[hondact200]

I always that it was some Greek God who was the first one to fly. the problem he got to high and close to the sun and the wax melted the feathers fell off and he dropped to the ground. the fall did not kill him it was the sudden impact.

[lgjhn23]

Keep in mind, this coming from the same constitution-hating communist imbeciles that just outlawed .22 rifles. Constitution State, my azz. Communist State would be more like it. This state is being run by the insane.

[ConservativeInPA]

CT is going about this in the wrong way. We all know that if you just tell Susan Rice to say it, it will be accepted as fact. Obama better intervene and straighten this out. (Is a sarcasm tag really required?)

[max americana]

When did the Germans bomb Pearl harbor?

[tired&retired]

Here is an excellent article on this: http://www.gustave-whitehead.com/history-of-whitehead-critics/scientific-american-early-flights/ Scientific American, Sept. 19, 1903, p.204 "Stanley Yale Beach, grandson of the founder of Scientific American, son of its Editor and himself Aeronautical Editor, wrote five articles in which he credited Whitehead for having flown a powered aeroplane in 1901. Comment: It's hard to imagine how Orville Wright thought he could strengthen his claim to first flight by citing Beach."

[bert]

Meanwhile, there are calls for the Neo European state of Connecticut to be purged from the American Republic.

[FiddlePig]

Hmmm??? To restore the Wright Brothers to their right place in history... we only need to “discover” they were gay, transexual, lesbian black Hispanics. Then the Connecticut legislature would reverse this law pronto and Wright Brothers would take flight anew.

[pabianice]

Looks like Whitehead was first. However, from what I’ve heard from aeronautical engineers, Whitehead’s plane could not have been scaled up to a bigger version as the Wrights’ aircraft was. We will see more and more documentation that Whitehead was indeed first. The Wright family’s extortion regarding their permission to show the Flyer at the Smithsonian is shameful.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Lots of people got contraptions into the air and crashed before the Wright Brothers . The Wright Brothers were from Ohio and just used Kitty Hawk because it has the most constant and consistent winds, which they used when developing the Wright glider. North Carolina was the site of the first flight due to an accident of geography.

The Wright Brothers patent claims did not even cover propulsion, even though their propeller and engine introduced a considerable amount of new art. There is simply no doubt that the Wright Brothers were the first to make a controlled flight, and clearly all subsequent successful airframes trace are descended from the Wright Flyer without exception.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

They just want to outdo the Indiana legislature as a laughingstock:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill

[Fresh Wind]

Scientific American Debunks Claim Gustave Whitehead Was “First in Flight”

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-debunks-claim-gustave-whitehead-was-first-in-flight/