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[Jrasta111]

The Wright brothers for instance were not laughed at, nor did anyone doubt a machine could fly through the air. They actually had several competitors and people had been trying to build flying machines for years before theirs succeeded.

Well actually the way I've heard it told is that people did call them crazy not because exactly they thought a machine could fly. It was because of the way they expected to do it. You see there had been much research up until this point in time and it was widely accepted as the basis for a working model. The Wright Brothers disagreed and re-wrote the book. That's why people called them crazy. But I'm no expert on the subject.

 

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[Ghengis_John]

Well actually the way I've heard it told is that people did call them crazy not because exactly they thought a machine could fly. It was because of the way they expected to do it. You see there had been much research up until this point in time and it was widely accepted as the basis for a working model. The Wright Brothers disagreed and re-wrote the book. That's why people called them crazy. But I'm no expert on the subject.

I read thier biography. What they did differently was that they used the scientific approach, built a wind tunnel, and models, compiled tables. Their closest competitor was a German who died essentially trying to build the same craft they did, with the exception being he was trying to get the tail to do all the steering. That is not the same thing as being "condemned and ridiculed for believing a machine could fly.".

 

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