(At Least) 100 Years Of Powered Human Flight

Rogue-Lion.com writes "Take a time out to remember the accomplishments of two bicycle shop owners who changed the world immeasurably, 100 years ago today. The Telegraph is running a story about a recreation of the Wright's (and world's) first heavier-than-air powered flight. President Bush will be in attendance at the event." Setting aside even more exotic theories, rod writes with an alternative point of view: namely, that man's first flight took place in New Zealand, on March 31, 1902. "I admire the U.S.A and the Wright brothers,but there are facts to consider today, 17/12/03, on the centenary of Kitty Hawk." Update: 12/17 13:44 GMT by T : Or was it a Brazillian invention? (Thanks, Anderson Silva.)

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[Rosco P. Coltrane]

Take a time out to remember the accomplishments of two bicycle shop owners who changed the world immeasurably, 100 years ago today.

That's right, where would we be today without rubber tyres and saddles ...

Re:Wright Brothers == True Engineers

[richie2000]

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane.

Wright Brothers conspiracy

[Zog The Undeniable]

If you look carefully at the Kittyhawk photographs you can see the shadow of two different light sources AND they forgot to put stars in the sky! Obviously the whole thing was shot on a Hollywood sound stage and Man has never flown!