I totally agree, they did what others sadly didnt,and we mustnt forget that they were not just ‘dabblers’ they put all their effort into their eventual achievement, and also led the way with their theory and made very efficient propellors as well. But i think their major achievement was the control of flight, their wingvwarping which eventually led to the ailerons of todays modern machines, headwind or no headwind they had controlled flight!
Its another Birthday today as well, the Douglas DC-3 took to the air on this day too in 1935, so pause for a moment and take in the leaps of technology that just 32 years achieved! we will probably still be hurling ourselves across the atlantic under jet power in another 32 years, providing all the oil hasnt run out!
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