Today is the 100th anniversary of powered flight. The Wright Brothers flew the first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC on December 17th, 1903. A big celebration will take place at Kitty Hawk National Park today, with gazillions of dignataries present.
For the occasion, festival organizers have recreated the Wright Flyer, a notoriously hard-to-fly airplane. I’ve put up a new poll on the page here to take bets on whether the thing will crash today or not. The weather is about as sucky as could be imagined, with a strong cold front moving through later today. My bet is the sucker crashes. Cast your vote to the right.
I’ve been pondering this occasion for a while now and will have more thoughts on this occasion later tonight.