BGuthrie Photos: NC -- Kitty Hawk -- Wright Brothers Natl Memorial

NC -- Kitty Hawk -- Wright Brothers Natl Memorial:

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Description of Pictures: I hadn't been back to the Wright Brothers National Memorial since 2001. When I was there, the visitor center leaked but it couldn't be replaced because it had been declared a historic structure just that year (the ranger said at the time "What idiot would have designed a flat roof visitor center in a hurricane belt?). There were trailers that provided some displays and bathroom facilities while they tried to fix the visitor center. Since then, money has been pumped in. New structures are there for the exhibition area now. A new recreation of the first flight photograph has been added as well.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. WRIGHT_050928_010.JPG: This open space exhibition area is all new. It's inside some fancy tents.
2. WRIGHT_050928_085.JPG: To the left are the white markers indicating where each flight went. The shacks are recreation of the quarters they Wrights used when they were down here. The flags are at half-mast because Justice Rehnquist had died.
3. WRIGHT_050928_102.JPG: New developments are going up in the background. In the foreground, you can see your first site of the new sculpture recreating (in full size) the first flight.
4. WRIGHT_050928_110.JPG: Wilbur
5. WRIGHT_050928_122.JPG: You used to be able to go into the tower but they closed it some time ago. A fireman was around and he said the space within the monument didn't provide enough entry and exit in case someone got stuck inside.
6. WRIGHT_050928_141.JPG: The structures on the right are where the new exhibits are
7. WRIGHT_050928_158.JPG: Orville
8. WRIGHT_050928_222.JPG: These are recreations of the Wright brothers' quarters and hangar
9. WRIGHT_050928_252.JPG: The Wrights used a railroad track to keep their plane traveling correctly. The large stone by the ranger is where the flights started from. In the distance, you can actually see four different markers indicating where each flight ended.
10. WRIGHT_050928_266.JPG: Inside the recreated quarters
11. WRIGHT_050928_315.JPG: This sewing machine was used by Wilbur Wright in 1900 to modify fabric used on the first glider. Addie M. Tate, a resident of Kitty Hawk at that time, owned the machine.
12. WRIGHT_050928_328.JPG: Wright Brothers
13. WRIGHT_050928_332.JPG: "Chicago" 1st Lieut Lowell H. Smith, pilot; 1st Lieut Leslie P. Arnold, Mechanic; "Boston" 1st Lieut. Leigh Wade, pilot; Sgt. Henry H. Ogden, Mechanic; "New Orleans" 1st Lieut. Erik H. Nelson, pilot; 1st Lieut. John Harding, Jr., Mechanic: The First Transworld Flight, 1924: On April 6, 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers and eight crewmen set out from Seattle, Washington to attempt the first around-the-world airplane flight. One hundred seventy-five days later, on September 28, three of the planes and crews became the first to circumnavigate the earth by air. Other nations were competing against the United States to make the first world flight. The Americans success was largely a result of extensive planning. The best qualified pilots and mechanics were recruited. Twenty-eight nations along the flight path cooperated. Stations were established to supply the thousands of gallons of gasoline and oil necessary to make the trip. Named after four major American cities: Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans, the airplanes could operate from land or water and were equipped with the latest navigational aids. Even so, fog, blizzards, thunderstorms and sand storms took a toll. The "Boston" was forced to land at sea, subsequently sank and had to be replaced by a backup plane. Later, while flying in dense fog, the "Seattle" crashed on an Alaskan mountainside and was not replaced. Since no serious injuries resulted from either accident, the six crewmen continued on and made history in the "Boston II," "Chicago", and "New Orleans." Today, world air travel is accomplished in a fraction of the time of those 1924 flights but the men and airplanes participating are credited with one of aviation's greatest achievements.
