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... The Wrights’ first flight went 120 feet in only 12 seconds, and from those 12 seconds many other things were made possible. ... (Los Angeles Times, 2003) Women have had a large part in the time line of flight, but men take a good token of it. ... (Chicago Sun Times, April 2003) So with all the benefits that have come from flight, there has also been a share of consequences.
Some random facts about the pro’s and cons of flight: the minimum age for someone to obtain a pilot’s license is 15 for taking the written test, and 17 to get a private or recreational pilot’s license. ... (Popular Science, 2003) The longest non-stop commercial flight in the world was the Continental’s Newark-Hong Kong flight, which takes 15 hours and 45 minutes. ... The Cessna Cardinal carrying herself, her father, Lloyd Dubroff, and her flight instructor, Joe Reid, crashed just minutes after takeoff on April 11, 1996 in Cheyenne Wyoming, killing all aboard. (USA Today, 2003) All these “firsts” in history have brought out some meaning to flight, but what else is there to know? ... Other famous movies about flying consist of Wings (1927), Dawn Patrol (1938 version), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), Twelve O’Clock High (1949), Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952), Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Spirit of St. ... (Chicago Sun Times, April 2003)
From women to warfare and facts to movies, flight has a lot of depth. ... (How Flying Cars Will Work, 1999)
Flight has come a long way since 1903. There have been many that contributed to what flight is today, and what it is to become.
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