Re: First Airplane

[Adam C. Lipscomb]

Marvin wrote:
> Let's look at it another way:  though self-launching, the Santos-Dumont
> plane could not satisfy the dream of sustained, maneuverable flight.
> Nobody dreaming of flight could be satisfied with a measly few hundred
> meters.  The Wright Flyer, though, could satisfy that ambition as early
> as 1905.
>
> The one thing that's indisputable is that the Wright Bros. did what they
> did first.

WOO HOO!!! USA! USA! USA!

*ahem*

Sorry - got carried away by the spirit. :-)

Adam