14. WRIGHT_050928_336.JPG: Charles E. Yeager (1923-): First person to pilot and aircraft supersonically, 1947: On October 14, 1947, Captain "Chuck" Yeager, a World War II fighter pilot, became the first to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. The four rocket engines of this tiny needle-nosed research craft could gulp an entire supply of fuel in two and a half minutes. To save fuel, the Bell X-1 was carried aloft by a B-29 and was released over Muraoc Dry Lake, California. Yeager leveled the craft and fired its rockets. "Boy, it sure went," he recalled later. At 37,000 feet, the X-1 flew nicely, but began to buffet as it approached the sound barrier. When an airplane travels to the speed of sound, the air particles ahead are compressed into a "wall of thick air". Early engines could not supply enough power to push through this invisible wall and assaults on the sound barrier had proven hazardous and deadly. Yeager pushed on and accelerated the craft past the shock wave with a speed slightly greater than Mach 1, the speed of sound. Before Yeager's accomplishment, many agreed the sound barrier was an impenetrable obstacle. However, with the world's first supersonic flight, Yeager proved the speed of sound was surmountable.
15. WRIGHT_050928_346.JPG: Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957): First To Fly Over the North Pole, 1926: First To Fly Over the South Pole, 1929: Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett were the first to fly over the North Pole, in the "Josephine Ford," a Fokker Trimotor equipped with skis. Shortly after midnight on May 9, 1926, navigator Byrd and pilot Bennett lifted off a snow-packed runway at Kings Bay, Spitsbergen. They headed across the formidable arctic wasteland and at 9:02am crossed the top of the world, eight hundred miles from their take-off point. Three days later Byrd made a similar flight over the South Pole. Though each polar flight was completed in less than a day, the excursions' logistics required months of planning and execution. The Antarctic expedition was a particularly massive undertaking. Byrd went $184,000 in debt to outfit two ships, three planes and eighty-two men. Fifty men remained in the frozen desert for two years in this scientific endeavor. On Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1929, pilot Bernt Balchen and a crew of four climbed aboard the Ford Trimotor named "Floyd Bennett" after Byrd's comrade who had died in 1928. At 3:29pm, they left the ice pack, headed due south at a speed of ninety miles per hour and climbed to eight thousand feet. As the craft approached the Queen Maud mountain range, the crew was forced to throw overboard everything not tied down, including emergency supplies, to reduce weight so that the plane could clear the glacial summits and reach the polar plateau. At 1:14pm, the following morning Byrd reported by radio "we have reached the South Pole." Byrd was awarded the Navy Cross for his double success. More importantly, he had opened the way for transarctic passenger routes, as well as for routine exploration of both the Earth's poles.
16. WRIGHT_050928_352.JPG: General James Harold Doolittle (1896-1993): First to Make An All-Blind Instrument Flight From Take Off to Landing, 1929: Beginning in the 1920s, "Jimmy" Doolittle compiled an impressive record as an air pioneer. He initially earned national attention in September, 1922 when he made the first transcontinental crossing of the United States in a single day, traveling two thousand and one hundred miles in twenty-one hours. In 1927, Doolittle was the first pilot to complete an "outside loop," a gravity-defying maneuver many considered impossible. In 1928, Doolittle was released by the Army to head the Full Flight Laboratory. He became involved in projects developing instrument flying to mitigate the difficulties associated with poor visibility and the menace of fog. Newly developed radio aids, in conjunction with the Sperry gyro-horizon and directional gyro, gave Doolittle the equipment he needed to succeed. On September 29, 1929, flying in the hooded cockpit of a Consolidated NY-2 biplane, Lieutenant Doolittle was able to take off in a dense fog, fly a specific course, and land without reference to the earth. General Doolittle is probably most remembered for his Tokyo raid during World War II. He led sixteen B-25 Mitchell medium bombers against the Japanese home islands in April 1942. After the war, Doolittle returned to private business, but continued to serve on many advisory boards and commissions. In 1950, he was named "Aviator of the Decade" by the Harmon International Aviation Awards Committee.
