Did you know the Americans weren't even the first to build a successful aeroplane?
The first aircraft built that flew successfully (note my strange word order :-) was built in 1896, in England. Unfortunately, it had to be rebuilt, and the first successful flight was (iirc) 1912. Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Wallis Sent: 26 March 2004 01:17 To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' Subject: RE: Optimisation ? PS. Why do you think the Americans on this list felt the need to change the spelling of "Optimisation" from the original English (Scots?). The rest of us put up with enough "centers" and "realizes" from you yanks! Did anyone else get the monthly jBASE "Did you know?" email from Kerri Duffy? In it she says: Did you know...? Charles Lindbergh was not the first man to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. Two men had achieved the same goal eight years earlier! Flying for sixteen and a half hours from June 14-15, 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten-Brown had copiloted a Vichers-Vimy twin-engine plane nonstop from Newfoundland across the Atlantic to Ireland. Lindbergh was just the first person to do it alone. She could just as easily have said "Lindbergh was just the first American to do it". I think most non-yanks would have known that Alcock and Brown's was the first crossing of the Atlantic by air. </grrr> -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users *********************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. *********************************************************************************** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
