From: (robert arndt)
Date: 2/14/2004 5:54 PM Central Standard Time
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Name ONE thing Lippisch invented. The flying wing? Lilienthal developed
them as
gliders in the 1800s. Oh gee, he's German too so that doesn't count.
Actually
almost every one of the early glider designers, including the Wrights, made
at
least one flying wing. Ailerons? Try Glenn Curtiss.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Dan,

Here's a whole bunch of things Lippisch pioneered:

http://www.lippischdesign.com/pages/collage.html

Only some ex-USAF clod would try to defame Dr. Alexander Lippisch.

Rob

No need for name calling. I didn't "defame" him. I simply pointed out he never
invented anything. He simply improved on other people's designs or used
existing technology in a new direction.

On the other hand, YOU were the one telling us how much modern aircraft owe to
him. You assume that, because he wad German, he must have been the source of
all things extraordinary in the field of aeronautics.

Almost every thing you post in this newsgroup is about how great the Germans,
especially the Nazis, were/are.

If you adore the Germans so much why do you not move there?

Now stop with the name calling. It only proves you are in marron's, petukhov's,
tarver's and grantland's class.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired