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Discovering the "stall"

I had read "someplace" that Orville "discovered" the stall here when he crashed. It seems odd now, but the mechanics of flying-but-not-quite-flying may not have been considered except on paper up to that point. I've left a note on the stall (aviation) discussion. Student7 (talk) 14:54, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hum... I have some reliable sources stating that Wilbur Wright came across stalls for the first time in 1901, while flying his second glider. A stall had been the cause of Otto Lilienthal's death in 1896 and, being more or less aware of such fact, the Wrights decided to build their planes in "canard" configuration. This actually helped making recoveries from stalls easier and more gentle, saving the brothers' lives more than once (see here). Instead, the accident at Fort Myer on September 17, 1908 was due to the breaking of a propeller in-flight; the fragments of the propeller damaged the tail, which collapsed and caused a the airplane to dive into the ground (see here). Hope this was helpful (and sorry for my English) --MLWatts (talk) 13:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I just put your research, attributed, on the stall (aviation) page as "history." Thanks for your research! Student7 (talk) 13:38, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Contiguous Military Properties

It is not obvious from the description that not all of the listed 'installations' are contiguous. In fact Ft. Myer (Army), Henderson Hall (Marine), The Navy Annex, The Pentagon, and National Cemetery are contiguous real estate. Ft. McNair, the Wash. Navy Yard, etc. are not.
--Wikidity (talk) 21:15, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]