>>From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[some stuff snipped]
>>That's why I claim that self-launch is essential
>>for the *first* airplane, and not essencial after
>>the self-lauch problem was solved.
>
>I replied (in part):
>As far as being "public," the media was there in 1903, or at least someone
>with a camera (there were pictures published in the papers). Doesn't that
>make it public?
Um, please ignore the above paragraph in my original post. If the 1903
launch was by catapult, then it wasn't self-launched, and I don't know
specifically of any public launches in 1905, once the Wright brothers solved
the self-lauch problem (assuming they did by 1905; again, please somebody
correct me if I'm wrong).
That doesn't mean there weren't any public, self-launched flights in 1905, I
just don't know about them and unfortunately, I don't have the time right
now to research this further. Would anyone else care to take up that task?
Thanks,
Reg Bautista
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