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FIFTY YEARS THAT CHANGED
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particularly for any nation that does not excel in aeronautical sciences, it has also become an unparalleled medium of destruction. But we must never allow the spectre of modern warfare to cloud our vision of the future. The airplane has brought knowledge where it did not exist before. It performs stirring missions of mercy. We must exploit to the utmost the advantage which this great social tool provides.
At the same time, in the face of aggressive communism, we must keep our airpower preeminent. We cannot afford to gamble as we have in the past that we will have time in an emergency to build up our air forces. This country must adopt, at the earliest possible date, a long-range consistent air power policy and a and a realistic military aircraft development and production program. It is the best security buy we can get with our tax dollar.
Another must is a broad and comprehensive program to develop career interest among American youth in the whole field of aviation, including technology, operations and the armed forces. This should start in kindergarten, go through the grades, on through college and should include widened opportunity for scholarships for the really eager students. 
In all this there is need for public understanding and support.
Heartiest congratulations to all who have had a hand in developing the 1953 National Aircraft Show. It is entirely in keeping with the objectives of the National 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight program.


MAN'S CONQUEST OF THE AIR
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pendent control of aileron and rudder.
Even the engine used in the first Wright plane was designed and built by Orville and Wilbur because they could not obtain one to meet their requirements: one that would produce at least 8 horsepower and weigh not more than 20 pounds per horsepower. It had four cylinders and was mounted horizontally in the plane.
Despite numerous flights made in 1904 and 1905, there was still considerable doubt on the part of most people that flights were actually being made. The unwillingness of the world to believe that man could fly was one of the ironies of the Wright story.
Strangely, England and France were among the first countries to seek information on the machine that had so thoroughly proved its ability to fly. Not until 1907 had the United States government realized that the Wrights had proved the practicability of flying. In February of the following year a bid was accepted by the Wrights to build a test plane for the U.S. Signal Corps for a sum of $25,000. Three months later they signed a contract with a French syndicate to sell or license the use of the plane in France. That same year they made a series of flights abroad that aroused interest and won admiration throughout Europe. Medals were soon bestowed and honors heaped upon them for their convincing proof of the miracle of human flight.
Having succeeded in flying themselves, they next turned to the task of training others to fly their planes both solo and with a passenger. Then came dual controls. 
On May 30, 1912, Wilbur Wright died at the age of forty-five, after a three-week illness. Orville Wright survived him 36 years, passing away January 30, 1948. He maintained an active interest in aviation throughout his life and through continued research and development and many scientific contributions gave the airplane a capacity for service that established aviation as one of the great forward steps in human progress.
The airplane will stand for all time as one of those few truly great inventions which have shaped the life and destiny of man. To the Wright brothers of Dayton, we pay the highest tribute for their accomplishments in bringing aviation to the world.

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