Cheers to the Wright brothers!!

Sir Spectre

Edited by - Sir Spectre on 17-12-2003 18:59:51

Cheers to them!!

Did you know that Harry Hodini was the first man to fly in Australia? Not sure what date it was however.

Life: No one gets out alive.

I heard recently that they did flight tests on DaVinci's glider. With modern lighter alloys and durability it actually flew, the hindrance to him back then was not having it light enough or sturdy enough. But the design was good.

However, this brings up a "timing" issue with me. Have you noticed how some people just don't like certain people of accomplishment to keep their glories?

The Wright brothers were the first to fly. Yeah, but DaVinci could have done it.
Christopher Columbus discovered the new world. Yeah, but Leif Erickson did it first.

Some people just don't like giving some their due. I like knowing these little facts, but the attitude of some to sooo quickly undermine the accomplishment that has endured with a previous one that wasn't made much of is a bit aggravating.

Sir Spectre

The British had a computer in WWII, but didn't tell anyone.

And apperently an american and a british (independly) invented the telephone before Alexander Bell did. But it was suppressed untill recently.

Credit goes to the person with the most money or recenition.

Life: No one gets out alive.

yeah, the British had the Computer in Bletchly Park (sp?) but after the war, Churchill ordered it destroyed. America then went on to make one a few years later.


"Something wicked this way comes"

Yes I know that Indy, But thanks anyway for reminding me

But did you lads also know that the first Jet engine was constructed AND tested with success in 1910. It was of the same type later used in The Vergeltungs-waffe 1, or V-1 for short, namely the pulse Jet engine

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Oh, dear, How sad, Never mind!!-Battery Sergeant Major Williams
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yes i did. also, james watts DID NOT invent the steam engine, heron of ancient alexandria did, but saw it as a childrens toy, imagine where we would be if he saw its potential, hell the romans would have had flight.

The inventors who create something and then stick it in a room for years aren't really the inventors. It's the people who bring the device to the public who rightfully deserve credit. Da vinci could have flown, but he simply wrote the designs in backwards italian and stuffed it away for a couple of centuries. It doesn't matter if the Wrights were first in the air or not. They were the ones who brought flight to the world. The credit is thiers, and thiers alone. --- VH16

1969, man lands on the moon. What since?

Whoever came up with "Mission Commision" should be lined up and shot

Vergeltungs-waffe 1. Ahhhh yes. The ol' buzz bomb.... antecedent to the cruise missile.

The first to fly in Canada was Alexander Graham Bell in Cape Breton Island. The Silver Dart.

Just like the Avro Arrow, it was the most advanced aircraft of it's time. It flew on sevral occuations, but eventualy crashed...but most aircraft of the time crashed.

Life: No one gets out alive.

@RILMS, Thats Newtons First law.

Whatever goes up, Comes down, one way or the other.

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Just like the Avro Arrow, it was the most advanced aircraft of it's time. It flew on sevral occuations, but eventualy crashed...but most aircraft of the time crashed.

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What? The Avro Arrow's development and production was discontinued and destroyed because some fool in congress decided that they could protect the country with missiles alone. It was 5 years ahead of its time, and best of all, it was Canadian .

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there is apparently a widespread myth among users that "spamming" is what happens when you dump cans of Spam into a revolving fan.

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wow Avro arrow, that was the thing that looked like a cross between TSR2 and the Tornado, yeh that's a funky avion, forgot Canadia could do stuff like that. still they are "almost" British

Better to be almost British than almost american. --- VH16

Oh Canada - An anthem of Peace
The Star Spangled Banner - One of war

Coincidence?

Whoever came up with "Mission Commision" should be lined up and shot