I can get to work on the original Sikorsky S60 prototype, which is the last one Igor might have put his hands on. The are also doing a full restore on an Corsair, (no not Corvair erco).
And yes, the first heavier than air fight was made in Bridgeport, CT ( my birthplace), for all you from North Carolina and Ohio. (Flame On!)
And yes, the first heavier than air fight was made in Bridgeport, CT ( my birthplace), for all you from North Carolina and Ohio. (Flame On!)
Our family had an exchange student from Brazil live with us for 18 months. He was shocked that the US claimed the first airplane. He assured us it was an undisputed fact a Brazilian was the inventor of the airplane.
Our family had an exchange student from Brazil live with us for 18 months. He was shocked that the US claimed the first airplane. He assured us it was an undisputed fact a Brazilian was the inventor of the airplane.
Nonsense. Brazilian Alberto Santo Dumont was an early and amazing pioneer in non-rigid airships (LTA) in Paris, winning the Deutsche prize in 1901. Wrights flew HTA in Dec 1903. Santos Dumont later flew airplanes, circa 1906.
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Spent the day cleaning leaves and signing up for volunteer work at the Connecticut Air and Space Museum.
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I can get to work on the original Sikorsky S60 prototype, which is the last one Igor might have put his hands on. The are also doing a full restore on an Corsair, (no not Corvair erco).
And yes, the first heavier than air fight was made in Bridgeport, CT ( my birthplace), for all you from North Carolina and Ohio. (Flame On!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuXcQjjNBZc
http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Aviation-bible-Whitehead-first-to-fly-4348050.php
http://cascstratford.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/john-brown-on-why-gustave-whitehead-was-recognized-as-first-in-flight/
Happy birthday but...? Details?
SP Langley's Aerodrome ditched in the Potomac, FYI.
Our family had an exchange student from Brazil live with us for 18 months. He was shocked that the US claimed the first airplane. He assured us it was an undisputed fact a Brazilian was the inventor of the airplane.
Nonsense. Brazilian Alberto Santo Dumont was an early and amazing pioneer in non-rigid airships (LTA) in Paris, winning the Deutsche prize in 1901. Wrights flew HTA in Dec 1903. Santos Dumont later flew airplanes, circa 1906.
Dave
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