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this article begins with a subtle slander against the brothers Wright, where the endless attempt to steal thier achivements never goes away, Langley's "pilot" c
by metalman 1y ago
this article begins with a subtle slander against the brothers Wright, where the endless attempt to steal thier achivements never goes away, Langley's "pilot" crashed/fell strait into the river in 1903,and the Wrights achived controlled extended flight
the rest of the article must therfore push some tedious agenda
- theincredulousk 1y agoSir this is a Wendy’s
- swores 1y agoI'm not a mod or anything so you can of course ignore me, but might I suggest that this doesn't align with the HN guidelines on commenting and that it would be great if you took a look at them :) https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- avhon1 1y agoI'm not sure how you're getting that from this. > In early 1903, Samuel Langley attempted to launch his tandem monoplane from a catapult, but it crashed after its frail wooden structure failed catastrophically. > By the end of 1907, the Wright brothers had successfully flown several other versions of their original Flyer, a biplane type more strongly built After the introductory history, the rest of the article is a relatively straightforward overview/introduction to the engineering involved in making airplanes strong enough to fly.
- Etheryte 1y agoOh no, someone is canceling, checks notes, the brothers Wright?
- swores 1y agoA minor FYI: "slander" is oral (spoken) defamation, while if its in written form it's "libel".