How WONDERFUL that we have had him to teach us all our own history! Now, he would want us, I believe, to continue the effort and make certain young people truly know our history. We would not be in the fraught position we are today if people spent more time learning about our own history and less time watching political television. It is all about developing discernment.

You were expecting him to live forever?

True, but we gotta make room. I hope that all badasses are finding successors

Look how distinguished he was also, with a sureness of moral certainty, dignity and pride. I don't know. I really don't know if mankind can grow them like that anymore. Where can a man like this come from today?

@@jimlaguardia8185 It would be nice if his spirit does.

Very well said sir! Quite a remarkable collaborative achievement by two American treasures.

That's class - to sit and enjoy his voice and resist any impulse to interrupt to tell him how much you appreciate his books.

I applaude your fine respect for him, allowing him to have an undisturbed dinner with his group. You are the kind of person he so respected, you are part of his inspiration to write of America's great, but little known people. bless you!!

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What do you mean by "balanced"? Half communism and half individual liberty, (our choice of philosophy we follow, until under full communism where there is no choice.)? Well, when it comes to how I want to live my life, under what philosophies, I think I will pass on the "balance", and just reject communism. Oh--sorry. What did you mean by "balance" again? :)

I just looked to make sure he was still alive just the other day. 😥😥

@@EarthSurferUSA You are precisely who the Jefferson quote was aimed at. And you are also completely unable to appreciate what the quote meant, and its criticality to maintaining a truly free and just society.

Did you know that their patents do not indicate the plane? they recorded a system for driving gliders where there was only a twist of wings, this was prehistoric. RESPONDER

there is no confirmation of flights between 1903 - 1905. The flights were quoted in papers and the machine never showed up to prove anything. historical fact,

EthioMod two shammers, Gay.

EthioMod - miracle, oh yes Saint shammers

incredible

I just said the same thing to my husband as I was watching this. Two of the most amazing men alive today.

Two national treasures and near pinnacles in their fields. RIP David 👏🙏😢

When I read David's books, I hear his soothing voice in my head. Amazing writer and narrator.

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perhaps news to you, GNathan

@@CFG-eb3my ?? What you just said makes no sense regarding my comment.

@@nathanfugate8210chill out grandma. You didn’t exactly impress and your comment hit with a great “thud”😂

I gave them credit for the propeller

There were a few unfortunate errors in the talk, but by and large still a profoundly interesting overview of the Wrights. I was most jarred by the comment that Thomas Selfridge was the first to die in aviation. Perhaps in powered flight, but certainly not in the history of aviation.

I happened to meet Gustave Whitehead 's family who still live in Connecticut and they confirmed Gustave Whitehead did indeed fly in 1901.

@@JohnKSedor We have ample proof of the work of the Wrights and their first flight. What proof do the Whiteheads offer?

@@JohnKSedor I sometimes read that the Wright Brothers performed the first controlled flight. In other words they could make their plane go up or down or turn left or right by using wing warping.

You don’t think these tenacious men would have found another competent seamstress?

I like very much you saying...craftswomanship...For Sure the planes could not fly with her craftswomanship in sewing up the canvas wing material. A tough material to put a sewing needle through so many times!

Extremely educated, intelligent woman who do so much for her brothers. When she finally got married her brothers disowned her and shunned her for the rest of her life

The brothers were working on such a shoestring, they could never have afforded a competent seamstress. Their sister did it out of a sense of family devotion, Contributing what she could and no doubt enjoying the time spent with her dear brothers.

So ignorant a reply. so short sighted, a bitter man@@trumptorianguard4617

shammers brothers

rui quesito fuck off you piece of shit. I'm sorry to be so vulgar but you nay sayers are so rude and troll like. Make an argument for Christ's sake!

The get the credit because they successfully commercialized aviation. You look at any invention and it's the one or ones that commercialized it that we remember.

@@michaeltalley51 thats cause the real innovator of airplane is alberto santos dumont

I do, but I’ve been flying since I was 14 so that probably aids me

John T. Daniels took the first photograph. He was a lifeguard.

Where is John Welsh's photograph published? Dr. Fairchild's photographs are published in a National Geographic magazine. An article about first flight.

@@rhigel2269 JOHN T. DANIELS took the first and most famous photograph. Google it!

@@rhigel2269 What? JOHN T. DANIELS is the guy who shot the first photo. No argument about it. After that, who cares?

@@oig40203: Really! So, please share with interested people, where can they see, John T. Daniel's photo?

Ironically, Lt Selfridge aside from being in the Army, was part of Alexander Graham Bell's crew on his aviation project. If he hadn't been killed in the crash, he may have brought some secrets or insights from flying with the Wrights back to Bell.

What do most students and former students, today, really know about the Wright Brothers? McCullough told such important stories. I will miss him.

At the Smithsonian, Air and Space Museum in Washington you can actually see their notes. It is incredible how two drop outs were able to figure out the physics involved in flight

They needed to do her tits justice. What a woman!

40 years of Republican "leadership"

We allowed these changes by not standing watch over the most valuable things about our culture. I believe we are not entirely at fault, though I would never discount our responsibility. Look back at our life spans, I am 70 years old-that explains what I have seen. My awareness of the larger world with the election of John F. Kennedy. The tumult of the succeeding years speak for themselves. Put simply, we threw the baby out with the bath water. It will be a monumental task to turn things around, if it is possible at all. We must begin with a real understanding of history, our history and the history of the world. First we must recognize and acknowledge exactly WHAT has happened.

