Former Vice President Gore invented the airplane, along with the Internet. While we are at it - the media and everybody else is getting it wrong. It's the 100th anniversary of powered flight, not aviation. Aviation itself goes back at least as far as the 1700's with hot air balloons. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis W Zeuch" <DZTOPS@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 18:32 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Who Invented the Airplane? > Gee, I recall back during the 'cold war' the Russians claimed that they of > course invented the airplane, telephone, television, etc etc etc > Kinda liked Nikita though, dz