| Feeling cranky about air travel? Get a
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| | flight as well as designing the first
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| grip.Not on the arm of your passenger
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| | hydroplane. He zipped around Europe,
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| seat--on reality, history, and the
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| | flying to fashionable restaurants and
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| incredible accomplishment of human
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| | parking his plane out front, right next
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| flight.We've just celebrated the 100th
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| | to the tethered horses. Where the Wrights
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| anniversary of the Wright brothers'
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| | were methodical and diligent,
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| historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North
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| | Santos-Dumont was a flashy man about town
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| Carolina. Although there werecertainly
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| | known for his daring and his sense of
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| others who were experimenting with flying
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| | style. He cut a dashing figure and
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| machines--most notably, Alberto
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| | inspired everyone from fashion designers
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| Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian who is widely
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| | to engineers. His friend, Louis Cartier,
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| celebrated in his native country as being
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| | created the first wristwatch for him
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| the father of aviation--the Wright
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| | after Santos-Dumont expressed a need to
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| Brothers are generally regarded as the
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| | keep track of time while busily flying
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| first to get humans off the ground.The
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| | his plane.Santos-Dumont didn't give a rip
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| fascinating thing about the Wright
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| | about patents. Instead of spending his
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| brothers is that they were not the
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| | time and money on protecting his designs,
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| idealistic dreamers you might expect them
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| | he freely offered his ideas to anyone
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| to be. They were serious, studious, and
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| | interested in copying and improving them.
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| determined to figure things out. It
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| | He engaged in the shareware idea: take
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| wasn't that they were obsessed with the
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| | this, go forth and prosper. We've seen
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| dream of soaring high above the ground.
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| | this approach in software (Linux) and
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| They were mechanically-inclined brothers
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| | hybrid-electric cars (Hunter and Amory
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| who owned a bicycle shop, and they
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| | Lovins), and though it rarely leads to
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| couldn't forget the brief but exciting
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| | great wealth for the creators, it
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| flight of a cheap toy airplane they'd
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| | dramatically facilitates access and
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| received as children. They were intrigued
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| | ingenuity.After years of flying high,
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| by the engineering challenge.Let's just
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| | Santos-Dumont suffered from ill health
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| say it--they were geeks. Good thing. Like
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| | and committed suicide in 1932. I guess
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| geeks everywhere, they dug in, immersing
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| | neither engineering talent nor courageous
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| themselves in their research. By
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| | individualism guarantees a happy ending.
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| following their hunch and testing the
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| | The Wrights ran out of passion, and
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| heck out of it, they found the key
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| | Santos-Dumont lost his mojo. In their own
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| component that enabled them to create
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| | ways, they simply burned out.It's
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| that first flying hunk of wood, fabric
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| | interesting to think about how we need
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| and wire capable of carrying a man
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| | both the plodding perseverance of the
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| and--key point here--landing without
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| | Wrights and the free-thinking generosity
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| crashing.The Wright brothers had the same
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| | of Santos-Dumont in every project we
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| access to records of tried and failed
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| | undertake. The greatest invention in the
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| attempts at flight as all other would-be
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| | world will never capture the excitement
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| aviators of the time. They studied birds,
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| | of the population without those who are
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| they analyzed physics properties, and
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| | fearless in their attempts to apply it.
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| they built wind tunnels--just like
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| | Those who create the buzz are admittedly
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| everyone else. Sure, it was their dogged
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| | standing on the shoulders of those who
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| persistence that led them to success, but
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| | quietly developed the technology, but we
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| there was something else that really
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| | must have both to bring out the eagerness
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| helped them nail it. They took one piece
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| | of the early adopters and the cultural
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| of the puzzle and worked relentlessly to
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| | change that hinges upon the mainstream
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| decipher it.Instead of focusing on the
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| | acceptance of any new idea.Bill Gates,
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| force needed to lift the contraption, or
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| | that geek extraordinaire, has said: "The
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| the engine required to power it, they
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| | Wright brothers created the single
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| zeroed in on the concept of control. No
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| | greatest cultural force since the
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| sense having a great flight only to crash
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| | invention of writing. The airplane became
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| into the trees after a few moments of
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| | the first world wide web, bringing people
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| jubilation. It was the issue of control
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| | of different languages, ideas and values
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| that captured their imagination and led
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| | together."The next time you're slogging
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| to a design featuring both
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| | through security, struggling to put your
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| maneuverability and safety.But as focused
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| | bag in the overhead compartment, or
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| as they were on directing the movement of
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| | grousing about the leg room, pause a
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| the flying machines, they failed to pay
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| | moment to reflect on the enormity of
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| attention to the continued testing and
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| | human flight. Recognize it for the
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| refinement of their ideas. They got
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| | magnificent achievement that it is, and
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| distracted by their efforts to control
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| | pay tribute to those who lived and died
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| sales, and the research and development
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| | for its creation. Appreciate the risk
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| division was left flapping in the breeze.
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| | taking required in the last century to
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| While the Wrights got caught up in patent
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| | get you that window seat.Please remain
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| struggles and contracts, adventurers
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| | seated until the aircraft comes to a
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| around the world were improving on their
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| | complete stop, and whisper words of
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| original design and savvy businessmen
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| | gratitude to the Wright brothers for
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| were building airplanes, airports and
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| | their determination in discovering what
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| flight schools. By 1912, Wilbur had died
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| | it takes to make a safe landing.You may
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| and Orville was losing interest in
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| | now move freely about the cabin. Please
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| flying.Meanwhile, Santos-Dumont continued
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| | refrain from complaining.Thank you for
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| his passion for being airborne. He is
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| | flying for us, Wilbur and Orville.
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| credited with launching the first public
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