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EARLY PIONEERS • The Wright brothers were not the first people to fly a plane. Seven years prior to their 1903 flight, Samuel Pierpont Langley’s 16-foot (4.8 m) plane travelled three quarters of a mile (1.2 km) and stayed aloft for a minute and a half. The Wright’s claim to fame was that they made the first flight that carried a human. Langley’s plane was unmanned. • The world’s first fatal airplane crash occurred in 1908 when a propeller broke, sending the aircraft plunging 150 feet (45 m) to earth. The pilot escaped with a broken leg, but the single passenger, Lt. Thomas Selfridge of the U.S. Signal Corps, was killed on impact. The pilot was Orville Wright. • Many people mistakenly think Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight. Actually, he made the first solo transatlantic flight, but many other transatlantic flights were made prior to his May 20-21, 1927 solo flight. For instance, there was Capt. John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Whitten Brown who flew a converted Vimy night bomber from Canada to Ireland on June 14 & 15, 1919. Turn the page for more!

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• When Capt. Alcock and Lt. Brown flew from Canada to Ireland, they took with them Lucky Jim and Twinkletoes— two stuffed black cats, for luck. However, these “lucky” charms didn’t do much good. First, a super-heated exhaust pipe disintegrated. Then a blinding fog moved in and the plane would have taken a nose dive into the Atlantic if the fog hadn’t cleared 100 feet above the sea. Next, ice formed over the instruments on the wing after a snowstorm and Lt. Brown had to climb out on the wing to chip it off. But in spite of it all, the two men landed safely. Unfortunately, Alcock was killed six months later while flying in a fog in a Paris air show. Brown subsequently swore off flying forever, but his pilot son was killed in World War II. • President Wilson and other important officials gathered in May of 1918 to witness the take-off of the first airmail flight. The plane was to carry mail from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia. After take-off, the plane somehow went off course and landed in Waldorf, Maryland— which is farther away from Philadelphia than Washington is. The mail was eventually delivered by train. • In 1938 Howard Hughes filled his plane with ping-pong balls so it would float if it went down over the ocean. He then proceeded to set the speed record for flying around the world.

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• On March 2, 1949, a U.S. Superfortress bomber completed the first nonstop flight around the world when it landed at Fort Worth, Texas. The plane traveled 23,452 miles (37,742 km) in 94 hours and 1 minute. It was refueled four times in flight. • In 1986, the Voyager accomplished the first roundthe-world flight without refueling. Cruising at a speed between 65 and 120 mph (104 – 194 km/ hr) at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 feet (2,500 – 3,000 m) it took pilots Rattan & Yeager 216 hours, 3 minutes and 44 seconds to travel 25,012 miles (40,252 km).

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3. In 2012, Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o became the third college football defensive player to finish second in the Heisman Trophy voting. Who were the first two? 4. In 2012-13, Miami’s LeBron James recorded his seventh season of at least 2,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists. Who else did it six times? 5. Cam Ward is the all-time leader in games played in goal for the Carolina Hurricanes, with 461. Who is second? 6. Name the first American Alpine female skier to win medals in three Olympics? 7. Who was the last golfer before Steven Bowditch in 2014 to have a closing score of 76 or higher in the final of a PGA event he won? (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.

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FAST FACTS ABOUT AIR TRAVEL • Total area of Denver International Airport, in square miles 53 • Total area of Manhattan Island, in square miles 22.4 • Number of miles of highways that could be built with the amount of asphalt that was used to build the runways and ramps at Denver International Airport 900 • Number of times airlines update fares in their computers daily 250,000 • Number of Americans who are members of a frequent flyer program 61 million • Percent of all frequent flyer miles which are earned on the ground 47% • Percent of all frequent flyer miles which are never redeemed 75% • Number of free tickets issued annually due to frequent flyer miles 12 million • Number of cubic feet of re-circulated air per minute given to economy-class passengers on some 737 flights 8 • Number of cubic feet of re-circulated air per minute given to first-class passengers on some 747 flights 60 • Amount of money saved per aircraft per year on fuel costs by re-circulating air instead of introducing fresh air $60,000 • Number of airsickness bags used by U.S. airlines each year 20 million

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• Goyathlay, now known by his new nickname, became a military leader of his tribe who led many successful skirmishes. In 1886, tired of constant pursuit, he surrendered. He became a celebrity in his old age, and died in 1909.

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