Dutchman Posted June 1, 2010 Posted June 1, 2010 hey folks. below is an email floating around one of the ropemaking sites i subscribe to. while not pirate related, its darned neat footage of the wright brothers and the instrument discussed is a simple piece of line. neat stuff all the same. -dutch Do you know what was the first flight instrument? STRING! Wilbur Wright used a piece of string - called a yaw string - as early as their 1902 glider. It was used to gauge their sideslip angle. I edited this little video from original 1908-1909 footage of the Wright brothers' flights in Europe. At the end of the video you can see the first film footage ever taken from an airplane - and you can clearly see the yaw string dangling in front of the airplane. Since the Wrights invented flight in Dayton and practiced at Huffman Prairie in Greene County Ohio - not far from the Hooven & Allison factory in Xenia - I wonder if the first flight instrument was Hooven & Allison twine. I bet it was. http://www.daytoninnovationlegacy.org/
Dorian Lasseter Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 (edited) That's really cool! And just for the sake of it... Here's a fellow who it is said beat them Wright Brothers to 'the invention of flight'. Gustave Whitehead beat them by about 2 years... http://gustavewhitehead.org/ Not to ruffle any feathers (heh) but the Wrights visited his shop before they mastered their craft. And the 'first flights' took place in Pittsburgh, PA area... Food for thought... Edited June 2, 2010 by Dorian Lasseter Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org
Duchess Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Not to mention the entire European history of the development of flight that is entirely neglected...
Silkie McDonough Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Cool. Thanks for the additional info Dorian, especially the Pittsburgh connection. lol This bit of history and does not claim to cover it all. I suspect that since this on the the "Dayton Innovation Legacy" page they are covering only the information that is relative to their needs.
blackjohn Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 Not to mention the entire European history of the development of flight that is entirely neglected... And isn't there some dude in South America who predates the Wrights too? And one in Australia or New Zealand? My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together.
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