Wright Brothers

Gingrich On Energy: Left Doesn't 'Believe The Wright Brothers Invented Flying'

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.15.2012

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Place Newt Gingrich in office, and he vows to get gas prices down to $2.50 a gallon. Place a liberal in office, and Gingrich vows that energy progress...

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Happy Aerospace Holidays: Wright Brothers Day

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 02.05.2012

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Zoe P. Strassfield

If even one person who reads this comes away aware of the historical significance of December 17th, then I will consider myself successful in writing this.

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"Leaving on a Jet Plane"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Zezima

My bag was packed. I was ready to go. For the first time I was flying solo. I was leaving on a jet plane, and though I knew when I'd be back again, oh, baby, I hated to go.

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Dumb Luck: Top 7 'Historical Tweets' From Inventors (PHOTOS, POLL)

Alec McNayr | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alec McNayr

Whether scientist or tinkerer, academic or technologist, the greatest inventors of all time had one thing in common--they divulged their innermost tho...

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Wright Brothers VIDEO: Vintage Footage Of Wright Brothers' Flight

Posted 05.25.2011

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Wired has found some vintage video footage of the Wright Brothers' first filmed flight. (UPDATE: The Director of the Discovery of Flight Foundation wr...

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Wright's 1909 Statue of Liberty flights celebrated

NewYorkology | NewYorkology | Posted 05.25.2011

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Officials from the Wright Family Foundation and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum were in New York on Wednesday to mark an upcomi...

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The Nudist, The Chemist and Artist Ethan Murrow

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 02.15.2012

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Kimberly Brooks

As an artist, I consider art on a sort of spectrum in my mind by the manner in which it is rendered. I picture two opposing ends: one a chemist, who ...

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