On 16/01/12 17:53, DMcD wrote:

As glider pilots, we should avoid the lot and support Lillienthal
because all the motorise aeroplanes would eventually run out of gas
while, given the right conditions, Lillienthal could have soared for
days.

I would like to put in a word for George Cayley here - it was his pioneering work (theoretical and experimental) which formed the basis upon which Lillienthal built.

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Robert Hart                                  ha...@interweft.com.au
+61 (0)438 385 533                           http://www.hart.wattle.id.au

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