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Tony Hall: “on December 17, 1903, two brothers in my district of Dayton, Ohio, solved the mystery of flying. Since that first flight…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1997
on December 17, 1903, two brothers in my district of Dayton, Ohio, solved the mystery of flying. Since that first flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright the airplane has changed the course of transportation and commerce and communication and war. In the year 2003, our Nation will celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the miracle of modern technology, and today my colleague, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Jones], and I will introduce legislation to create the Centennial of Flight Commission. The purpose of the commission is to help coordinate our national celebration of this milestone. This effort is intended to follow other major commemorative celebrations, such as the anniversary of the Constitution and the American Revolutionary War. We hope that our legislation will help all Americans take pride in our history and renew the value of American ingenuity that made the Wright brothers so successful.
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Tony Hall
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Introducing legislation to create the Centennial of Flight Commission to celebrate the Wright brothers' first flight.

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