On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:30:57 +0100, Mitchell Holman wrote
(in article ):

Impressive though it is, I confess that the propellor was not the first thing
I noticed.

The Horatio Wallace multiplane, responsible for the UK's first manned,
powered flight (in 1907). Perhaps fortunately for British aeronautical
development, Wallace designed no more aircraft.