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Old December 25th 03, 05:54 AM
Mary Shafer
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:43:33 -0800 (PST), (Henry
Spencer) wrote:

In article ,
Tony Rusi wrote:
...The right mix of courage and safety considerations is
another important thing to balance. The Wright Bros. killed an army
man, lots of aviation pioneers were killed flying their craft...


More significantly, the Wright Bros. killed Wilbur Wright in 1912.


I thought he died of typhoid.

Orville lived another 36 years but accomplished nothing further of
any real significance.


Did a fair amount of flight instructing.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer