BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:ԭ BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.483921.field_event_date.0@www.wright.edu DTSTAMP:20260219T164500Z CREATED:20230504T185257Z DESCRIPTION:[[{'fid':'481016'\,'view_mode':'default'\,'fields':{'image_styl e':''\,'format':'default'\,'alignment':''\,'field_file_image_alt_text[und] [0][value]':'Wright Flyer replica'\,'field_file_image_title_text[und][0][v alue]':false\,'field_file_caption[und][0][value]':'Wright%20Flyer%20replic a%20in%20Dunbar%20Library'\,'field_file_caption[und][0][format]':'title_ht ml'}\,'link_text':null\,'type':'media'\,'field_deltas':{'1':{'image_style' :''\,'format':'default'\,'alignment':''\,'field_file_image_alt_text[und][0 ][value]':'Wright Flyer replica'\,'field_file_image_title_text[und][0][val ue]':false\,'field_file_caption[und][0][value]':'Wright%20Flyer%20replica% 20in%20Dunbar%20Library'\,'field_file_caption[und][0][format]':'title_html '}}\,'attributes':{'style':'height: 338px\; width: 600px\;'\,'alt':'Wright Flyer replica'\,'class':'media-element file-default'}}]]\n\nThe Genius of the Wright Brothers and Construction of the 1903 Flyer\n\nJoin us as Dr. Rubin Battino shares a brief history of powered flight including a discuss ion of the Wright brothers’ 1903 Flyer\, the first machine to achieve cont rolled powered flight. He also will recount personal histories of the Wrig ht brothers and their families.\n\nBattino\, an emeritus professor of chem istry\, will present material showing how scientific the Wrights were in t heir approach to flying\, even fabricating wind tunnels and other aerodyna mic testing apparatus in their bicycle shop. He also will share what he le arned by helping to construct the full-size replica of the 1903 Wright Fly er that now hangs in the atrium of the Dunbar Library.\n\nBattino served o n the faculty at ԭ from 1966 to 1995. He has given presentation s on the Wright brothers and their mechanic\, Charlie Taylor\, in the Unit ed States and abroad. He was named “Speaker of the Year” by the Royal New Zealand Aeronautical Society and was a special speaker at Farnham in Engla nd.\n\nThe talk is cosponsored by the ԭ Retirees Ass ociation and the Friends of the Libraries. The presentation is free and op en to the public. Registration is required and must be completed by Monday \, June 12.\n\n[button link='Register now'|https://calendar.libraries.wrig ht.edu/event/10758727]\nEvent Webpage: /retirees-ass ociation/news/article/the-genius-of-the-wright-brothers-and-construction-o f-the-1903-flyer DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T161613Z LOCATION:Room 441\, Dunbar Library SUMMARY:The Genius of the Wright Brothers and Construction of the 1903 Flye r URL;TYPE=URI:/events/genius-wright-brothers-construct ion-1903-flyer END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR