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of the most telling testimonials to The Spirit of Dayton Project
come from the kids themselves. Here are a few of the letters we've
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- Of course, the most impressive part of our presentation is the 1902
glider itself, so that's what we hear about most. And every now and
then one of the kids is so taken with the aircraft, he gets carried
away in superlatives.
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- Other kids just let us know we're cool. We know it. A bunch of
aging adults building antiquated aircraft and arguing arcane points of
history -- how could we not be cool?
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- We're also impressed that so many kids seem to understand the new
concepts we demonstrate. This young man nailed the lessons on aircraft
control.
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- Many children seem to latch onto a part of the Wright story that
sparks their imagination. This young woman was fascinated to learn the
a resident of Kitty Hawk recycled the fabric on a discarded glider to
make dresses for her daughters.
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- This young man admits he was never much interested in the Wright
brothers until we brought our glider to his school. But now he hasn't
got enough good to say about them. He is especially amazed that they
never flew on Sunday -- and that this saved their bacon on one
important occasion.
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- While it's good to teach children about the Wright brothers, we feel
especially successful when we inspire them, or help encourage their
dreams. This young man, as soon as he has a better grasp of which part
of the airplane does what, will fly the F-22.
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- This young man has more than a dream -- he has a plan. The
Wright brothers would have liked that.
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- Of course, you can't reach every kid. We get the distinct impression
that this young woman, while she enjoyed our presentation, probably
won't investigate the Wright tale much further. Her father,
however...well, that's another story. We really seem to have struck a
chord with him, and he wasn't even at the presentation.
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- Then there are those kids that we seem to touch at
a deeper level than others. Beyond learning and inspiration,
there is wonder, as this young woman reminds us.
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- Finally, we just couldn't resist showing you this. We're shameless,
we know. But we're cool.
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