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That is with a wright propeller, almost 3 years after the first powered flight of the wright flyer.
by Tuna-Fish 2y ago
That is with a wright propeller, almost 3 years after the first powered flight of the wright flyer.
- shaky-carrousel 2y agoSo, the Europeans at the time believed it was the first such achievement, but Dumont somehow was able to get hold of some propellers nobody in Europe heard about? Seems a bit far-fetched. As I said in another comment, the Wright Brothers were pretty secretive about their works and it wasn't until 1908 that people in Europe knew about them.