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Old December 7th 03, 10:25 AM
John Cook
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On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:22:05 +0100, "Emmanuel Gustin"
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There is no serious evidence, photographic or otherwise,
that Whitehead ever managed to fly his aircraft. The best
that can be produced is a claim by Whitehead himself, and
the man seems to have been more than a little prone to
exaggeration.


Wasn't there a US newspaper report that the 'bat' flew, IIRC (not
firsthand of course I'm not THAT old) no photograph of the event,
but a nice drawing of the flight was included in the article...

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John Cook

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