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To: gibsonguy

what I think is neat is that it has a little piece of wood from the wright brothers plane onboard.


6 posted on 10/30/2023 10:56:51 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: BigFreakinToad

Did not know that. Very cool


7 posted on 10/30/2023 12:00:31 PM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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The original Wright flyer was damaged after only a couple of flights. The Wright brothers, disassembled it and sent it back to Dayton for storage. When they got home they got busy making improved versions. Their head mechanic reassembled it on his own, without asking permission, and replaced some damaged parts. He kept the damaged parts in the shop as historical artifacts, and the splinters that have been distributed around the world came from those parts. The head mechanic did not keep the parts for himself or for gain, he maintained them for the owners, the Wright Brothers.


15 posted on 10/30/2023 4:50:43 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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