transcontinental flight
The Pace of Technological Change Is Faster Than Ever Before. Or Is It?
It was a cold, miserable winter day on the coast of North Carolina when two brothers achieved something remarkable. On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their bizarre-looking flying machine for 12 seconds, covering 120 feet. Less than eight years later, Cal Rodgers began the first transcontinental flight across the United States. Fifteen years after that, Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo, non-stop transatlantic flight in history, flying the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris. Seven U.S. presidents later, humans walked on the moon.