http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/archives/2004_12.php#059816 On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in launching and flying the first manned, powered, heavier-than-air aircraft, thereby starting the chain of events which led to a ubiquitous, unavoidable transportation system that... en-us http://www.hubsandspokes.com/archives/2004/12/i_love_airplane.html But not everybody does. Update: An alert reader informs me that I am a moron. Link fixed....