although the spirit was willing, it remained for orville wright and his brother wilbur to point the wayon december 17, 1903 in kitty hawk, north carolina, orville won the flip of a coin and immortality. with two bounces, he was in the air where he hovered for 12 seconds at 31 miles an hour, covering 120 feet. but there were other early flying machines. some that taxied, and some that hopped. some that didn't do much of anything, and some that hey, watch out there! ♪ >> in 1907, the army recognized the potential of aviation and in 1909 purchased the first military plane. the u.s. army air service was founded under the supervision of the chief signal officer. early army pilots were assigned the task of testing and improving the pno wire and -- the piano wire and canvas air ships. they flew test after test, not all of the flights were successful. the first man to die in a plane crash was an army lieutenant. now, planes were getting bigger, by 1910, an unknown enthusiast named glen curtis was building and flying amphibians. by 1914, the fledgling army air service had expanded to several doz

he knew them all, from orville wright and charles lindbergh to charles yaeger and neil armstrong. hoover's stories are aviation legends, including his escape from a nazi p.o.w. camp in a stolen german fighter plane. >> and i got, a, and-- airborne and realized the stupidity of what i'd done, because here i was on an airplane with swastikas, and i would be an easy targeting for some second >> morgan: hoover went on to become a test pilot and aerobatics pioneer. his loops and roles revolutionized air shows. here he demstraights how to pour a glaz of tea during a barrel roll without spilling a drop. >> upside down! >> reporter: actor harrison ford says maneuvers he learned from hoover saved his life last year when he crash landed on a golf course. hoover's countless awards and honors including the distinguished flying cross and purple he when we return, a story of uncaged compassion-- shelter dogs and their two-footed >> morgan: phenylly tonight, one of our favorite stories from this past week. carter evans takes us running with the two- and four-legged group we call "the track pack.

polio vaccine, harriet tailor upton who gave voice to the woman's right to vote, and wilbur and orville wrightagazine's man of the century, won a plurality of the votes. so here the journey ends. along the way thomas edison statue has visited the ohio state house, and hometown of myland, ohio. ohioans have had the chance to see them, and now so too will the rest of the country for years to come. to remind us all of ohio's ability to reinvent the world. thanks, tom. we've been through a lot. welcome to your new home. make ohio proud. [ applause ] >> the chair of the ohio statuary hall commission, mr. douglas w. mcdonald. [ applause ] >> mr. speaker, leader mcconnell, speaker pelosi, distinguished members of congress, fellow ohio statuary hall commissioners, and distinguished guests, today is the final act of a decade-long endeavor to succeed governor allen's statue which has resided in this hall for 139 years with a statue of the son of ohio, thomas edison. why? why does it matter whose image enshrines the national statuary hall in the united states capitol. why does it matter that we have such