Fred A
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« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2015, 01:06:44 PM » |
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You see, Jeff! We have this:
Wright brothers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1905 Born Orville: August 19, 1871, Dayton, Ohio Wilbur: April 16, 1867, Millville, Indiana
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are credited[1][2][3] with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. From 1905 to 1907, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
.. and we have this: European skepticism
In 1906 skeptics in the European aviation community had converted the press to an anti-Wright brothers stance. European newspapers, especially those in France, were openly derisive, calling them bluffeurs (bluffers).[89]
Ernest Archdeacon, founder of the Aéro-Club de France, was publicly scornful of the brother's claims in spite of published reports; specifically, he wrote several articles and, in 1906, stated that "the French would make the first public demonstration of powered flight".[90]
The Paris edition of the New York Herald summed up Europe's opinion of the Wright brothers in an editorial on February 10, 1906:
The Wrights have flown or they have not flown. They possess a machine or they do not possess one. They are in fact either fliers or liars. It is difficult to fly. It's easy to say, 'We have flown.'[89]
In 1908, after the Wrights' first flights in France, Archdeacon publicly admitted that he had done them an injustice.[90]
So you see, sometimes, Qimage is something to reckon with as was the powered flight
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