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111 Years Ago Today: Man’s First Powered Flight.
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| December 17, 2014
| Tom Demerly
Posted on 12/17/2014 11:49:14 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: Talisker
To: KoRn
It’s been pickled for a while.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:11:52 PM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: conservatism_IS_compassion; EveningStar
Ironically, their approach to the problem of flight was quite limited, and advances by Glenn Curtis and others quickly transcended all of the Wrights’ technology. To such an extent that nothing unique to the Wrights’ design remains in use. Well NASA has been experimenting with wing warping on a modified F-18. Perhaps their ideas were too far ahead of their time to be practical.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-061-DFRC.html#.VJINWIdCoiU
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:17:57 PM PST
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Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
To: Paleo Conservative
Well NASA has been experimenting with wing warping on a modified F-18. Perhaps their ideas were too far ahead of their time to be practical. IMHO anything that won’t work without an additional century of technology to even make it experimental is just, in practical terms, a dead end idea at the time it was conceived.
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12/17/2014 5:34:16 PM PST
by
conservatism_IS_compassion
("Liberalism” is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
To: EveningStar
Since i live on an airpark and am current this very thing is above my dining room table.
Going to fly in the morning maybe Indiantown and Pahoke.
Wha hoooo
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:41:41 PM PST
by
Joe Boucher
(The F.B.I. Is a division of holders Justice Dept. (Nuff said))
To: KoRn
It’s a great site and monument.
You can just hear the motor running...
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posted on
12/17/2014 5:45:04 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: EveningStar
If you appreciate excellent writing you will like this brief article.
And, if you are also a pilot, you will love it.
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12/17/2014 5:47:15 PM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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