It is stated that claims made by Australian publicists on Hargrave's behalf are based on inadequate knowledge both of aeronautical history and of Hargrave's own work; Hargrave did not "invent airplane" and did not make first heavier-than-air apparatus to fly; that distinction belongs to STRINGFELLOW; he did not discover principles of heavier-than-air flight, for which credit is accorded to George CAYLEY. From Australian Quarterly Mar 1940.


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    Title :

    Lawrence Hargrave: Myth and fact in aeronautical history


    Additional title:

    Engineering


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Engineering ; 150 , n 3886


    Publication date :

    1940


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :