Taking Flight
On a recent off season trip to the Outer Banks, Brian and I visited Kitty Hawk and the Wright Brothers' Museum. Flying is something most of us take for granted these days. Brian and I fly everywhere. We see an opportunity for travel, and it's only an airport and plane trip away. Years ago, before the Concorde was put to rest, a trip from New York to London took 3 and a half hours. Looking back, it is amazing to think that it took humans thousands of years to fly...or did it? Leornardo Da Vinci's drawings and designs inlcuded gliders. Some speculate that he could have flown a bit, maybe a few feet, with one. Either way, we know it took man a long time to fly. But only sixty years passed from the time the Wright brothers took flight, to the first space trip to the moon. By this time, the world had seen the Golden Age of flying. A beautiful luxury. Today's flights are filled with hours of security, checks, fees, and very little luxury. The routine at the airport is just th...