Sir George Cayley

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3042182.stm
The forgotten father of flight

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John Ding (UK)

Columbus discovered America

Hi Dan

The Vikings were in this part of the world circa 1,000 A.D.
That's a long long time before Columbus was just a tingle in his
father's loins.

Cheers...Chris

"av8r" wrote in message
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Columbus discovered America

Hi Dan

The Vikings were in this part of the world circa 1,000 A.D.
That's a long long time before Columbus was just a tingle in his
father's loins.

Cheers...Chris


The people who became Native Americans are believed to have crossed
from Asia some 14,000 years ago so if you are looking for a discoverer
of America I'd suggest they have a rather better claim

Keith

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Not really. Just as there was only one #1 jet fighter in WWII, there
were only the two co-fathers of flight, Wilbur and Orville.


Well, yes, there were only two co-fathers of flight, and they were brothers,
but their names were Joseph and Etienne, not Wilbur and Orville.

"av8r" wrote in message
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The Vikings were in this part of the world circa 1,000 A.D.
That's a long long time before Columbus was just a tingle in his
father's loins.


But the Vikings didn't spread the word, Columbus did.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Not really. Just as there was only one #1 jet fighter in WWII, there
were only the two co-fathers of flight, Wilbur and Orville.


The British Meteor was tops overall for WWII; all the others either had
significant defects in terms of fabrication or functional utility which
tended to make themdeath-traps fpor their pilots (Me-262) or were too late
to participate (Vampire, P-80). At least two versions of the Meteor went
operational during the times, both of which were functional and mature
..

Well, yes, there were only two co-fathers of flight, and they were
brothers,
but their names were Joseph and Etienne, not Wilbur and Orville.


I've always been partial to Daedelus and Icarus, because other than wings
and prayers, they had no means of support or power, and by all accounts,
Daedelus made a successful escape.

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:47:24 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


Well, yes, there were only two co-fathers of flight, and they were brothers,
but their names were Joseph and Etienne, not Wilbur and Orville.

I'd vote for Gustav and Otto.



Bye
Andreas

"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message
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I'd vote for Gustav and Otto.


I assume you mean Otto Lilienthal, but who's Gustav?

The Vikings were in this part of the world circa 1,000 A.D.
That's a long long time before Columbus was just a tingle in his
father's loins.

This would explain why we celebrate Lief Erikson Day, and why most of
North America speaks Norwegian as its first language?

If it doesn't have consequences, it wasn't discovery.

all the best -- Dan Ford (email: info AT danford.net)

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Well, yes, there were only two co-fathers of flight, and they were brothers,
but their names were Joseph and Etienne, not Wilbur and Orville.

Joe Who?

The world was full of folks who jumped off roofs, went up in balloons
and gliders, and crashed motorized airplanes into rivers, but that was
not powered flight. That was failure. The Wright Bros succeeded. To
them goes the palm, and the world's memory.

all the best -- Dan Ford (email: info AT danford.net)

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