Pilots are, indeed, rare...

Jay Honeck wrote:
Here is the answer (well, closer than a guess) to my questions about
pilots:

See:
http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/How...edonEarth.aspx

Using these numbers (through 2002) the best estimate is that 106
billion humans have ever lived on this planet.

If we use the estimate of 5 million pilots who have ever lived, we can
see that the number of people in history to have achieved the ability
to fly is something around .0047%, or 1 in 21,200 people...

Humans tried to fly for over 50,000 years, only figuring it out 104
years ago. In other words, for 99.8% of our history, we tried -- and
failed -- to fly. Yet, amazingly, that knowledge is now available to
anyone on the planet for the cost of a used Chevy Lumina.

That, my friends, is what we call "progress"...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Actually, I believe man was capable of flying much sooner than the
Wrights. I once heard that Iron Eaglebutt Henriques, a shamonyu medicine
man of the world famous Gravitigotcha tribe in South America once
obtained an unassisted sustained flight of 3,212 feet between the top of
Angel Falls and the forest floor in the year 1688, marking both the need
for more efficient airfoils and for tennis shoes to be worn at the top
of the falls.

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...

Actually, I believe man was capable of flying much sooner than the
Wrights. I once heard that Iron Eaglebutt Henriques, a shamonyu medicine
man of the world famous Gravitigotcha tribe in South America once obtained
an unassisted sustained flight of 3,212 feet between the top of Angel
Falls and the forest floor in the year 1688, marking both the need for
more efficient airfoils and for tennis shoes to be worn at the top of the
falls.

Might want to check your facts. Tennis shoes were not yet introduced in
South America by 1688...


;P

Gatt wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...

Actually, I believe man was capable of flying much sooner than the
Wrights. I once heard that Iron Eaglebutt Henriques, a shamonyu medicine
man of the world famous Gravitigotcha tribe in South America once obtained
an unassisted sustained flight of 3,212 feet between the top of Angel
Falls and the forest floor in the year 1688, marking both the need for
more efficient airfoils and for tennis shoes to be worn at the top of the
falls.

Might want to check your facts. Tennis shoes were not yet introduced in
South America by 1688...


;P


I believe Iron Eaglebutt's adventure simply SHOWED THE NEED for better
airfoils and as well, the NEED for tennis shoes. Naturally, if the
Indians had tennis shoes in 1688, when the conquerers came to kill them
take over their land, at least they could have outrun them.
:-)

--
Dudley Henriques

"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...

Might want to check your facts. Tennis shoes were not yet introduced in
South America by 1688...

I believe Iron Eaglebutt's adventure simply SHOWED THE NEED for better
airfoils and as well, the NEED for tennis shoes. Naturally, if the Indians
had tennis shoes in 1688, when the conquerers came to kill them take over
their land, at least they could have outrun them.

True. If there had been much left of his shoes they might have copied the
pattern by then.

Actually I was sort of waiting to hear somebody say that this I. E.
Henriques guy was an anti-American urban legend, and that the first
unassisted sustained flight was of course off a very tall sand dune near
Kitty Hawk in 1689. I saw the back of an Ohio quarter, though, and it
clearly states that the birthplace of aviation pioneers was there. (A
two-bit claim there ever was one!)

-c

Gatt wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...

Might want to check your facts. Tennis shoes were not yet introduced in
South America by 1688...

I believe Iron Eaglebutt's adventure simply SHOWED THE NEED for better
airfoils and as well, the NEED for tennis shoes. Naturally, if the Indians
had tennis shoes in 1688, when the conquerers came to kill them take over
their land, at least they could have outrun them.

True. If there had been much left of his shoes they might have copied the
pattern by then.

Actually I was sort of waiting to hear somebody say that this I. E.
Henriques guy was an anti-American urban legend, and that the first
unassisted sustained flight was of course off a very tall sand dune near
Kitty Hawk in 1689. I saw the back of an Ohio quarter, though, and it
clearly states that the birthplace of aviation pioneers was there. (A
two-bit claim there ever was one!)

-c


:-))

--
Dudley Henriques

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:23 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:
Here is the answer (well, closer than a guess) to my questions about
pilots:

See:
http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/How...edonEarth.aspx

Using these numbers (through 2002) the best estimate is that 106
billion humans have ever lived on this planet.

If we use the estimate of 5 million pilots who have ever lived, we can
see that the number of people in history to have achieved the ability
to fly is something around .0047%, or 1 in 21,200 people...

Humans tried to fly for over 50,000 years, only figuring it out 104
years ago. In other words, for 99.8% of our history, we tried -- and
failed -- to fly. Yet, amazingly, that knowledge is now available to
anyone on the planet for the cost of a used Chevy Lumina.

That, my friends, is what we call "progress"...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Actually, I believe man was capable of flying much sooner than the
Wrights. I once heard that Iron Eaglebutt Henriques, a shamonyu medicine

Are you sure? I heard it was his apprentice, leadbutt over in Africa.
It's rumored the impact was so great it created the Great Rift Valley.
OTOH some say it was their descendant (whose I'm not sure) the great
French aviator Lardbutt who attempted to emulate the famous Icarus who
flew too near the sun. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your
view point, Lardbutt drowned shortly after realizing he should have
made the wings larger before jumping off that bridge. Lardbutt had no
descendents.


man of the world famous Gravitigotcha tribe in South America once
obtained an unassisted sustained flight of 3,212 feet between the top of
Angel Falls and the forest floor in the year 1688, marking both the need
for more efficient airfoils and for tennis shoes to be worn at the top
of the falls.

Roger (K8RI)

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:23 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:


Lardbutt had no
descendents.

Roger (K8RI)

Wouldn't having the wings too small have caused Lardbutt to have a
descendents issue????
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Dudley Henriques

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:41:25 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:23 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:


Lardbutt had no
descendents.

Roger (K8RI)

Wouldn't having the wings too small have caused Lardbutt to have a
descendents issue????

As yes. Actually I believe they say he rapidly discovered as he was
descending, his chances of having any descendents was descending
faster than his rate of descent.

Roger (K8RI)

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:41:25 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:23 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Lardbutt had no
descendents.
Roger (K8RI)
Wouldn't having the wings too small have caused Lardbutt to have a
descendents issue????

As yes. Actually I believe they say he rapidly discovered as he was
descending, his chances of having any descendents was descending
faster than his rate of descent.

Roger (K8RI)

Now THAT is what I call a decent post :-))

--
Dudley Henriques

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:00:28 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:41:25 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:10:23 -0500, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Lardbutt had no
descendents.
Roger (K8RI)
Wouldn't having the wings too small have caused Lardbutt to have a
descendents issue????

As yes. Actually I believe they say he rapidly discovered as he was
descending, his chances of having any descendents was descending
faster than his rate of descent.

Roger (K8RI)

Now THAT is what I call a decent post :-))
Sorry, but I think I just ran out of straight lines. Your turn again.
:-))

Roger (K8I)