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Old 07-22-06, 11:23 AM   #5
Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by Yahoshua
Wasn't one of the Wright bros. aircraft powered with a rubberband before they thought of putting a motor on it?
No. They experimented with gliders from 1900-1902, then went straight to a gasoline-powered engine in 1903. Samuel Langley used steam engines in his unpowered models in the 1800s.
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