Ken MacTiernan
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Happy AMT Day 2014!
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Captain Reality
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I wish people would quit worshipping the Wright brothers and Charles Taylor. The evidence keeps growing that the first heavier than air flight was accomplished by Gustave Weisskophf in 1901 in Bridgeport , Conneticut. A full two years before the Wright's flew. A least two replicas of Weiesskopf's Model 21 have been built and have proven to be quite flyable. Wheras the Wright flyer was a wimpy unstable piece of junk.
yoyodyne
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Captain Reality said:
+1,000,000
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Ken MacTiernan
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Not worshipping anyone. Simply remembering those almost forgotten by history. If you have a problem that is your right. Hope you had a wonderful AMT Day.
bob@las-AA
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Happy AMT day to all the AMTs in LAS. DAVE,HOOP,BIG DOG TONY ect.
ThirdSeatHero
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One of the most glaring inconsistencies with the Gustave Whitehead claim, is what happened after his supposed August,1901 flight ..... nothing.
If Whitehead flew in August of 1901, he had over a 2 year head start on the Wright Brothers. Set aside the claims and counter claims over supposed witnesses and misidentified photos, etc of his first flight, if Gustave Whitehead had flown in 1901, why didn't he fly again, and if he did why wasn't there proof of those flights? One would think, after a first successful flight he would set about perfecting his invention, yet nothing.
Now compare that with the Wright Brothers. In the two years following the initial flight in December 1903, the Wright Brothers perfected their design of the Wright Flyer through subsequent aircraft, and made hundreds of flights. All thoroughly documented.
If Whitehead flew in August of 1901, he had over a 2 year head start on the Wright Brothers. Set aside the claims and counter claims over supposed witnesses and misidentified photos, etc of his first flight, if Gustave Whitehead had flown in 1901, why didn't he fly again, and if he did why wasn't there proof of those flights? One would think, after a first successful flight he would set about perfecting his invention, yet nothing.
Now compare that with the Wright Brothers. In the two years following the initial flight in December 1903, the Wright Brothers perfected their design of the Wright Flyer through subsequent aircraft, and made hundreds of flights. All thoroughly documented.
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A sharp difference of opinion continues among aviation researchers and historians over Whitehead's work. Some believe that he was the first human to fly a powered heavier-than-air machine, while others believe none of his powered machines ever flew and that he contributed nothing to aviation.
In 2013 Jane's All The World's Aircraft recognized Whitehead as first to make a manned, powered, controlled flight. This statement reignited debate over who flew first. On June 26, 2013 the state of Connecticut enacted a law which specifies that "Powered Flight Day" honors the first powered flight by Gustave Whitehead, rather than the Wright Brothers.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 2013 Jane's All The World's Aircraft recognized Whitehead as first to make a manned, powered, controlled flight. This statement reignited debate over who flew first. On June 26, 2013 the state of Connecticut enacted a law which specifies that "Powered Flight Day" honors the first powered flight by Gustave Whitehead, rather than the Wright Brothers.[1][2][3][4][5]
