Talk:Early flight

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[edit] Merge

This article seems to be duplicating (a) the first flying machine article which deals with controversy over early flying machines and (b) the list of early flying machines. Furthermore IMO it is inappropriately named because it deals with early mechanical flight rather than, as one might suppose, pterosaurs, Archaeopteryx and the like. Perhaps it should be merged into the first two named articles. Nurg 06:22, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] EOY?

In the third section of the table, there is a header, "Post E.O.Y. 1903". What does that mean? Freekee 03:08, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand it either so I removed it. Probably written by somebody who wanted to clearly mark the point in time when Wright Brothers flew 260m. As we can understand now, a hundred years later, there where probably others who flew before the Wright's. Their 260m flight was not such a unique event as a lot of people still think. (Roger J.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.249.177.39 (talk) 06:23, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Text after the tables

I have added a division into different era's after the tables. Let's see what other editors of this article think of that. (Roger J.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.249.177.39 (talk) 18:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)