Trivia Today - Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

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Today I have some fun facts for you about air travel. Hope you find them interesting!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air, with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet."

HINT: (1904-1972), Anglo-Irish poet, critic & educator, Poet Laureat in 1968.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Two years before he made his first flight, Wilbur Wright told friends, "man won't fly for 50 years." The Wright brothers made four flights on December 17, 1903. The first was the shortest.

Charles Lindbergh carried a Felix the Cat doll with him on his famous flight. His first words after his historic flight: "Are there any mechanics here?"

Henry Ford was Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St. Louis.

The first animal to be ejected from a supersonic jet: a bear, in 1962. It parachuted safely back to earth.

Air Canada was the first North American airline to ban smoking.

The first pilot ever to fly a loop-the-loop: Lincoln Beachy, November 18, 1913, in San Diego.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air, with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet."

ANSWER: Cecil Day Lewis.

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