http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2007/08/02/the-russian-air-force-museum-at-monino-pt-6/ Russia History Culture Technology (and, of course, Aviation) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:10:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2007/08/02/the-russian-air-force-museum-at-monino-pt-6/comment-page-1/#comment-17516 Dictatorship of the Air » Q: Who invented the airplane? Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:05:22 +0000 http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2007/08/02/the-russian-air-force-museum-at-monino-pt-6/#comment-17516 [...] Still, to this day, some official Russian publications (and the history exhibition at the Russian Air Force Museum in Monino) maintain that Mozhaiskii’s creation is, in fact, the world’s first airplane. No doubt, much of the support for this claim derives from the fact that Mozhaiskii’s device looks somewhat more like a modern airplane than did the Wrights’ design. [...] [...] Still, to this day, some official Russian publications (and the history exhibition at the Russian Air Force Museum in Monino) maintain that Mozhaiskii’s creation is, in fact, the world’s first airplane. No doubt, much of the support for this claim derives from the fact that Mozhaiskii’s device looks somewhat more like a modern airplane than did the Wrights’ design. [...]

]]> http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2007/08/02/the-russian-air-force-museum-at-monino-pt-6/comment-page-1/#comment-12893 Brett Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:41:33 +0000 http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2007/08/02/the-russian-air-force-museum-at-monino-pt-6/#comment-12893 Thanks for the whole series, it's been fascinating even though (or especially because!) I'm unlikely to ever see it myself. Thanks for the whole series, it’s been fascinating even though (or especially because!) I’m unlikely to ever see it myself.

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