From "Charleston":
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Yes it was an interesting read to me as well. Thanks. It is healthy to see
both sides of a story, that is the official version and the perceived
version. Then there is alway what really happened;-)

Roger that. One time when I was a witness to an aircraft mishap, I
was amazed to hear the grossly inaccurate stories that got spun around
the incident.

I just read the article on "Flying" in the December issue of National
Geographic. It honors the 100th anniversary of flight. It is a great read
with a set of "reflections" on the first 100 years of flight. At the same
time it looks forward to the next 100 years of flight and what that might
bring if we dare to dream. It was saddening in a way because we could have
been to Mars by now. Instead we are still flying around in LEO.

I happen to be ok with not making it to Mars yet. I'm just glad that
we didn't blow up the planet during all that sword rattling of the
Cold War.

I'll have to keep an eye out for the article. Here's NatGeo's online
teaser:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/...re1/index.html

Speaking of the "first 100 years of flight", I expect that the French
were celebrating the centennial of flight several years before the
Wright's ever took interest in building a flying machine!

http://www.challengerdisaster.info

I'd like to have a look at your website. I'm wondering how your
subscription price compares to National Geographics. Hee hee.


~ CT