Interesting to look at Captain Sevenstrokeroll's credentials; he claims to be flying a 737 for a major airline after coming up the hard way; and enjoys drumming.
He mentions as well as a lot of letters that qualify him to be an instructor. Fort Sheridan, Ill. is located in what Americans term Flyover Country, you don't really want to live there. Sadly, being an airline pilot in the USA is no longer a glamourous profession. Watching them mingling with the public at Dulles only fills me with pity, they look tired, uninspired, and very ordinary.
It is perfectly true that the first powered flight was done by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk; in December, at sea level. But when they took the aircraft back to Flyover Country, midsummer, it didn't work so well, and took a couple of years of quiet development and practice to be reliable enough to prove it wasn't a fluke.
Of course the true pioneers of aviation were the French.....