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"Bill Silvey" wrote in message om...
"robert arndt" wrote in message om http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep20.html Awww, too bad. The two Gustav Weisskopf replicas flew easily enough, proving that the Wrights were dead wrong when they claimed the GW No.21 CANNOT FLY... just look at the design. Time to admit the real first to fly sustained powered and controlled flight was in 1901 with the GW No.21 and NOT in 1903 with the Wrights. Rob Time for you to go in the killfile, Kraut-eater. Hey Bill, with all your "hot air" maybe you could just stand behind the Wright Flyer replica and rant on to generate the necessary lift for the a/c! As for the kill file statement- go ahead, I don't care. This is a NG and it exists to debate such topics as "who flew first" or "who broke Mach 1 first". So you disagree with me. Fine. If you have to killfile anyone who disagrees with you then you are childish and immature. My point above is not to take away from the Wright's flight, only to dispute their claims that the GW No.1 could not fly based solely on its design. How ironic that the two GW No.21 replicas did fly while the Flyer replica fails to get off the ground. The only true problem with all of this is a single photo of the GW No.21 in flight. That could have been solved in 1901 if the scientific reporter for the newpaper article had taken photos- he didn't as he preferred sketches. That is certainly not Gustav Weisskopf's fault... but it prevents him from proving beyond a shadow of doubt that the GW No.21 flew BEFORE the Wrights by 2 yrs. Too bad we can't time travel back to that date in time and view the event firsthand; yet, for some diehards on this NG it wouldn't matter. They just want to forever wave the USA-Number-One flag around and ignore other nations aeronautical achievements (or to a lesser extent downgrade them). But I could care less. Germany is firmly in aeronautical history and deserves proper credit for their contributions in both war and peace. Fair enough? Rob |
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