Interesting to say the least. I think I'm going to wait to see something released by NASA before I get too excited.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">The Wrights abandoned the canard surface in 1910 for what we now call a 'conventional' tail in the rear of the aircraft....Perhaps this change was the resignation by the brothers to flight in the subsonic range for the foreseeable future.</font>
From what I have read, the Wright brothers chose the canard design to prevent the nose down pitching motion after a stall. I'd love to see evidence suggesting they were already considering adapting their machines for supersonic flight...
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Flying is easy - just throw yourself at the ground and miss.