Richard Pearse

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Richard Pearse#630

By Proctor - 05 Mar 2003 06:20

- 05 Mar 2003 06:20 #630

This is my tribute to Richard Pearse. A New Zealander, he was the first man to succeed in controlled powered flight, and almost two years before those wannabes the Wright brothers. But seeing as he wasn't the most social man, and everyone thought he was crazy, news of it didn't reach London until a couple of months afterwards.

#657

By Adrien - 05 Mar 2003 13:09

- 05 Mar 2003 13:09 #657

And what about Clement Ader that everybody forgot?

:roll:

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#1023

By Proctor - 07 Mar 2003 03:00

- 07 Mar 2003 03:00 #1023

Clement Ader? Never heard of him. I assume he is another 'first man to achieve powered controlled flight', but didn't have a big enough ego to get famous for it.

#1049

By Necro99 - 07 Mar 2003 05:57

- 07 Mar 2003 05:57 #1049

What. The. Hell. Is. THAT???!
:evil:

TYPICAL S-E.COM TOPIC
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Newbie: OMG U NAZI!111
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Mod: U racist! *lock*

#7071

By CasX - 11 Apr 2003 07:15

- 11 Apr 2003 07:15 #7071

Ok, I only just noticed this.

An important point is that Richard Pearse was the first person in the world to fly.

Another important point is that though it was powered flight, it wasn't controlled flight.

Proctor wrote:he was the first man to succeed in controlled powered flight

Pearse himself said he never achieved "controlled" powered flight because he crashed.

Richard Pearse is one interesting character.

- he made his whole plane himself - down to every last nut and bolt!
- his plane was far more advanced than the Wright brothers', and resembled a modern plane much more.
- He died in a mental institution (in the 1940's I think), still obsessed with flight.

#7082

By Proctor - 11 Apr 2003 10:04

- 11 Apr 2003 10:04 #7082

CasX wrote:Pearse himself said he never achieved "controlled" powered flight because he crashed.

*laughs to himself*

All humour aside, he might have crashed just be because he was a shitty pilot, rather than not being able to control it. Which is fair enough when your the first in the world! Ahem.

#7093

By Adrien - 11 Apr 2003 11:36

- 11 Apr 2003 11:36 #7093

Bah, here also no one cares about Clement Ader.

If i remember well he didn't really fly, he and his machine made a 50 meters trip at 20 centimeters from the ground, that was in 1890 after search.

This guy is mostly important because he invented our word for plane (Avion). Apparently he also installed the first phone network in Paris, and invented an ancestor of the tire for the ancestors of bicycles.

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