In Greek mythology, Icarus proved the dangers of sticking feathers to himself with wax and flying like a bird. (He fell into the ocean.) But 100 years ago, on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright ushered in modern aviation with not much more: They stretched a little white muslin cloth over a spruce wood skeleton, cranked up a homemade 12 h.p. gasoline engine, and took off for the sky in Kitty Hawk, NC. It was 12 seconds that was to change the world as man moved into space and eventually into outer space. If not for the dark ages, this would have occurred at least 500 years earlier, but alas we have moved forward and continue to move forward.

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