17. WRIGHT_050928_358.JPG: Amelia Earhart (1897-1937): First Woman to Fly Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean, 1932: Amelia Earhart became an international heroine overnight as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. On June 17, 1828, the rangy Kansan travelled from Newfoundland to Wales as a passenger in a Fokker C-2 piloted by Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon. She refused to attach any great significance since her role was only as a passenger on that flight, not the pilot. Three years later, Earhart established a record in her own right. On May 20-21, 1932, she flew a Lockheed Vega from Newfoundland to Londonderry, Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. For this achievement, the United States Congress awarded Earhart the Distinguished Flying Cross. As one of the nation's premier female aviation pioneers, she spent most of her lifetime establishing the permanent role of women in aviation. In 1935, she became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California (2,408 miles/18 hours, 16 minutes), and also the first from Mexico City to New Jersey. Aspiring to fly around the world, Earhart set out in 1937 with navigator Fred Noonan in a twin engine Lockheed Electra. The craft left New Guinea on July 3, and was never seen again. Earhart's disappearance is still a mystery, but her enduring legacy remains.
18. WRIGHT_050928_364.JPG: Lieut. Thomas Etholen Selfridge (1882-1908): First Military Officer to Pilot an Airplane, 1908: First Fatality in Powered Aviation, 1908: Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge, a young West Pointer from San Francisco, joined the Aerial Experimental Association as an observer for the United States government. He corresponded with the Wright brothers on behalf of the A.E.A. and is credited with designing the A.E.A.'s first airplane, the "Red Wing." The group's second machine, the "White Wing," was the first plane in America to use ailerons. During tests of this airplane on May 19, 1908, at Hammondsport, New York, Selfridge piloted the craft on a flight of one hundred feet. This was the first solo flight by a military officer. Later the same year, during tests for the United States Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, Selfridge accompanied Orville Wright on the ill-fated flight of September 17. A broken propeller sent the Wright "Flyer A" out of control. Despite Orville's best efforts to right it, the machine fell seventy-five feet and crashed. Orville survived but was seriously injured. Lieutenant Selfridge was killed, thus becoming the first fatality in powered aviation.
19. WRIGHT_050928_372.JPG: Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. (1921-): First American to Orbit the Earth, 1962: On February 20, 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., United States Marine Corps, lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 9:47an in a small Mercury capsule. Five hours and three earth orbits later, he splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The 81,000 mile trip made Glenn the first American to orbit the earth. "Friendship 7" was propelled into space by a powerful Atlas rocket. Though delayed several times, the launch was flawless. However, the automatic steering rockets malfunctioned at the end of the first orbit, forcing Glenn to assume manual control. Shortly after, an electronic indicator warmed that the capsule's heat shield may have come loose. Inspections later found that it was the indicator, not the critically important heat shield, that had failed. Glenn guided "Friendship 7" back to earth, demonstrating that an astronaut could cope with in-flight emergencies. This flight was a significant step toward the ultimate goal of landing on the Moon.
20. WRIGHT_050928_388.JPG: Commander Neil Armstrong (1930-), Colonel Edwin Aldrin (1930-), Lieut. Col. Michael Collins (1930-): The First on the Moon, 1969: Apollo blasted off from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, bound for the Moon. The crew consisted of Commander Neil Armstrong, destined to be the first man on the moon; Colonel Edwin Aldrin, who accompanies Armstrong to the lunar surface, and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Collins, who remained in the command module "Columbia" during the final stages of the mission. Five hundred feet above the Moon's surface, Armstrong assumed manual control of the lunar module "Eagle" in reaction to a computer malfunction. He had only two minutes to choose between landing or aborting the mission. The anxious moments ended when he reported, "Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed." On July 20, 1969, at 10:59pm, Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon and spoke the famous words "that's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." Indeed, one of mankind's oldest dreams had been realized.
