Margaret Chase Smith departs in a Marine Corps plane following an Officer-in-Candidate graduation on May 27, 1944 .
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Walter Cleveland gave Margaret Chase her first airplane ride in 1925.
Margaret Chase Smith poses with a Stinson Flying Service seaplane on October 29, 1947 in Damariscotta, Maine. Courtesy of Ivan Flye Photo
Senator Smith boarding a Pan Am airplane in New York City on October 8, 1954 at the beginning of her world trip.
Humans always dreamed of soaring or flying through the air. Myths in all cultures include stories of flying beings. Why do you think humans have wanted to fly?
Fun Facts:
Leonardo di Vinci created drawings of flying machines in the 15th century.
Aeronauts began to explore air travel by using heated air forced into a large piece of cloth in order to lift a platform off the ground.
Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier invented the globe aerostatique hot-air balloon in 1873.
Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first motor-powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, three days after Margaret Chase's 6th birthday.
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