[Coco] [Color Computer] Burt Rutan

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/24/04 6:51:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
neilsmorr at hotpop.com writes:

> Many sites claim he was the first man to fly a heavier than air craft but I
>  am not sure that can be conclusively proven yet. There was someone in 
Canada
>  as well IIRC. The Wrights were careful to document their achievements.

Thanks for the URL.
The Wrights even had someone there to take a picture!  That famous photo of 
the first flight is as much a landmark in the history of photography as it is 
of aviation!

Of course toady, with Adobe Photoshop almost everywhere, you couldn't prove a 
darn thing with a photo.... Mike K.