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Old 10th Jun 2014, 06:30
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Just to be clear, I think that the idea of "first" is a bit arbitrary in cases like this, BUT:


I see the claim that a real originality on the part of the Wrights was to get three-axis control successfully implemented. There are people here who know a lot more than I do, and I'd be interested in their comments.
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