Adrian Soaring Club to observe Day of Mourning
Michigan's Adrian Soaring Club will officially observe a Day of Mourning on the
centennial of the day Wilbur and Orville gave up gliding. Assuming we're not
buried under 20 inches of fluffy water, we'll make as many glider flights as
possible. We're also inviting club members to bring out their aeroplanes, so
anyone inclined (there's at least one in every crowd) can go up in one of them
new-fangled contraptions.
We invite glider pilots everywhere to join us in reminding the public the
Wright Brothers did a masterful job right up until that tiny little faux pas on
December 17th, 1903.

In 1911 Orville stayed aloft in a glider for nearly 10 minutes,
essentially not moving over the same ground, a record which stood for 10
years and probably the first true "soaring" flight. So I like to think
that he just got sidetracked for awhile. Perhaps we can have a
commemoration of this flight in 2011.