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Old 16th Jun 2014, 21:51
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Hi longer ron

I think we need to just accept that OP has his problems.

A more interesting question, to me, is how different would the early history of aviation have been without the Wrights? It's doubtful if Santos Dumont would have been delayed, or the Voisins, and maybe Langley would have tried again with a stronger machine. So what impact did the Wrights' successes of 1905 and 1908 have on other people's developments?
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