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Old 22nd Jan 2017, 08:50
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longer ron
 
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megan

Sorry don't agree with your characterisation of the Wrights. Yes, they approached the tasks in a rigorous scientific manner, but they recognised that they were standing on the shoulders of giants who preceded them. From Wiki.
Careful Megan - we might get Simplex1 back on here trying to sell more copies of the Gustave Whitehead book 'first in flight'
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