- 1. Re: 1904-2004 now who flew first? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:24:52 -0500
- hmm i guess the controversy about whitehead being airborne before the wright brothers is a non issue any more? hmmmm, after being chastised for my response to the new morris group's yahoo thing (the
- /html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00704.html (7,630 bytes)
- 2. Re: 1904-2004 now who flew first? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:52:25 -0600 reply-type=original with any abuse report
- Oh goody!!! Now we can get into a discussion about what constitutes flight and who first succeeded at heavier-than-air flight. In case you are interested, there was no confirmation of the Wright bro
- /html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00705.html (7,651 bytes)
- 3. Re: 1904-2004 now who flew first? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 22:14:24 EST
- In a message dated 12/23/2004 7:53:40 PM Mountain Standard Time, dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com writes: Alberto Santos Dumont, OTOH, had achieved an actual takeoff and landing in Paris with many witnesses
- /html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00706.html (7,280 bytes)
- 4. Re: 1904-2004 now who flew first? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:31:33 -0600 reply-type=original with any abuse report
- Sorry to disappoint your prejudices, Robert, but Alberto Santos Dumont was actually a Brazilian from the state of Minas Gerais. David Lieb
- /html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00707.html (7,230 bytes)
- 5. Re: 1904-2004 now who flew first? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:43:27 EST
- Dang, so even my red neck response was off? Figures. I suppose Alberto invented the TV too? Robert B. Houston Texan in NM 73 Midget and others John Bernard Books (The Shootist): "I won't be wronged,
- /html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00712.html (7,302 bytes)
- 6. Re: 1904-2004 now who flew first? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 08:45:17 -0000
- Some months ago there was a bit on The BBC (UK TV station) about an Englishman who actually achieved the required distance to claim a first for powered flight in 1902. Only the tale goes that, being
- /html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00713.html (8,010 bytes)
- 7. Re: 1904-2004 now who flew first? (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:20:44 GMT iBODKZAC018694
- "Pilots and subliminal death wish" Whadya mean?? I'm talkin' to you, aren't I?? (ROTFLMAO!!:) Cap'n Bob Mitey Frog
- /html/spridgets/2004-12/msg00714.html (6,901 bytes)
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