In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.
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What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.
Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
My father's an early aviator, and my first flight was with him at age two. Now, despite the fact that I got sick on the flight, I still enjoyed it, I believe.
We were young, we were pilots, and we were hungry to test the new technology of 'space machines.' And we all wanted to be first.
Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.
I was a big aviation buff as a boy.
From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes.
Flying was great. You have to think fast. You have to develop intuition about the physics of air moving quickly over a surface.
I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that.
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
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