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[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 43 points 5 days ago

Orville Wright (of the Wright brothers) also only died 21 year prior and was able to fly on a jet before his death.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Imagine how much pressure that jet pilot was under. The guy who literally invented flying is your passenger

[-] Taldan@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Eh, there were a dozen different guys that invented flight (or were close to it) around the same time. The Wright Brothers were just the ones to successfully defend their patent

The technology had just progressed to a point where fixed-wing flight was viable, so the invention became inevitable

[-] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago

This is the case for a lot of inventions.

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