Posted on 09/11/2010 8:30:14 PM PDT by Neil E. Wright
I think the concept of “propellers” was known in those days;but paddlewheels are better for shallow water,like that in American rivers before the dams and locks of the 20th century.
Do you suppose some historically challenged person read a reference to the “soldiers of the air” and didn’t know both sidea had BALLOONS in the Civil War?
Would definitely be a busy site, I'm thinking .... so your bandwidth fee would probably be prohibitive ... unless you're independently wealthy .... :D
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Thanks so much, it is great to wake up to a good laugh.
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Thanks for more laughs.
Do you have any idea how much it would be worth if you found one? lol
Of course, the article is actually about the Spanish Civil war...
Isn’t that special? :-)
ha!
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