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Subject: Re: Wright brother's WERE the first in self powered aircraft.

Author: David Dory

Date: 07:47:38 01/08/04

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On January 08, 2004 at 09:40:58, Ed Trice wrote:

>Hello Dr. Hyatt,
>If your statement was true, I do not believe there would be any form of
>progress. The airplane was patented by the Wright Brothers, and the jet engine
>by someone else.
>
>Was not flight via an internal combustion engine pre-existing?

No. As a matter of fact. The Wright brothers were the first EVER to fly a self
powered aircraft. Naturally, their aircraft used an internal combustion engine,
not a jet engine.

>
>What about the microwave oven? Were not conventional ovens exisiting, in some
>form or other?
>

No, Ed, microwave ovens do not work anything like conventional convection ovens.

Dave



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