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[Brad Haslett]

Ben,

Never been there but it's on my "bucket list".  The Wright boys
patented the three axis of flight. No one really took much interest in
their accomplishments until WW1.  Someone got the bright idea of
mounting a machine gun in the front and promptly shot their wooden
propeller off - whoops!  The new and improved "fighter" had the gun
timed off the camshaft.

Brad

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:
>
> Brad;
>
> Have you been there? The exhibits and lecture hall are impressive for a
> small National Park and Monument.
> The Rangers do a great job.
>
> Ben C.
>
> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>>
>> Today is the anniversary day of what?  Hint: it took place at Kill
>> Devil Hills.  2nd hint:  the original event was 2/3rds the length of
>> the machine I make a living in.  3rd hint - the inventors went back to
>> making bicycles and never realized a profit on their invention (and
>> damn few others have as well in the last 105 years).
>>
>> What did they patent?
>>
>> Brad
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