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smoothmoniker · 06-21-2004, 07:10 PM

If you had asked me 10 years ago to put $100 bucks down on who would be the first, I would have picked the Rutans. The comparison to the Wright bros isn't just academic - both sets of brothers are masterful engineers.

-sm

06-21-2004, 07:10 PM	#9
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	If you had asked me 10 years ago to put $100 bucks down on who would be the first, I would have picked the Rutans. The comparison to the Wright bros isn't just academic - both sets of brothers are masterful engineers. -sm