In 1939, Franklin Delano Roosevelt decided to make Orville Wright’s birthday National Aviation Day, bringing appreciation to what the human species has accomplished in just over 110 years, after 2 million year of dreaming!
Please join us in celebrating National Aviation Day by tagging your tweets with #AvDay, and we will retweet the best ones throughout the day!
Here are some responses from our squad of staffers and contributors…
Founder, Aircraft Dispatcher, Phil Derner:
To me, aviation makes the world a smaller, accessible place, increasing diversity, cultural understanding & the opening of one’s mind #AvDay
— Phil Derner, Jr. (@PhilDernerJr) August 19, 2014
Assignment Editor, Flight Instructor, Sarina Houston:
Aviation means seeing the world from a new perspective. In an airplane you're on top of the world, but just a dot in the sky. #avday
— Sarina Houston (@FlyTrueNorth) August 19, 2014
Social Media Manager, Commercial Rated Pilot, Tracy Lachowicz:
Aviation, simply, is awe-inspiring. Behind the incredible mechanics of flight? The wonderful people full of passion, dreams & love. #AvDay
— tracy diane (@dancingpilot) August 19, 2014
Marketing Strategist, Private Pilot, Stephen Weisbrot:
Aviation means me having the ability to wake up every morning excited about where my day will take me #AvDay
— ✈ Stephen Weisbrot (@stephenweisbrot) August 19, 2014
Producer, Mark Lawrence:
From my g'pa flying Lancasters to parents involved commercially to everything I have done in the industry, aviation is every day #AvDay
— Mark Lawrence (@MarkLawPhoto) August 19, 2014
Associate Editor, Airport Management, Gabe Andino:
For me aviation is life: Work, play, travel, lifelong friendships, time spent with my dad, turning my own kids into avgeeks. #AvDay
— Gabe Andino (@OGAndino) August 19, 2014
Associate Editor, Ben Granucci:
Aviation means looking up in the sky at the contrails, and wondering what that plane is and where it’s traveling from and to. #AvDay
— Benjamin Granucci (@BLGranucci) August 19, 2014
Event Planner, David Vanderhoof:
Remember tomorrow is #avday it's only Wright and good that we celebrate our #avgeek What does Aviation mean to you use the #avday hashtag
— David M. Vanderhoof (@DMVanderhoof) August 18, 2014
Newswriter and Correspondent, Douglas Wint:
Aviation means an appreciation for all machines with wings and our ability to soar above and beyond our natural abilities! #AvDay
— Doug Wint (@WintChocolate) August 19, 2014
Columnist, Airline Captain, Eric Auxier:
"Ask any pilot how they started flying, and you will hear a love story." Happy Aviation Day! http://t.co/jOH3zxFOfN #AvDay @NYCAviation
— Eric Auxier (@capnaux) August 19, 2014
Have a Happy National Aviation Day!