National Aviation Day is today! We're remembering 'first flights.' Share yours on social media with stories and images using #myfirstflight.
In honor of the Wright brother's first flight, President Franklin Roosevelt declared in 1939 that Aug. 19, Orville Wright's birthday, would be National Aviation Day - an annual occasion to celebrate the importance of aviation.
In this photo, research pilot Denis Steele sets up a camera in the cockpit of an ER-2 aircraft at 65,000 feet over the Alaskan mountains.
Image Credit: NASA / Denis Steele
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