Tagged With "Orville Wright"
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Re: November 30, 2016: The Guggenheim Museum, New York
Mr. Wright was a genius. A beautiful use of space, nicely illustrated, Jonathan. This is actually one of those places I've yet to visit and hope to some day.
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Re: 100 Years of Flight in Kitty Hawk, NC
I empathize with your rainy, muddy experience. That is no fun. As I recall, Kitty Hawk is also very windy, one of the reasons the Wright brothers chose it. They knew if they could fly their plane into the wind for some distance, no one could challenge the fact that they had flown a heavier than air machine. I regard this as one of the greatest stories of the 20th century. Two creative guys from a bicycle shop in the midwest designed and developed a successful flying machine. It didn't take a...
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Re: 100 Years of Flight in Kitty Hawk, NC
Thanks for the comment guys. It has been a while and I did forget to mention the fact that the Wright Brothers were workers in a bicycle shop which makes their story even more amazing! As always DrFumblefinger, thanks for the input
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Re: Books That Send You Packing...
There are so very many great travel tales. I am partial to non-fiction. I enjoy reading well researched, historical accounts of the human drama that is within the scenery. I enjoy writing that gives a strong sense of place and context to what I see. " The Old Patagonian Express " by Paul Theroux " The Pillars of Hercules " by Paul Theroux " Cut Stones and Crossroads: A Journey to Peru " by Ronald Wright " Basin and Range " by John McPhee " Two Years Before the Mast " by Richard Henry Dana,...
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Re: Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#51)
Hidden in the words - not necessarily what she/he is most famous for - Wright? Morgan? Gaudi? (only more unusual architects I can think of - 'architect' is valid).
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Scottsdale By the Numbers
Scottsdale Attractions: 1) Hot Air Expeditions: Start your day in a hot air balloon soaring over the desert with the sun creeping over the mountains. 2) Taliesin West : Frank Lloyd...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Feb. 28, 2015: Rookery, Chicago
View looking up through the ornamental stairs of the Rookery building's lobby in Chicago. The Rookery is the product of an unusual architectural "collaboration." The quotes are because the original 1886 building, a masterpiece by Daniel Burnham...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, April 23, 2015: The 1903 Wright Flyer, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
I heard a joke once that said "Y'know the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.? They actually have stuff in there!" Case-in-point, the 1903 Wright Flyer. Many reproductions of the Wright Flyer have been made, but this is...
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Smart marketing: publisher targeting Wright Brothers book at airports
David McCullough, two-time Pulitzer winner in history, has a new book out highlighting the Wright Brothers and the beginning of commercial aviation--and they're aiming distribution at the people assumed to be most interested in the subject: air...
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No "Love" in this battle for Dallas airport gates
Southwest, which already controlled 16 of the 20 gate spots at Love Field, Dallas' second airport, has been approved to buy two more from United, in a move that could freeze Delta out altogether. The gate slots are highly prized because the...
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Museums of Buffalo and Corning, New York
At the end of Jonathan L's recent trip along the Erie Canal, he found time to take in a selection of upstate museums, and he shares them here.
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Aviation history: 100 years of air traffic control
100 years ago this week, the world's first air traffic control tower went live in a shed at Britain's Croydon Airport.
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Barcelona's "Other Architect"
Almost everyone who visits Barcelona goes knowing a little about Antonio Gaudi, the “moderniste” architect of the Sagrada Familia basilica and a host of unusual early 20th century buildings. Those who don’t soon find out that Gaudi...
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Chicago's History Museum knows the city's story
When it comes to the great Chicago Fire of 1871, seen in a diorama above, the Chicago History Museum knows all about it: The museum, founded in 1856, was destroyed in the fire and had to start again from scratch—only to burn again in 1874....
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Nathan Moore House (Where Gumbo Was, #121)
This is a tale of one architect, one owner and two houses on the same foundation. It's also, because it's about Frank Lloyd Wright, a tale of a man who really liked to have his way, and resented it when his equally stubborn rich clients got...
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Chihuly Glass and Gardens, Seattle Washington
Jonathan L visits Dale Chihuly's museum of blown glass in Seattle WA
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There's nothing like a road trip
Travel writer Marilyn Jones takes us along on a road trip, and test-drives a new car.
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KLM at 95: World's oldest airline celebrates
KLM started flying in 1919, just 16 years after the Wright Brothers, and is now the oldest carrier flying. The few older starts that survived have become part of other carriers. The airline is celebrating with special paint jobs, a new lounge at...
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Explore the Intriguing Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago
On a visit to Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry wasn't at the top of Samantha's list...but now it might be. Here's her report!
