Ohio/North Carolina rivalry?

[ccharles000]

Did anyone know this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers#Ohio.2FNorth_Carolina_rivalry

The U.S. states of Ohio and North Carolina both take credit for the Wright brothers and their world-changing inventions — Ohio because the brothers developed and built their design in Dayton, and North Carolina because Kitty Hawk was the site of the first flight. With a spirit of friendly rivalry, Ohio adopted the slogan "Birthplace of Aviation" (later "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers", recognizing not only the Wrights, but also John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, both Ohio natives), while North Carolina has adopted the slogan "First In Flight".

Each state features these phrases on their standard-issue state automobile license plates, and both states also included an image of a Wright Flyer on their respective 50 state quarters designs.<72><73>

The site of the first flights in North Carolina is preserved as Wright Brothers National Memorial, while their Ohio facilities are part of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. As the positions of both states can be factually defended, and each played a significant role in the history of flight, neither state truly has an exclusive claim to the Wrights' accomplishment. While speaking at a presentation at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Neil Armstrong joked that there is enough credit for both states: North Carolina provided the right winds and soft landing material and Dayton provided the know-how, resources and engineering.


:shrug:

[supernova]

1. Yeah, IIRC there was

a broo-haha when we first started using "First in Flight" on our plates.

[madmom]

4. Yes, I remember that!

[Bill McBlueState]

2. It's too bad states never have rivalries over

"best environment for the working class" or anything like that.

[MedleyMisty]

3. Yeah - and oddly enough the out of state plates I see the most are Ohio ones

It's just for fun - it's not like DU style geographic hatred where we want to nuke Ohio or anything.

In high school we went on a field trip to the beach and we were at the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kitty Hawk for the 100th anniversary and Jesse Helms was scheduled to speak - we were plotting how we were going to disrupt that. But then he didn't show up and we joked it was because he was afraid of us.

[bowens43]

5. Growing up in Ohhio and living the last 12 years in North Carolina

leads me to believe that they are both right......they are both the birth place of flight

[underpants]

6. It always intrigued me as to how bike repairmen from Dayton ended up on the Outer Banks

There had to have been any number of places they could have tried this--how did they end up in Kitty Hawk (which was nothing/nowhere at the time)

:shrug:

Born in Ohio
Grew up in SE Virginia

[ThePowerofWill]

7. They picked Kitty Hawk because of the perfect environment.

Large dunes and lots of the right kind of wind essential for a successful flight.