"Ajacks' I Don't Know Why, I just do": first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft

Thursday, December 17, 2009

first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft

Dec. 17th, 1903 – In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, Orville and Wilbur Wright aboard the Wright Flyer (pictured) conducted the first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.
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I attended Versailles, Indiana grade and high school I was considered the class clown and was voted most likely to not succeed. I spent most of the school time in the study hall. I obtained my diploma from the army (GED) later the school sent me a diploma. I enlisted in several electronic classes at the Vocational school at Versailles. I have a home based business of computer repair and I do HTML language creating web pages for local businesses. I edit photos and create video presentations. I have been an Amateur Radio Operator for over 50 plus years. I am proficient, sending and receiving, international Morse code. I have several beacon transmitters that are heard world wide and are operated 24 - 7. I have conducted hundreds of radio telephone patches allowing displaced military, missionaries, and Nation Science Foundation groups located at the South Pole. I have relayed emergency messages to the State Dept from ships at sea. I am an Viet Nam-era army veteran. I did institution on military explosives while stationed at Ft. Ord, Ca. I worked twenty-seven years for United Parcel Service and retired. I have been married to my wife Betty for over 54 years. I am a member of the American Legion, NRA, and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). I think I've done OK, What do you think ......
Jack Demaree

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

first successful flight of a powered fixed-wing aircraft

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