21. WRIGHT_050928_390.JPG: Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard Jr. (1923-): The First American in Space, 1961: The Fifth Man to Walk on the Moon, 1971: Alan Shepard lifted off from Pad 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 5, 1961 at 9:34am and became the first American in space. The small Mercury capsule he named "Freedom 7," was propelled into space by a slim but powerful Redstone missile. The suborbital flight reached an altitude of one hundred sixteen and one half miles (space begins at one hundred miles altitude, or five hundred thousand feet) at a maximum speed of 5,180 miles per hour, and in fifteen minutes and twenty-two seconds covered a distance of three hundred and two miles downrange. Born in East Derry, New Hampshire on November 18, 1923, Shepard earned a bachelor's degree at the United States Naval Academy in 1944. He served aboard a naval destroyer prior to acceptance for flight training, and by 1950 was testing jets on aircraft carriers. In 1959, he was selected to be one of the original seven astronauts. Shepard served as Chief of the Astronaut Office, Johnson Space Center from 1963 until 1969. In 1971, he commanded Apollo 14, the third manned mission to the moon, and became the fifth man to walk on its surface. He again served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1971 until 1974. He retired from the Navy at the rank of Rear Admiral.
22. WRIGHT_050928_395.JPG: Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974): First Non-Stop Solo Flight from New York to Paris, 1927: Charles Lindbergh was not the first to fly across the Atlantic. There were twelve previous crossings, five of them non-stop. However, Lindbergh's solo flight from New York to Paris transformed American air transport and private flying. Lindbergh's hazardous journey began early on the morning of May 20, 1927, with little pre-flight publicity. At the heart of the Ryan NYP, called the "Spirit of St. Louis," was a new 220-horsepower Wright Whirlwind engine. Lindbergh was counting on its reliability and efficiency to claim the $25,000 prize offered first in 1919. There was no radio or parachute. Every ounce of surplus weight was eliminated during the construction of his plane to make room for fuel. Still, Lindbergh barely missed the telephone wires at the end of Roosevelt Field. Lindbergh flew eastward through fog and darkness, hampered by ice and battling sleep. He flew the 3,600 miles in thirty-three hours twenty-nine minutes. At Le Bourget Field, Lindbergh was met by huge, stampeding, hysterical crowds who ripped pieces of the airplane's wing covering for mementos of this historic flight. The United States was already well advanced in service and racing aircraft and in the operation of mail routes, but it took the romantic impact of the Lindbergh exploit to make the national truly air-minded. His flight created the financial and technical climate necessary for large scale development in aviation.
23. WRIGHT_050928_407.JPG: Capt. Edward Vernon Rickerbacker (1890-1973): America's Top World War I Ace: The development of airplanes, flight equipment and aircraft engines flourished during World War I. Aerial fighting was introduced and innovative tactics were devised to cope with this new tool of war. New words like "ace," a pilot who had downed five or more enemy planes, entered the language. Foremost of the American "Aces" was Captain Edward Vernon "Eddie" Rickenbacker, who ended the war with twenty-six victories, the highest number of any of America's thirty-one "Aces." Rickenbacker entered the Army in 1917. He was attached to General John J. Pershing's staff and served as a driver for Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell, the noted advocate of tactical air power. With Mitchell's help, Rickenbacker became a fighter pilot and was assigned to the 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron, the famous "Hat in the Ring" Squadron. Rickenbacker downed his first enemy plane on April 19, 1918, and scored his sixth victory on May 30. An ear infection kept him out of action through June, July, and August but in September he returned to the front and became the commanding officer of the 94th. After World War I, Rickenbacker returned home and contributed significantly to the peacetime growth of commercial aviation. He worked with American Airways in 1932, North American Aviation, Inc. in 1933, and finally, Eastern Airlines in 1935. Rickenbacker became president, general manager and director of Eastern three years later. During World War II, he served as a special representative of the United States Secretary of War. For his wartime achievements, Rickenbacker was awarded the Medal of Honor -- recognition for his position as America's greatest air duelist of World War I, "the Ace of Aces".
