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Celebrating flight across the years and across the magazines (continued)
We also meet the men, from pilots like Stephen Till and John I. Williams to adventurers, passengers, and photographers like Mick Moignard (a favorite ZATZ editor), Dave Spragg, Jon Canfield, Dennis Deery, and James Aronovsky.
Flight, like so many revolutionary things filtered through the lens of time, has become quite pedestrian. And that's how it should be. But the achievement of flight was anything but pedestrian. The next time you're not sure whether you're up for the challenge, remember Wilbur and Orville (and Mardell, Marilyn, Kathy, Katherine, Mick, Dave, Jon, Dennis, and James).
Remember that before there were computers and even much of the modern machine shops, these gentlemen managed to not only build their own engine in six weeks, but their own flying machine (and learned to fly it).
We humans can be pretty amazing sometimes. Let's use this anniversary as motivation to continue to amaze, enthrall, and innovate, and to push the boundaries of the human condition.
About this series
This week, we're running fifteen articles celebrating the anniversary of flight across all our magazines. Be sure to read them all; they are each quite exceptional:
Next week, we resume our regular coverage.
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James Booth is Editor-at-Large at ZATZ Publishing. In addition to writing for Computing Unplugged and Connected Photographer, he's the author of Do-It-Yourself Wedding Photography. A self-taught photographer, James also dabbles in digital graphics and has learned to be a PC and handheld specialist through personal trial and error. James can be reached at jbooth@zatz.com.
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