Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The 12 second flight finally took off, and landed, at the specified time. The tower people commented, 'Wow, that wasn't a very long flight' as we taxied off the runway. I'm sure we went more than 180 feet in our 12 seconds, maybe 13 or 14 seconds with the 172 floating, but it didn't take long at all. That was the amazing part. I would have liked to have done the four follow-on flights (of the Wright Brothers) in sequence, timing wise, but it wasn't in the cards."

Source: Tom Thomas, who, over the weekend, did his own Centennial of Flight recreation at Dane County Regional Airport in Wisconsin. Although, like the Wright Brothers, he had a little trouble at first, he finally managed to get his Cessna into the air for 12 seconds at the precise moment the Wright Brothers made their historic flight from Kitty Hawk 100 years ago.

FMI: www.co.dane.wi.us/airport