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But... The Wright brothers did show their work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpQAGQiv4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpQAGQiv4Q https://www.loc.gov/co
by somat 5y ago
But... The Wright brothers did show their work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpQAGQiv4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpQAGQiv4Q
https://www.loc.gov/collections/wilbur-and-orville-wright-papers/about-this-collection/ https://www.loc.gov/collections/wilbur-and-orville-wright-pa...
- yellowstuff 5y agoThere was a lot of skepticism that their planes were real, even years after they had first flown publicly. Information spread more slowly in those days. https://generalaviationnews.com/2011/05/09/fliers-or-liars/#:~:text=European%20newspapers%2C%20especially%20in%20France,or%20they%20have%20not%20flown https://generalaviationnews.com/2011/05/09/fliers-or-liars/#....
- marcosdumay 5y agoThey just took their time, and it became a joke because other people were already flying around when they came in public saying they were flying first. Overall, an entirely irrelevant issue.