Today, December 17, marks a momentous occasion in aviation history; in 1903, it was the day Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight in a powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Embry-Riddle Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Key Takeaways:
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) was founded on December 17, 1925, by John Paul Riddle and T. Higbee Embry, exactly 22 years after the Wright brothers' historic first flight.
- The company initially engaged in diverse aviation ventures, including airmail, aircraft sales, thrill rides, and flight school, driven by its founders' entrepreneurial spirit to promote aviation.
- Now recognized as the world's largest institute for aerospace and aviation higher learning, ERAU will celebrate its 90th anniversary throughout 2016, concluding with the Wings & Waves Air Show.
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