Wright Brothers Exhibit Opens at Smithsonian in DC
Betty Debnam profiles Orville and Wilbur Wright noting their roles as aviation pioneers. The display centers on The Flyer and a timing stopwatch from the 1903 flight as part of a two year exhibit opening Oct 11 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Washington, D.C
Nasm.si.edu
Ball State University
Bsu.edu
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Clare Cuddy
Suzanne Davis
Museum
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Europe
Orville
Fort Myer
Washington
US. Army
Rookie Cookie's Recipe Pudding Pots
A simple dessert using one 6 ounce chocolate pudding mix four 9 ounce paper cups crushed cookies and six candy worms. Prepare pudding per package, fill cups, top with crumbs, insert worms half exposed, and serve. Serves four.
Dakota Fanning rises from Georgia to Hollywood stardom
Dakota Fanning, age nine, from Conyers Georgia, now lives in Los Angeles and acts with Denzel Washington and Mike Myers. She will star in Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat this fall and is filming Man on Fire. She began acting at five, appeared in a Tide commercial, and her first major film was I Am Sam. She is home schooled and her sister Elle is also an actress.
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Dakota Fanning
Georgia
Dakota
Los Angeles
Denzel Washington
Mike Myers
Conyers
Tide
I Am
Sam
Screen Actors Guild
Elle
The Wright Brothers Story of Flight and Legacy
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, from Dayton Ohio, built a bicycle shop and printing business before inventing powered flight. They tested kites and gliders at Huffman Prairie and Kitty Hawk, achieving the first flights on December 17 1903. They formed the Wright Company in 1909, faced legal battles, and Wilbur died in 1912 while Orville retired in 1915 and later died in 1948.
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Wilbur
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Close Brothers
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Anthony Davis
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