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Old 5th Jun 2014, 05:53
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The trouble is Simplex - I do not think that english is your native language - english is a very flexible language and you seem to struggle with some of its 'nuances' - using the 'went up' phrase from one of your threads on another forum as an example - it was said as praise for the wright brothers ability to fly that aircraft - not in the meaning that you took from the phrase!
The other thing is that you are not being even handed in your approach to any of this subject - all you want to do is try to discredit the Wrights !
Also as we have touched on before - the english used by the wrights is very old fashioned and 'quaint' and has to be read very carefully,it is disingenuous to take a single phrase out of a long report or article - one has to look at the article/study as a whole
One of the things about the Wrights research was that they ended up mistrusting much of the previously accepted scientific 'knowledge'.
There are some very knowledgeable guys on here - it is worth taking that into account !!!!!
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