tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431855988816394483.post1480818114390406923..comments2024-03-22T22:08:41.016+11:00Comments on Making Time for Flying: The Robert Brothers' Flying FleaJulienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00981068637782241298noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431855988816394483.post-88564291306562067992009-10-05T21:03:34.370+11:002009-10-05T21:03:34.370+11:00@Ben: Thanks a lot for the link to Making Time for...@Ben: Thanks a lot for the link to Making Time for Flying on <a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/10/04/making-time-for-flying-real-flying/" rel="nofollow">your blog</a> and all the kind words! You really made my day (and a big traffic spike).Julienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00981068637782241298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431855988816394483.post-34752557841263372052009-10-05T21:00:54.871+11:002009-10-05T21:00:54.871+11:00@Chris: you are actually entirely right, Blériot&#...@Chris: you are actually entirely right, Blériot's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9riot_XI" rel="nofollow">Blériot XI</a> aeroplane didn't have ailerons but used wing warping instead for roll control. He didn't have a compass either, but it's not like you can miss England when flying out of Calais anyway.<br /><br />I think what Blériot is usually credited for is the arrangement of elevator and rudder together at the tail end of the aircraft, but I could be wrong here too.<br /><br />There seems to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileron#History" rel="nofollow">quite a bit of controversy</a> actually about who invented ailerons first. The word aileron sounds very French to me (<i>aile</i> means wing in French), so I would go for the Frenchman Robert <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Esnault-Pelterie" rel="nofollow">Esnault-Pelterie</a>. But then again, I may be biased :-)Julienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00981068637782241298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431855988816394483.post-89247796276482532812009-10-03T17:12:30.235+10:002009-10-03T17:12:30.235+10:00There is a book called "QANTAS, By George,&qu...There is a book called "QANTAS, By George," about his life, which was pretty interesting and well worthing searching for.<br /><br />From memory, I think Bleriot's early designs excluded ailerons. He crossed the channel without them :)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012644338018089517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3431855988816394483.post-80456869582119583612009-10-03T09:51:53.090+10:002009-10-03T09:51:53.090+10:00Thanks for these superb insights into another part...Thanks for these superb insights into another part of George's amazing life and times. <br /><br />And for maintaining such an interesting blog, especially for those like me who are very light on our knowledge of GA.Ben Sandilandshttp://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalkingnoreply@blogger.com