so deaf as those who will not hear – There’s
Nothing new under the sun
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
Oil and water don’t mix
Once a thief, always a thief
Once bitten, twice shy
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives
One hand washes the other
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men
One year’s seeding makes seven years weeding
Only fools and horses work
Opera ain’t over till the fat lady sings – The
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man’s door
Opposites attract
Ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure – An
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil
Patience is a virtue
Pearls of wisdom
Pen is mightier than sword – The
Penny saved is a penny earned – A
Penny wise and pound foolish
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Person is known by the company he keeps – A
Picture paints a thousand words – A
Place for everything and everything in its place – A
Poor workman always blames his tools – A
Possession is nine points of the law
Practice makes perfect
Practice what you preach
Prevention is better than cure
Price of liberty is eternal vigilance – The
Problem shared is a problem halved – A
Proof of the pudding is in the eating – The
Prophet is not recognized in his own land – A
Put the cart before the horse
Put your best foot forward
Rain before seven, fine before eleven
Revenge is sweet
Rising tide lifts all boats – A
Road to hell is paved with good intentions – The
Rolling stone gathers no moss – A
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Seeing is believing
Set a thief to catch a thief
Shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot – The
Shrouds have no pockets
Slow but sure
Soft answer turneth away wrath – A
Softly, softly, catchee monkey
Speak as you find
Squeaky wheel gets the grease – The
Still waters run deep
Stitch in time saves nine – A
Stupid is as stupid does
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan
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Failing to plan is planning to failure
Faint heart never won fair lady
Familiarity breeds contempt
Fat is in the fire – The
Feed a cold and starve a fever
Female of the species is more deadly than the male – The
Finders keepers, losers weepers
Fire is a good servant but a bad master
First come, first served
First impressions are the most lasting
First things first
Fish and guests smell after three days
Flattery will get you nowhere
Fool and his money are soon parted – A
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost
Forgive and forget
Fortune favours the brave
Friend in need is a friend indeed – A
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day…
Give a dog a bad name and hang him
Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
Give credit where credit is due
Go the extra mile
God helps those who help themselves
Goes without saying – It
Golden key can open any door – A
Good beginning makes a good ending – A
Good die young – The
Good man is hard to find – A
Good talk saves the food
Good things come in small packages
Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence – The
Hand that rocks the cradle rules the world – The
Handsome is as handsome does
Hard work never did anyone any harm
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
He who hesitates is lost
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
He who pays the piper calls the tune
Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak’ all, keep all, gie nowt, and if that ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
History repeats itself
Hold with the hare and run with the hounds – You can’t
Honour among thieves – There’s
Hope springs eternal
Horses for courses
House divided against itself cannot stand – A
House is not a home – A
Husband is always the last to know – The
If anything can go wrong, it will
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well
If at first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
If God had meant us to fly he’d have given us wings
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there’d be no work for tinkers
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade
If you build it they will come
If you can’t be good, be careful
If you can’t beat em, join em
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
Ignorance is bliss
In for a penny, in for a pound
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
In the midst of life we are in death
Into every life a little rain must fall
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings
It goes without saying
It takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes all sorts to make a world
It takes one to know one
It takes two to tango
It’s best to be on the safe side
It’s easy to be wise after the event
It’s never too late
It’s no use crying over spilt milk
It’s the empty can that makes the most noise
It’s the singer not the song
It’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – A
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Labourer is worthy of his hire – The
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone
Laughter is the best medicine
Law is an ass – The
Least said, soonest mended
Leopard cannot change its spots – A
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the dead bury the dead
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let well alone
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Life is what you make it
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Like father, like son
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing – A
Little learning is a dangerous thing – A
Little of what you fancy does you good – A
Little strokes fell great oaks
Little things please little minds
Live and learn
Live and let live
Live for today for tomorrow never comes
Longest journey starts with a single step – The
Love makes the world go round
Love will find a way
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