Boeing 777 surpasses 2,000 orders, extends status as best-selling widebody jet

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Ok, Whitehead looks like a runnerup...and he was also in the US.

Nothing so fancy with powered flight. English invented internal combustion engine, the key to the first powered flight.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Nothing so fancy with powered flight. English invented internal combustion engine, the key to the first powered flight.

Whitehead said he used steam...

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Whitehead said he used steam...

That's still powered flight.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

That's still powered flight.

yes...and...

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

yes...and...

So it's fairly insignificant what Americans did.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

So it's fairly insignificant what Americans did.

ok, to make you happy I will thank my British brothers...and China did what?

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

ok, I will thank my British brothers...and China did what?

As Newton once said, I see far because I stand on the shoulders of giants. All achievements track back to Thales, the first scientist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_of_Miletus

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

As Newton once said, I see far because I stand on the shoulders of giants. All achievements track back to Thales, the first scientist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_of_Miletus

I suppose somehow this guy is part Chinese.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

I suppose somehow this guy is part Chinese.

Who cares?

 

[gambit]

Powered flight was invented by Americans well before Boeing. Boeing was a latecomer.

How come China didn't figure it out first? You had plenty of time. You were probably all excited about seeing a Western chained bicycle or a cigarette lighter nevermind an airplane or car.

Unfortunately, as evident on this forum, practitioners of 'Chinese physics' are still alive and well.