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Old January 18th 21, 02:10 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_6_]
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On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 15:49:59 -0700, Dan Marotta wrote:

Sounds terrific!

'Simplicate and add lightness' (wish I knew who first said that). It
was Orville (or Wilbur) Wright that said that.

I just did a search: it seems to be more generally attributed to William
Bushnell Stout, who designed the Ford Trimotor and secondarily to Colin
Chapman, the engineer behind Lotus cars, who said something very similar.


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