This photograph speaks to not just where we have been in the past, but where we are going in the future. When this photograph was taken in 1903, it must have been a major source of inspiration. I can only imagine the sense of awe and wonderment it must have inspired for someone to look at this in the early nineteen hundreds. I have such a deep understanding and appreciation for this photograph for both a technical understanding as well as a piloting understanding. As a pilot myself, I cannot help but put myself in this photograph. What would it have been like to live, fly, and learn in this time. The very real fear that every single time you would get into the Kitty Hawk could very well be your last. No information of flight, aeronautical advances, aeronautical safety, nothing has been discovered yet. The joy, excitement, wonderment, desire, and straight fear must have been at a previously unreached level. I hope to capture a moment like this in time myself one day.
