Keith Johnson wrote:
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> I notice the tail on your message about the birthplace of aviation.
> It may be of little interest in North America but a New Zealand farmer
> actually managed a powered flight before Orville and Wilbur.
Yes, as well as the Frenchman, but the Wright Bros developed/invented so
many areas required for "practical flight", like aero propellers, wing
lift theory & design, the 3-axis of control and so on, so longer flight
is possible. After the flying demonstration in France, there was no
question that the Wrights were way ahead of everyone else.
--
Jan Servaites (Dayton OH - The Birthplace of Aviation)
http://www.wright-brothers.org/
"I am convinced that human flight is
possible and practical."
-- Wilbur Wright, 1899
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