Netko wrote in
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On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:30:57 +0100, Mitchell Holman wrote
(in article ):

Impressive though it is, I confess that the propellor was not the
first thing I noticed.

The Horatio Wallace multiplane, responsible for the UK's first manned,
powered flight (in 1907). Perhaps fortunately for British
aeronautical development, Wallace designed no more aircraft.[..]

.... having realised what profits could be made selling Venetian blinds.
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