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David - thanks for the link. I'd never heard of Pearse before.

Take a look at this, another in the "flew before the Wright brothers" stories.


Again, lots of shaky assumptions and holes to poke.

Tom m.
 
Probably shouldn't say it having a Wright Brothers award, but I believe Gustave did make a short powered flight. Regardless how short of time he was in the air, and the prop's were turning taking the aircraft further than a glider flight, even if only a few feet further, it's powered flight. Been nice if it was filmed. Like who was the first to fly the Atlantic, controversy there also. :smile-new:
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Very interesting.

Back then just getting it photographed was a challenge let alone on film.

I suppose some would argue that the Wright Brothers invented the control systems that are mostly still in use today. Ailerons rudder and elevator.

David
 
The Wrights didn't use ailerons though, they used wing warping. I believe it was Curtis who invented the aileron. Whether or not they were really the first to make a flight they were certainly the first to make it commercially viable.
 
Did a TDY to Kitty Hawk in '73 for the 70th anniversary. Learned then that they made a wind tunnel to test models and that they cast their own engine blocks. First or not, they did some remarkable stuff.
 
I guess if Icarus didn't fly too close to the sun, he would have been the first to fly! :encouragement: :jester: Ok, I'm just a nut on Greek mythology. :cool-new:

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I came across this video on YouTube. These are truly some odd duck planes.

 
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