The Wright Brothers? Or should that be the wrong brothers?
Thu 4:39 pm +00:00, 27 Jun 2024
Wright Brothers?
Or Wrong Brothers?
by Miles Mathis
First published June 24, 2024
This is one of the last major iconic events of the 20th century I haven’t hit yet. The flights at Kitty
Hawk in 1903 are said to be the first controlled flights under power in history. But given that we have
found the rest of history to be a fraud, including the later flight of Lindbergh, let’s take a closer look
here. We will start with a famous photo, just for fun.
That gets us in because it is so ridiculous. Why would they ever take a picture like that, or choose to
publish it as proof of anything? That is the glider they built before they added the engine. It doesn’t
look even remotely airworthy, does it, and notice that two of the wooden struts are broken.
Nonetheless, in the subtext at Wikipedia they tell us Wilbur Wright in prone position on glider just after landing, its skid marks visible behind it and, in the foreground, skid marks from a previous landing; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Really? Is that what you see? I don’t see anything in the foreground except maybe some old footprints,
and the marks in the sand behind could have been made by Wilbur climbing aboard. There should be
deep grooves right under Wilbur’s hands from the front sled landing, but we don’t see them. No
scratches from the wingtip either. So this isn’t proof of anything. If anything it acts as disproof. So
not a good start.
I also remind you people may have been flying on gliders for a thousand years or more, so without an
engine this has nothing to do with the question at hand, that being who was the first complete a
powered flight.
Source: http://mileswmathis.com/wright.pdf
