On a cold, windy day in December, 104 years ago man first flew with the birds in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Today is a very important and memorable day in North Carolina's history and the history of aviation. 
It was on December 17, 1903 that Orville Wright made a 12-second, sustained flight which took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It was the first successful, powered, piloted flight in history.
The flight might have happened on December 13 , the weather was ideal..but that was a Sunday and the brothers had promised their Dad they would not attempt the flight on the Sabbath. The weather conditions worsened for the next few days but on Thursday Orville and Wilbur decided that if they were going to get back home to Ohio for Christmas, they had to go ahead with their attempt.
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, first experimented in 1899 after Wilbur wrote the Smithsonian requesting information on flight experiments. They spent many hours watching and observing birds in flight.
For three years the Wright brothers built and tested numerous gliders and kites which met with disappointment, failure and/or limited success before launching their history making flight in 1903.
Due to the discipline, imagination, persistence and faith of two young men, that little wood aircraft brought all the essentials that still give flight to every modern aircraft.
We can all take a lesson from Orville and Wilbur's optimism, determination and faith. I can imagine that there were many times when they were tempted to throw in the towel and go back to their bicycle shop. But they believed in their dream of man flying and did not give up.
Do you believe in what you are doing? If you do,
- hang tough
- work hard
- believe
- and you too, will succeed
Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor, Onslow County Home Specialist 910 459 9189 Email Me
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I remember briefly when I was a kid...our school used to run movie documentaries about the Wright Brothers.