Sir George Cayley

"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.


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.

"Steven P. McNicoll" 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.

The British Meteor was tops overall for WWII

The top jet fighter, that was never in air-to-air combat? Shucks,
maybe the Bell Airacuda was the best piston-engine fighter of the war.

The Meteor, like the P-80, came too late for the banquet. And George
Cayley didn't trust his glider enough to go up in it. And Saint
Brendan went back to Ireland without getting his passport stamped.
They were attempts that didn't quite make it, for one reason or
another, and serve only to gratify patriotic passions and conspiracy
theorists.

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

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On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 06:21:00 -0400, Cub Driver
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The British Meteor was tops overall for WWII

The top jet fighter, that was never in air-to-air combat? Shucks,
maybe the Bell Airacuda was the best piston-engine fighter of the war.

The Meteor, like the P-80, came too late for the banquet. And George
Cayley didn't trust his glider enough to go up in it.

Something the NASA boffins who designed the space shuttle also agreed
with - send someone else....


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

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John Cook

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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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The top jet fighter, that was never in air-to-air combat? Shucks,
maybe the Bell Airacuda was the best piston-engine fighter of the war.

The Meteor, like the P-80, came too late for the banquet.


The Meteor was in air combat in World War II.

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?

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)

see the Warbird's Forum at http://www.danford.net/index.htm
Vietnam | Flying Tigers | Pacific War | Brewster Buffalo | Piper Cub

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Joe Who?


Montgolfier.



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.


You didn't say co-fathers of powered flight, you said co-fathers of flight.
Balloon flight is still flight.