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>sustained level flight. All else is guff.
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The Wright brothers also did not have the required observers and
employed a katapult in order to make their contraption `fly. (Reportedly)
Their flight was not recognized by the French academy until sometime in
the 20s, presumably when US clout had reached its necessary momentum.
There is a lot of arguments not to believe the Wright story, but why
ruin a day that has been prepared for so well...
One of the biggest achivements of the USA is that of historical
engineering, something Hollywood and its likes have perfected along the
years- although they did not invent it- they may come up one day with
that claim too :-)
Alex, #529
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