[Stealth Hunter]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

@ Stealth Hunter: My only point is that British claims are as valid as anyone's, since, as the great British scientist Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." I will agree that if they want to lay sole claim to any of them, they're full of hot air. But that's true of just about anybody. The Wrights made the first practical airplane, but their version was ultimately a dead end. Glenn Curtiss is the true father of American aviation. There's always somebody somewhere who is willing to pick up where others left off.

I can respect that conclusion.