In article ,
Mary Shafer wrote:

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:43:23 -0800, Steve Hix
wrote:

In article ,
"Terry Simpson" wrote:

Mike wrote:
"Wilbur and Orville Wright ... solved the problem of
human mechanical flight."

Not quite. Human mechanical flight had already been achieved. The Wright
brothers are atttributed with the first *powered* flight.

First powered *controlled* flight?

First heavier-than-air, powered, controlled, maneuvering flight in
which the vehicle landed at an altitude approximately that at which it
took off, actually.

Umm...I thought we were building up *slowly* to the denoument.