I wrote:
> Robert Baden-Powell (the founder of the boy scouts) . . .
>
Correction. The fellow who founded the boy scouts was another member of the
family.
Here is something interesting from the New York Times, June 6, 1909,
indicating there was concern about what we now call "national security,
Steven V Johnson wrote:
...and out of the other side:
"Oh, by the way, if you attempt to market this technology to any
foreign government, we will take an extremely dim view of your
actions. We will be watching you."
They did not say anything like that. The U.S. Army knew that everyone
would
Stephen A. Lawrence wrote:
It seems possible that the Wrights went first to the U.S. War
Department specifically because they were U.S. citizens, and did not
feel it would have been appropriate, feasible, right, or (fill in
blank) to sell their technology overseas before the U.S. military adop
>From Stephen Lawrence:
> ... Jed Rothwell wrote:
>>
>> At this point we need the academics. We should ignore the critics. The
>> Wrights should have! They should have dealt with the British War Office
>> instead of the U.S. War Department, because the British understood and
>> appreciated what t
On 12/18/2009 10:58 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
At this point we need the academics. We should ignore the critics. The
Wrights should have! They should have dealt with the British War Office
instead of the U.S. War Department, because the British understood and
appreciated what they had accomplish
Chris Zell wrote:
I understand that the rejection of reality in the case of the
Wrights went to astounding extremes. Newspapers spoke of their
efforts as a hoax while any reporter could simply wander down to the
area where they were testing and watch them fly.
Yup. In the summer of 1904 and
I understand that the rejection of reality in the case of the Wrights went to
astounding extremes. Newspapers spoke of their efforts as a hoax while any
reporter could simply wander down to the area where they were testing and watch
them fly.
I think it most critical to produce a simple usef
Ed Storms wrote to me:
Your description of the Wright experience is fascinating, Jed. I did
not realize that CF and flying had so much in common.
Yes indeed. And we could learn a lot from history, if only we would.
Learn from it or you are doomed to repeat it, as Santayana said.
Apparent
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