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Dec 17, 1903: Orville & Wilbur Wright succeeded in the 1st powered flight. 44 years later I broke the sound barrier & soon thereafter met Orville Wright just before he died. @HISTORY @WrightPattAFB #KittyHawk #KillDevilHlls @AF_Academy @WhiteHouse
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That had to be one unbelievable meeting!
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To think we went from "just off the ground" to "breaking the speed of sound" in a few short decades. Now it's almost normal. Thanks for the amazing work, sir.
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What was Orville like?
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Wow.
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1/ Flight is by far the most rapidly evolved major technology in human history. It took over 3000 years of recorded history before man could fly. Within less than 14 years, airplanes were war machines combatting in the sky. Within 23 years, Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic.
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Within 44 years, General Yeager broke the sound barrier. And within 65 years and 7 months, man landed on the moon. In a period short enough for a person to have lived through it all, man went from unable to fly to flying to the moon. That is unparalleled in history.
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Yes, truly, Louise.
@GenChuckYeager is indeed the definition of badass.
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