Message from @Reaps
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>In 1906 skeptics in the European aviation community had converted the press to an anti-Wright brothers stance. European newspapers, especially those in France, were openly derisive, calling them bluffeurs (bluffers).
>The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos-Dumont dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life.
You know, if you can dedicate your life to the study of something that doesn't exist yet, you have to be rich.
I didn't knew about this part
that's why i said
That's the mental image I always had, the Wrights struggling to preserve and repair the only engine they had, while Santos-Dumont being the rich guy that made balloons and later airplanes for fun.
idk about them
what i know is
Santos flew a plane in the middle of Paris
they didn't
I'm guessing they couldn't afford bringing their plane to Paris.
they plane was a planner, right?
their*
>In 1908, after the Wrights' first flights in France, Archdeacon publicly admitted that he had done them an injustice.
>The Wright brothers made no flights at all in 1906 and 1907. They spent the time attempting to persuade the U.S. and European governments that they had invented a successful flying machine and were prepared to negotiate a contract to sell such machines.
>Replying to the Wrights' letters, the U.S. military expressed virtually no interest in their claims. The brothers turned their attention to Europe, especially France, where enthusiasm for aviation ran high, and journeyed there for the first time in 1907 for face-to-face talks with government officials and businessmen.
It's kinda funny how only a few years later, airplanes would play an important role in WW1.
weird
I was reaading about that myself only about two days ago
I didn't realize sargoy was into trash
^
@Short Fat Otaku nice video
Might be a riot
Sup Sarcucks
Watch that live stream for a sec.
A fight almost broke out 10 mins back
Did she just argue that cops should be martyrs because they're paid to die on the job?
"If in doubt, cops should let the suspect kill them."
"Cops should be required to take that bogus non-scientific implicit association test."
yup
and 'unconcious bias testing'
AKA 'Fire Whitey'
Let them take the test multiple times so they can manipulate it.
let them **Do it**