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France builds world's first 'solar highway'
A 2-year test will determine whether covering highways with solar panels is a useful way to produce clean electricity.
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November 30, 2016: The Guggenheim Museum, New York
Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic spiral ramp identifies the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, and Jonathan L revisits it to show us how well it works.
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Learning to fly the Wright way
Here's your chance to learn to fly the glider the Wright Brothers few before they added an engine.
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Super-long flights: Can the pilots do it?
Qantas' plan for nearly 24-hour flights must take into account legal and physical limits on aircraft crew—a big question mark for the project.
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Thorncrown Chapel, Arkansas
DrFumblefinger calls this "one of the loveliest modern churches I've ever visited." It is in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and was designed by an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright..
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East Texas Oil Museum, Kilgore
When oil was first discovered in East Texas, it changed life for everyone. Marilyn Jones takes us to see what the Oil Boom looked like.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 11, 2013: Frank Lloyd Wright's Rookery Lobby
For fans of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Chicago area is a mecca. His home and studio in Oak Park are surrounded by many houses he designed, the Robie House in Hyde Park is nearing completion of a major restoration. But visitors following the Wright trail...
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A Frank Lloyd Wright treasure, open for the first time (CORRECTED LINK)
SC Johnson Company has opened its Frank Lloyd Wright Research Tower for visitors for the first time. The building, where Glade, Off, Pledge and Raid were developed, was built for Johnson in 1950 at its Racine WI campus. Wright also designed the...
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100 Years of Flight in Kitty Hawk, NC
Samantha shares memories and pictures of the centennial celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight.
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Toyota's new dream: a flying car
Toyota's filed a patent design for a possible future car, but it's a long way from that to a realistic product. For now, admire a Prius with a stack of wings!
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At Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Nostalgia Flies
The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome houses one of the country's largest collections of still-flying relics of aviation's earliest years.
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The Time is Now — The Smart Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Jonathan L takes a tour of the Smart Museum in Chicago
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July 17, 2018: Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington, NC
Marilyn Jones takes us along for a visit to Wilmington's only pre-Revolution building open to the public, and to its gardens.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, April 23, 2015: The 1903 Wright Flyer, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
Thanks for reminding me of this great museum, Ottoman! I think this was my favorite museum in D.C. I was astounded to see the rickety old Wright flyer on display and even more amazed that this was THE ORIGINAL, the very plane that the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk -- the one that made history, flying over distance into a head wind. The Wright brothers were compulsive at documenting their findings, so it's not a surprise they would have kept the original plane. Other highlights of the...
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A Break from the Ordinary in Historic Columbia
Stephanie shares a visit to historic and memorable Columbia, Pennsylvania.
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Barcelona Beyond Gaudi
A tour of masterpieces by Lluis Domenech i Montaner makes clear that Catalan modernism had more than one master.
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Gaudi: Details in Wood
Gaudi, the Catalan architect of soaring and swooping stone and concrete was also a master of wood. PHeymont takes a closer look.
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Where to Go in Springfield
Who knew there were so many interesting sights and attractions in Springfield, Missouri (sponsored content)
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The Case for Re-Visiting Familiar Museums
PHeymont reflects on reasons for re-visiting familiar museums again and again, and argues that good museums are never the same.
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Wings of History: Museum of Flight, Seattle
PHeymont visits one of the most comprehensive 'avgeek' museums and finds new threads of aviation history.
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The Paterson Museum, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey has a richer history than most people know, but not all of it is to be seen at its local museum
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Gaudi in Paris
A special exhibit at the Musée d'Orsay spotlights not only Gaudi's development from his student days on but the breadth of his design interest
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Anniversary plans for 'Spruce Goose'
Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flying boat, now in a museum in Oregon, is approaching the 75th anniversary of its only flight.
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Smithsonian Air & Space re-opening
Closed for four years by renovation and redesign, half of the museum will re-open October 14th.
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EasyJet shifts its green goals
EasyJet will stop making carbon offset payments and will instead concentrate on hydrogen engines and sustainable fuel.
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Elmira, NY: Little Giant of Industry
A small museum in a small city tells a surprising story of the industries that once gave the city a much bigger role.
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Cleveland Museum of Art
Marilyn Jones enjoys a return visit to the wide and deep collections of one of America's premier museums
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Discover Annapolis History, and More in Maryland's Capital
Stephanie shares the highlights of her visit to Annapolis.
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Exploring Corning's Downtown Museums
Stephanie has a terrific weekend visit to the Corning area of New York.