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118 years ago , the Wright Brothers

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launched the first powered flight out

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of kitty hawk north Carolina

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and that's light When a whopping 120 ft

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lasted a total of 12 seconds and

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managed to get about 10 ft in height .

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While we've moved well past the

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performance of the Wright Flyer . We're

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still using the same visionary approach

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that they put into practice to design ,

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build , test and field . The most

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advanced and complex systems ever known

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to man . Innovation fueled by airmen is

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a heritage . We probably take directly

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from the Wright Brothers themselves as

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we continue their relentless pursuit of

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excellence . So today , as we honor the

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Wright Brothers and the right family ,

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let us remember where inspiration came

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from Brothers Wilbur and Orville and

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let us continue to build on the legacy

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they left us as we innovate ,

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accelerate and thrive into the future .

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I can't even imagine what they'll say

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in another 118 years , Given the mind

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boggling advances that we've made in

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the past 118 years