24. WRIGHT_050928_419.JPG: Gen. William E. Mitchell (1879-1936): First to Successfully Demonstrate the Capabilities of Aerial Bombardment, 1921: General "Billy" Mitchell argued against the huge reductions being made in military aviation after World War I. His contention was that the bomber and torpedo plane had rendered surface warships obsolete. By early 1921, the uproar he had caused reached national proportions. Mitchell insisted his bombers could sink any warship afloat and offered to prove it. Seventy-five miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Mitchell's Martin MB-2 bombers sank three ex-German warships, including the supposedly unsinkable "Ostfriesland." Two obsolete United States battleships, "Virginia" and "New Jersey", met a similar fate when the exercise was repeated in 1923 near Cape Hatteras. Many experts agreed there was a lesson to be learned from such demonstrations but Mitchell was not satisfied with the pace of change. He remained a vocal critic, and in 1925 issued a blistering statement accusing the War and Navy Departments of "incompetency, criminal negligence, and almost treasonable administration" of aviation affairs. By such actions, Mitchell made his trial by court-martial inevitable and his conviction on charges of "insubordination and conduct unbecoming an officer" a foregone conclusion. Mitchell resigned from the Army, his prophecies largely disregarded by the government. On December 7, 1941, the truth of Mitchell's arguments was driven home. The Japanese, using air power alone, devastated the United States forces at Pearl Harbor and became the dominant force in the Pacific. Ten years after his death on July 25, 1946, Congress posthumously awarded Brigadier General Mitchell the Medal of Honor.
25. WRIGHT_050928_426.JPG: President George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-): First Military Flyer to Become President of the United States: George Bush was the first rated military combat pilot to be elected President of the United States. Bush enlisted in the United States Navy on June 12, 1942, his 18th birthday. He became the youngest pilot in the Navy when he received his wings and a commission on June, 1943. While on active duty during World War II, Bush flew torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto. His Grumman TBF "Avenger" torpedo plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and shot down in September, 1944 over the Bonin Island of Chichi Jima, 600 miles south of Japan. Bush was sole survivor of the three man crew and was rescued by the Navy submarine USS Finback. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals for his courageous service in the Pacific Theater. Bush was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1966 after a successful career in the oil industry. He was later appointed Ambassador to the United Nations, first post-war Ambassador to China, and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He was Vice President for two terms under President Ronald Reagan and was elected forty-first President of the United States serving 1989 to 1993.
26. WRIGHT_050928_458.JPG: Leaders of the Tuskegee Airmen: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr; George "Spanky" Roberts
27. WRIGHT_050928_500.JPG: The building is front is a pump house which serviced the memorial. You're not allowed to enter the memorial now.
28. WRIGHT_050928_518.JPG: 12 Seconds that Changed the World: After more than four years of hard work and experimentation, it only took the Wright brothers 12 seconds to change the world. On December 17, 1903, at 10:35am, Orville Wright made the world's first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight. The photograph that documented the Wrights' success was taken by John T. Daniels, a Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station surfman, who had never used a camera before. It was not until the Wright brothers returned to Dayton, Ohio that they developed the photograph and saw their first flight captured on film. The Daniels' photo, however, only gives one perspective of that historic event -- from the back of the airplane. Stephen Smith's "First Flight" sculpture, unveiled during the 2003 Centennial, ... help us see the first flight from different angles. Just as the Wright brothers' success depended on viewing the problems of flight in novel and creative ways, perhaps these new perspectives will inspire us to change the world and explore new horizons.
29. WRIGHT_050928_550.JPG: Kitty Hawk
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Wikipedia Description: Wright Brothers National Memorial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine. From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio based on information from the U.S. Weather Bureau about the area's steady winds. They also valued the privacy provided by this location, which in the early twentieth century was remote from major population centers.

