Re: [RCSE] Thoughts on the Wright Bros. Centennial

[Rick Eckel]

I agree with you.  I also think that there is more to the Wright Brothers 
being the fathers of aviation than the simple? matter of having achieved 
flight.  Their methods, discoveries, documentation and continued efforts in 
aviation are far more impressive than just getting off the ground.  I find 
it extremely interesting that it would appear that they are also the 
fathers of 'flight training'!

Rick



At 01:02 PM 12/19/2003, you wrote:
I hope you're comparing the BSC (Believers in Santa Claus) to the BGH
(Believers in Gustave Whitehead), and not the BDE (Believers in Documented
Evidence).  For my part, I'd much rather put my belief in the well
documented than the poorly documented or undocumented.  That doesn't mean
that if it isn't documented, it never happened. (Heck, the vast majority of
everyday events goes undocumented.)  It's just that if I'm asked to evaluate
2 possibile histories, I'm much more inclined to believe the well documented
over the poorly documented.
Don

Rick Eckel wrote:
>Some folks still believe in Santa Claus too.
>At 06:56 PM 12/18/2003, George Gillburg wrote:
>>If you can't document it, it never happened, or so some believe.
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