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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Jun 2015, 16:21

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Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight breaking news

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Posted By Wander00

LR - appreciated. Thanks. W

LR - appreciated. Thanks. W

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Jun 2015, 15:18

Replies: 146

Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight breaking news

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Posted By Wander00

Aah, thanks - but I am still unclear whether or...

Aah, thanks - but I am still unclear whether or not there was a "falling weight" mechanism for the first flight, or am I remembering seeing the later film in my childhood (a long time ago)

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Jun 2015, 09:08

Replies: 146

Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight breaking news

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Posted By Wander00

Just watched the Pathe film of the "first flight"...

Just watched the Pathe film of the "first flight" - as I wrote in an earlier post, the aircraft was helped off the ground by energy from a falling weight, and seemed to spend a lot of the flight in...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Jun 2015, 19:06

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Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight breaking news

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Posted By Wander00

I have always had an interest in Bletchley,...

I have always had an interest in Bletchley, Enigma, etc since they came into the public domain. I was therefore somewhat blown away on taking up my post at a well known south coast Yacht Club to find...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Jun 2015, 10:59

Replies: 146

Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight breaking news

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Posted By Wander00

And a fair bit of US progress in the 40s and 50s...

And a fair bit of US progress in the 40s and 50s was predicated on jet technology we gave them, and the work of the German scientists illegally transferred to the US under Op Paperclip and other...

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