On Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:25:06 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: > > On 22 May 2014 11:18, meekerdb <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On 5/21/2014 3:44 PM, LizR wrote: >> >>> Yes, I was indeed thinking of the superhero Bicycle Repair Man when I >>> wrote that. >>> >>> However I'm not so keen on deifying the Wright brothers when they were >>> just two in a long line of people in many countries who gradually developed >>> powered flight. They did make a significant improvement, of course, but >>> there were plenty of others who helped pave the way to modern aeroplanes >>> (including one somewhat dubious claim from New Zealand) >>> >> >> Interestingly in the context of this thread, one of the Wright brother's >> main contributions was their systematic (dare I say "scientific") approach >> using a wind tunnel to study air foils. >> > > Yes, and I believe that led them to invent a much improved control system. > (They were very important in the history of flight. I only object to claims > that they were the sole pioneers, when there were dozens of others who also > contributed.) > but apparently have no problem in the case of Einstein (snip snip snip!)
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