@@lhaviland8602 Wow. Dems try every day to tear down America and you blame Republicans?

And important turning point was when governor Ronald Reagan attacked the University of California, and it’s funding, because young people or exploring ideas that offended his generations sense of entitlement.

I just ordered the audio book as well. Looking forward to listening to the authors reading of his work.

Ironically, Selfridge aside from being in the Army, was part of Alexander Graham Bell's crew on his aviation project. If he hadn't been killed in the crash, he may have brought some secrets or insights from flying with the Wrights to Bell.

@@sparky6086 I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out.

Richard Mourdock good interview ? Submitt please official documents between 1903 1905 about flights in Huffman prayrie please, kkkkk no exist, no exist motorized flights between 1993 1905 dear.

Lots of controversy “A minority of commentators claim that the No. 21 flew, but the majority of historians reject these claims. Whitehead was quoted in a July 26 article in the Minneapolis Journal, credited to the New York Sun, in which he described the first two trial flights of his machine on May 3. Andrew Cellie and Daniel Varovi were mentioned as his financial backers who also assisted in the trial flights. The machine was unmanned and carried 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of sand as ballast and flew to an altitude of 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m) for an 1/8 of a mile (200 m). According to Whitehead, the machine flew a distance of 1/2 mile (790 m) during its second test flight for one and one-half minutes before crashing into a tree. He also explained his desire to keep the location of any future experiments hidden to avoid drawing a crowd who might make a "snap-shot verdict of failure".[2] Drawing in the Bridgeport Herald of No.21 aloft. In an article in the August 18, 1901, issue of the Bridgeport Sunday Herald a reporter states that he witnessed a night test of the machine, at first unpiloted and loaded with sand bags, and later with Whitehead at the controls. The story was reprinted in the New York Herald, the Boston Transcript and the Washington Times, which ran it on August 23, 1901. Within months, the story ran in nine other newspapers in all parts of the country, as far away as California and Arizona.[2] A drawing of the aircraft in flight accompanied the Sunday Herald article. According to Whitehead and a reporter who claimed to have witnessed the event, the monoplane's longest flight was 200 feet (61 m) above ground for one-half mile (0.80 km). Whitehead's supporters say that he made four flights that day, which resulted in conflicting accounts from different witnesses. The conflicts have been used by opponents of the claims to question whether any flights took place. These claims are rejected by mainstream historians. Whitehead did not keep a log book or document his work. In 1980 aviation historian C. H. Gibbs-Smith called the story a "flight of fancy".[5] A minority of commentators have supported Whitehead's claim to have flown the No. 21 and this has caused some controversy. In 2013 an editorial by Paul Jackson in the influential industry publication Jane's All the World's Aircraft credited Whitehead as the first man to build and fly a powered heavier-than-air flying machine.[6] The corporate owner of Jane's subsequently distanced itself from the editorial, stating "the article reflected Mr. Jackson's opinion on the issue and not that of IHS Jane's".[7] Tom Crouch, senior curator of aeronautics for the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution, studied evidence for the alleged flight and in 2016 he issued a strong rebuttal, noting many other authorities who had already done so.[8]”

All an event needs is one truthful witness, not a collection of well-educated crowing at their own credentials and quoting themselves as authorities who were never there and foward in time by a hundred years. Just because a murderer hires a skilled lawyer to present spun evidence and gets off Scott free, doesn’t mean he’s not a murderer. The Wright Brothers (Wrong Brothers) spent an enormous amount of time and energy disparaging Gustave Whitehead makes me hugely suspicious of them and their claims.

I think there’s a great deal of experts around that were never there. I’m always suspicious of critics that keep on quoting themselves as an authority or who are impressed with each other’s credentials. All an event needs is one truthful witness, and Whitehead had over 10 that signed affidavits to him flying in 1901. He may even flown as early as 1899!

That statement caught my attention also!

+warp13 - leon delagrange have one register - the brothers have conversations and newspapers comments without photos or concret proofs.

+warp13 LEON DELAGRANGE OFFICIAL REGISTER IN FAI 1907, WRIGHT BROTHERS HAVE A OFFICIAL REGISTER IN FAI 1908.

+warp13 THE RECOGNIZED 1908 FOR 1903 ATEMPORAL REGISTER THIS REGISTER DON'T EXIST.

+warp13 THE RECOGNIXED 1908 IS A SIMPLE PAPER WITHOUT HOMOLOGATION. ATEMPORAL REGISTER DON'T EXIST.

,+warp13 - PRESENT PLEASE CORROBORATIVES DOCUMENTS USA GOVEENMENT PLEASE

You haven't researched the whole L'Aerophile archive...

+rodolfo scwartzman oh my goodness, I did really believed that there was finally someone doing some research work with whom discuss this stuff. Then I did read your other comments and realized that is you again, Gilberto Barata Troxa Quesito. You just copied the text at wright-brothers.wikidot.com/ What a deception...

+rodolfo scwartzman a very intelligent conversation on your side, congratulations. Do you really need to hide under a fake profile to "prove" your point? Are really necessary the offenses, bad words etc? What a shameful person you are. Get lost. I don't know and I don't care who you are. With such attitude you will never prove your point. I can't imagine Alberto Santos-Dumont talking that way. He will hang himself again if he were to read your comments.

rodolfo scwartzman Fuck off Gilberto.

And you are FUCK WIT.

Sorry please let me know how old was the man, do you know

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