On this day in 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright sent a telegram to their father in Dayton, Ohio. It read:
SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING ALL AGAINST TWENTY ONE MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL WITH ENGINE POWER ALONE AVERAGE SPEED THROUGH AIR THIRTY ONE MILES LONGEST 57 SECONDS INFORM PRESS HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.The world had changed forever.
We hear a lot about how we live in an age of unprecedentedly rapid change, but if you consider the transformations that took place between 1880 and 1920 you realize that they dwarf those we are experiencing.
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