Comments by "Ray Purchase" (@raypurchase801) on "How a steam-powered aeroplane took to the air in England in 1894; long before the Wright brothers" video.

  1. There was a French claim to have been the first. The aircraft was named the Avion, and the French word for an aircraft became "avion" ever since. It ran along some rails, toppled into the air, wobbled about a bit and landed again.
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  2. DAMMIT! I'm an aviation-nerd and I didn't know most of this!
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  3. Good channel.
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  4. Stringfellow was blacque, claims Lenny Henry.
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  5.  @RKIC  I've built a time machine in my shed. It'll make me rich, if ever I can get it to work.
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  6.  @jeremymorrall6750  I've got a full set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, dating to the 1870s. They've got a full section devoted to the coming science of "aerostration". Fascinating. I haven't looked at it for many years. You should read what it said about Africans...
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  7.  @georgehetty7857  C'est vrais!
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  8.  @mark..A  Simon is my teacher.
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