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What started it all...........

Whatever happened to the group that made the exact replica to fly it on the
anniversay date and all it did was slew off into a mud puddle. Never heard
a peep about them after that.


Bruce R








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What started it all...........

Whatever happened to the group that made the exact replica to fly it on the
anniversay date and all it did was slew off into a mud puddle. Never heard
a peep about them after that.


Bruce R








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if you go to the smithsonian you can impress your friends by pointing out
the "flyer" is hanging higher than it ever flew.

"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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if you go to the smithsonian you can impress your friends by pointing out
the "flyer" is hanging higher than it ever flew.

"Ray O'Hara" wrote in
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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if you go to the smithsonian you can impress your friends by pointing
out
the "flyer" is hanging higher than it ever flew.



Or that while the US invented the airplane,
it was France that made all the major advances
with it for the next decade.

"Ray O'Hara" wrote in
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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What started it all...........




if you go to the smithsonian you can impress your friends by pointing
out
the "flyer" is hanging higher than it ever flew.



Or that while the US invented the airplane,
it was France that made all the major advances
with it for the next decade.

"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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"Ray O'Hara" wrote in
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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What started it all...........




if you go to the smithsonian you can impress your friends by pointing
out
the "flyer" is hanging higher than it ever flew.



Or that while the US invented the airplane,
it was France that made all the major advances
with it for the next decade.





The enabling technology had just reached a level at which there were a
number of contenders, some of whom were French, at the time of the Wrights'
first flight--so that there was an element of luck in being first, in
addition to the obvious hard work and dedication.

However, from what I have heard, the Wrights and the US Patent Office were
also the principal reason that aviation technology in the US was virtually
frozen for the next decade. That allowed the French, who were and still are
very strong contenders in engineering and medicine, to make most of the
contibutions to aviation.

Regrettably, there is reason to suppose that the same is now happening to us
with regard to computer software--although the beneficiaries appear to be
different.
Peter
Just repeating what I have heard

"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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"Ray O'Hara" wrote in
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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What started it all...........




if you go to the smithsonian you can impress your friends by pointing
out
the "flyer" is hanging higher than it ever flew.



Or that while the US invented the airplane,
it was France that made all the major advances
with it for the next decade.





The enabling technology had just reached a level at which there were a
number of contenders, some of whom were French, at the time of the Wrights'
first flight--so that there was an element of luck in being first, in
addition to the obvious hard work and dedication.

However, from what I have heard, the Wrights and the US Patent Office were
also the principal reason that aviation technology in the US was virtually
frozen for the next decade. That allowed the French, who were and still are
very strong contenders in engineering and medicine, to make most of the
contibutions to aviation.

Regrettably, there is reason to suppose that the same is now happening to us
with regard to computer software--although the beneficiaries appear to be
different.
Peter
Just repeating what I have heard

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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The enabling technology had just reached a level at which there were a
number of contenders, some of whom were French, at the time of the
Wrights'
first flight--so that there was an element of luck in being first, in
addition to the obvious hard work and dedication.

However, from what I have heard, the Wrights and the US Patent Office were
also the principal reason that aviation technology in the US was virtually
frozen for the next decade. That allowed the French, who were and still
are
very strong contenders in engineering and medicine, to make most of the
contibutions to aviation.

Regrettably, there is reason to suppose that the same is now happening to
us
with regard to computer software--although the beneficiaries appear to be
different.
Peter
Just repeating what I have heard


Welcome to the down side of capitalism....


Luke