In 1899, the Wright Brothers designed their first
aircraft: a small, biplane glider flown as a kite to test their solution for
controlling the craft by wing warping. In 1903 the Wright Brothers achieved history
by having the First Flight of a True Airplane; which ushered in
the age of aviation. The Wright brothers perfected
their design to the point where they could sustain flights of 24 miles in which
they could bank, turn and do "figure eights." But in 1905, when the
Wright brothers offered their invention to the United States Army, it was
rejected without any consideration. Even the patent office was skeptical; an
application filed in 1903 was finally approved and granted in 1906 for a
"flying machine."
In 1909, the first great
international aviation meet was held in Rheims, France. Sure of victory, the
Wright brothers entered three planes in hopes of dominating the event. A young unknown won the competition. His name
was Glenn Curtiss. As a result of Glenn
Curtiss' early success, The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company became the
largest aircraft manufacturer in the world during World War I and went public
in 1916 with Curtiss as president. Curtiss had become the world's largest
aviation company. The Wright Brothers and Glenn
Curtiss were on to something great; but it wasn’t until the year 1929, that the two American companies combined to form the
Curtis-Wright Corporation with stock worth $220M. Both Orville Wright and Glenn
Curtis had stepped down from any control.
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is still around today and
has branched out into other areas than just aviation. They are a successful company that now market
to the defense, power generation, oil and gas, commercial aerospace and the general
industry.
What we know today as the Boeing 757 or 747 that we fly so
comfortably on to take us wherever we want to go, started in 1916 by a man
named William Boeing, who got his big break in 1917, when he got his first
contract with the military for the Boeing aircraft line.
Like Glenn Curtiss, the Wright Brothers and William Boeing;
they all built a legacy that outlasted them.
They laid the ground work, they kept at the drawing board, and they kept
perfecting their craft until that craft was able to take off without them.
Your early years in your business and in your ministry and
in your church and in your relationships are the MOST crucial years to the
success of what you are building. The foundation
of a 4 story building is not as deep as the foundation of a 50 story
building. Only God knows what He is
building through you. You must submit
yourself to the Master’s will and trust that He that started a work knows how
to finish it. Don’t fight the teething
stage of trial and error. Just like a
baby whose teeth are growing in; it doesn’t feel good, but when the process is
complete you will have a full set of teeth.
God is building something GREAT THROUGH YOU. Learn what you need to learn, make the
necessary adjustments now and watch God bring about a masterpiece that will
outlast you.
Pastor Karen Presley, CEO
Anointed Press Graphics, Inc. | Church of Zion Deliverance Ministries, Inc. | Daughters of Zion Empowerment Center, Inc. | Karen Presley Enterprises, LLC.
Courtesy from: http://www.curtisswright.com/history.asp
and From Wikipedia, “List of Airplanes”
