[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

Slightly OT, but important to this thread; Unfortunately Crumpp's "historical analysis" is seriously flawed - the British, with the likes of William Lanchester, were pioneers in laying down scientific principles for aeronautics, as shown by this extract: http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.o...t/61/1/39.full

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I would have though that someone who is supposed to be a graduate of aeronautical engineering would have known of William Lanchester:http://www.guggenheimmedal.org/Pages...aspx?Year=1931

This is being disingenuous; your argument is flawed. The fact that someone didn't mention Lanchester when discussing a subject that was mostly unrelated to him doesn't mean that that person has never heard of Lanchester.