Re: [OM] Semi-OT/The Wright Centinnial, or "Flop in the Slop"

[Mike]

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>I'd wager that many watched the event on the telly. We were disappointed
>it didn't go well, but we appreciated even more the genius of the brothers
>who originally carried off the achievement of powered flight...
>
I've heard it was a Frenchman in Brazil who was first with the
"unassisted powered flight".  Not dissing the Wrights but their first
flight did not meet the aforementioned criteria. (source: various
newspaper reports at the time as cited by NPR program last week, FWIW)

Mike


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