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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2015, 00:57
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

What does it mean to fly ?

At first glance, the answer to the question "What does it mean to fly ?" seems to be obvious, yet is it, truly obvious ?

To many, probably most, people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jul 2015, 20:08
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

Design intention has a role in this, also....

Design intention has a role in this, also. Inherent instability was a design feature, an intentional design feature, of the 1903 Flyer.

... and, speaking of the B.E. 2c., let's remember what...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jul 2015, 22:12
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

Voisin, et al

As you probably know, the Voisin had a marginally effective three-axis control, skittering/sliding around turns, and could not make coordinated turns.

I admit the definition I use is not the usual...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jul 2015, 18:46
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

Aeroplane

Not to be too picky, but the dictionary definitions of the words "aeroplane" and "airplane" are just that - definitions of the word. They describe the machine, not the functionality of the machine.
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jul 2015, 08:58
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

What was invented ?

Megan's first citation is an interesting paper, but it seems to me it misses a central fact of importance.

Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the aeroplane (I like to use period-appropriate terms)...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jul 2015, 05:55
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

The Photo Matter...

Yes, I was the one who spotted what that blurry was almost certainly of, and where and when it was taken.

I've posted two articles about this...

GUSTAVE WHITEHEAD - What Did He Do ?...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jul 2015, 08:31
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

Reasoned Debate

Haraka, I've scanned the previous posts and agree that the debates here are, for the greater part, reasoned, energetic and on-point.

Yes, I am the Carroll F. Gray who writes articles on The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jun 2015, 23:59
Replies: 146
Views: 27,871
Posted By carrollfgray

Quantity and Quality

Those who support the Whitehead seem to believe that the volume of reprinted rewritten stories which appeared during 1901 about Whitehead flying somehow proves the case.

You might just as well say...
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