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Thanks so much Jim.  It's so great to hear from
someone who was actually there yesterday.


Spook



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> 
> Here in the east, my wife, Mary Alice, and I were at
> Kitty Hawk for the big 
> celebration.   Driving rain and little wind, but it
> was a treat to be there 
> with thousands of like-minded folks.   Nobody
> complained (that I could hear) and 
> nobody left early.   We just sat there in the rain,
> watching people setting up 
> the track on a field where the sea gulls were
> grounded.   We heard from the 
> President, but we all stayed where we were and
> waited. 10:35 came and went and 
> we still stayed in place.
> 
> When they finally gave it a whirl at 12-something
> PM, everybody cheered a 
> valiant effort and continued to enjoy the
> day..realizing, of course, that this is 
> exactly the kind of thing the Wright Brothers dealt
> with repeatedly and that 
> the airplane behaved exactly as the original behaved
> on many 
> occasions...rolled down the track and right off the
> end.
> 
> A great time was had by all.   Wish you could have
> been there.
> 
> Jim Slade 


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