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> Keep in mind that powered flight was basically entirely developed by Americans and pre-SI Brits The french played a very dominant role as well.

• microcolonel 8y ago
  > The french played a very dominant role as well. As far as I've known, that largely involved a tremendous number of English channel crossings, but I will look more into that so I don't stay ignorant; thanks. ;- )
  • billforsternz 8y ago
    Hopefully you're being deliberately ironic, but your comment indicates a purely anglo-centric perspective. Continental European endeavour irrelevant except when it intersects with the homeland!
  • willyt 8y ago
    Fuselage, Empennage, Ailerons...
    • EForEndeavour 8y ago
      To name a few more aviation terms derived from French... Aviation: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aviation https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aviation Aéroplane: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aeroplane https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aeroplane Hélicoptère: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/helicopter https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/helicopter Sortie: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sortie https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sortie
      • microcolonel 8y ago
        Hangar, Mayday (m'aider), Bombardier, Airport...
  • darkpuma 8y ago
    So an Frenchman, creator of he first practical monoplane, crosses the English channel before an Brit does... but the Channel is named for the English so the Brits get the credit? Nice dude... Here are a few places for you to begin your research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_the_pioneer_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_the_pioneer_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Semaine_d%27Aviation_de_la_Champagne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Semaine_d%27Aviation_de... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Blériot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Blériot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_pour_l%27aviation_et_ses_d%C3%A9riv%C3%A9s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_pour_l%27avi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9ro-Club_de_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9ro-Club_de_France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornu_helicopter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornu_helicopter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27A%C3%A9rophile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27A%C3%A9rophile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Arm%C3%A9e_de_l%27Air_(1909%E2%80%931942) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Arm%C3%A9e_de_l... Aside: How many American-made components do you see with big bold French labels on them? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fdr_sidefront.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fdr_sidefront.jpg