Exhibits and features:

The Field and Hangar:

The Wrights made four flights from level ground near the base of the hill on December 17, 1903, following three years of gliding experiments from atop this and other nearby sand dunes. It is possible to walk along the actual routes of the four flights, with small monuments marking their starts and finishes. Two wooden sheds, based on historic photographs, recreate the world's first airplane hangar and the brothers' living quarters.

Visitor Center:

The Visitor Center is home to a museum featuring models and actual tools and machines used by the Wright brothers during their flight experiments. In one wing of the Visitor Center is a life-size replica of the Wright brothers' 1902 glider. Adorning the walls of the glider room are portraits and photographs of other flight pioneers throughout history.

Kill Devil Hill and the Memorial Tower:

A 60-foot (18 m) granite monument, dedicated in 1932, is perched atop 90-foot-tall (27 m) Kill Devil Hill, commemorating the achievement of the Wright brothers. They conducted many of their glider tests on the massive shifting dune that was later stabilized to form Kill Devil Hill. Inscribed in capital letters along the base of the memorial tower is the phrase "In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright conceived by genius achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith." Atop the tower is a marine beacon, similar to one found in a lighthouse, that was installed to make the monument more "functional" .

Building the Memorial:

The tower was designed by Rodgers and Poor, a New York architectural firm; the design was officially selected on February 14, 1930. Prior to the memorial's construction, the War Department selected Captain William H. Kindervater of the Quartermaster Corps to prepare the site for construction and to manage the area landscaping. To secure the sandy foundation, Captain Kindervater selected bermuda grass to be planted on Kill Devil Hill and the surrounding area. He also ordered a special fertilizer to be spread throughout the area to promote grass and shrubbery growth and decided to build a fence to prevent animal grazing. With a strong foundation in place, the Office of the Quartermaster selected Marine Captain John A. Gilman to preside over the construction project. Construction began in October of 1931 and with a budget of $213,000, the memorial was completed in November of 1932. In the end, 1,200 tons of granite, more than 2,000 tons of gravel, more than 800 tons of sand and almost 400 tons of cement were used to build the structure, along with numerous other materials.

Memorial Dedication:

November 14, 1932 was selected as the dedication day; over 20,000 people were expected to attend. Yet, only about 1,000 actually came to the event, which was held on a stormy and windy day. Orville Wright was the main guest of honor at the ceremony and aviator Ruth Nichols was given the privilege of removing the American flag that covered the word "GENIUS" and the plaque on the monument. President Herbert Hoover was unable to attend the ceremony ; however, a letter from the President was read prior to the dedication.

The hill offers great views of the surrounding area.

Centennial of Flight:

There are ranger-conducted programs. Recently, a new expanded museum opened with artifacts, videos, and other exhibits. On December 17, 2003, the Centennial of Flight was celebrated at the Park. The ceremony was hosted by flight enthusiast John Travolta, and included appearances by President George W. Bush, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Chuck Yeager.

Administrative history:

Authorized as Kill Devil Hill Monument on March 2, 1927, it was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. Congress renamed it and designated it a national memorial on December 4, 1953. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the national memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. The memorial's visitor center, designed by Ehrman Mitchell and Romaldo Giurgola, was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 3, 2001. The memorial is co-managed with two other Outer Banks parks, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Bigger photos? To save server space, the full-sized versions of these images have either not been loaded to the server or have been removed from the server. (Only some pages are loaded with full-sized images and those usually get removed after three months.) I still have them though. If you want me to email them to you, please send an email to guthrie.bruce@gmail.com and I can email them to you, or, depending on the number of images, just repost the page again will the full-sized images.
Connection Not Secure messages? Those warnings you get from your browser about this site not having secure connections worry some people. This means this site does not have SSL installed (the link is http:, not https:). That's bad if you're entering credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. But this site doesn't collect any personal information so SSL is not necessary. Life's good!
Photo Contact: [Email Bruce Guthrie].