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Old 27 February 2010, 06:11 PM   #5
steven brown
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Gentlemen,
Let us not forget the French contribution to pre-war aviation. It's notable that many areonautical terms (aileron, empennage ) derive from the French. Their contribution to WW1 aviation has been greatly underestimated, a fact pointed out to me some time ago by Old Man.
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