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The grade accompanies the Wright Brothers Award, the first of the five Cadet Program Milestone Awards. Cadet Staff Sergeants are to be referred to as "Sergeant" or "Cadet" by other cadets and Senior Members. [4]
The Wright Brothers' U.S. Patent 821,393 issued 1906. The Wright brothers wrote their 1903 patent application themselves, but it was rejected. In January 1904, they hired Ohio patent attorney Henry Toulmin, and on May 22, 1906, they were granted U.S. Patent 821393 [12] for "new and useful Improvements in Flying Machines
Wright Brothers ribbon. The Wright Brothers Award is awarded for successfully completing the Phase I of the Civil Air Patrol cadet program. It marks the transition of a cadet to the non-commissioned officer status in the Civil Air Patrol cadet program, and accompanies promotion to the grade of Cadet Staff Sergeant. [32]
The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, [3] [4] Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—an airplane—on December 17, 1903. [1] Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation.
On 4 July 1908 Glenn Curtiss gave the first widely publicised public demonstration of flight in the USA. As a result, the Wright brothers' prestige fell. Subsequent flights of both brothers that year went on to astonish the world and their early claims gained almost universal public recognition as legitimate. [5]
Huffman Prairie, also known as Huffman Prairie Flying Field or Huffman Field is part of Ohio's Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.The 84-acre (34-hectare) patch of rough pasture, near Fairborn, northeast of Dayton, is the place where the Wright brothers (Wilbur and Orville) undertook the task of creating a dependable, fully controllable airplane and training themselves to be pilots.
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Data from "Wright Vertical 4, In-line 4 Engine (inventory A19620037000)". Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 12 June 2018. General characteristics Type: 4-cylinder, liquid-cooled inline piston aircraft engine Bore: 4.375 in (111 mm) Stroke: 4 in (102 mm) Displacement: 240 in 3 (3.9 L) Length: 40.75 in (1,035 mm) Width: 18 in (457 mm) Height: 27 in (686 mm) Dry weight: 160 ...