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Wednesday
December 17, 2003
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Front Page Photo by Carl Thompson Editor's note: How We Made the First Flight is Orville Wright's own account of the world's first powered, sustained and controlled flight. The article was first published ten years after the Wright brothers made that first flight....
by Orville Wright The flights of the 1902 glider had demonstrated the efficiency of our system for maintaining equilibrium, and also the accuracy of the laboratory work upon which the design of the glider was based. We then felt that we were prepared to calculate in advance the performance of machines with a degree of accuracy that had never been possible with the data and tables possessed by our predecessors. Before leaving camp in 1902 we were already at work on the general design of a new machine which we proposed to propel with a motor. Immediately upon our return
to Dayton, we wrote to a number of automobile and motor builders,
stating the purpose for which we desired a motor, and asking
whether they could furnish one that would develop eight brake
horse power, with a weight complete not exceeding 200 pounds.
Most of the companies answered that they were too busy with their
regular business to undertake the building of such a motor for
us; but one company replied that they had motors rated at 8 h.p.
according to the French system of ratings, which weighed only
135 pounds, and that if we thought this motor would develop enough
power for our purpose, they would be glad to sell us one. After
an examination of the particulars of this motor, from which we
learned that it had but a single cylinder of 4 inch bore and
5 inch stroke, we were afraid that it was much overrated. Unless
the motor would develop a full 8 brake horse power, it would
be useless for our purpose.- Read
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Alaska: Efforts to Help Salmon Industry Pay Off - Alaska commercial fishermen and seafood processing workers experiencing economic distress are in line to receive up to $8 million in emergency federal job training assistance, Governor Frank Murkowski & the Alaska Delegation announced Tuesday. The funds will come under a
grant signed Monday by U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Elaine
Chao, which awards up to $8 million in Workforce Investment Act
funds to help Alaska's seafood processing workers and fishermen
who can no longer earn a living in an industry adversely affected
by foreign trade. -
Read more... National: President
Bush Signs Anti-Spam Law; FTC To Develp Plan For "Do-Not-Spam"
list - Tuesday President Bush signed into law the Controlling
the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of
2003 (CAN-SPAM Act), which establishes a framework of administrative,
civil, and criminal tools to help America's consumers, businesses,
and families combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, known as spam.
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Photographed on Tuesday evening
were Jesse Withrow, Luke Herrington, Jerry Pierce, Bryan "Arlo"
Reed, and Brion Debourgeon who have been waiting since 2:15 pm
Sunday. Also joining in the "opening wait" social event
are fans Will Stevenson, Tami Tillford, Amanda Hendrickson and
Charlene Spurgeon. This group plans to be at the head of the
line when the movie opens Wednesday. - View
a larger photo... Alaska: Boat
Forfeited in Bootlegging Case - During a hearing Monday,
a Nome court ordered a woman to forfeit her 18-foot Lund skiff,
which her son, Gregory Bradley, used to import alcohol into the
dry village of Elim. -
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People of Ketchikan:
Holiday Lights: A Photo Feature by Carl Thompson
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