Wright Brothers No Longer “First in Flight”

[yulzari]

First manned flight? George Cayley's coachman 1853.

 

[Readie]

Revere was captured at Lincoln by the British, so yes...technically, he never made the complete trip...

And his horse was "donated" to the British after they made it obvious that doing so would be good for his health...

We are good at making offers that you can't refuse

 

[GrauGeist]

We returned the favor on a few occasions between 1777 and 1812

 

[Readie]

We returned the favor on a few occasions between 1777 and 1812

You did But, think of the fighting genes we gave you young Americans.
Had we had a stronger King and a more, er aware PM things may have been different. But, the French were playing up and needed a lesson and not even the English can fight the world at the same time.
Although, having said that we feel that we have and still do to some degree....

 

[GrauGeist]

Let us not forget Baron Von Steuben and his Prussian cohorts

 

[Readie]

Let us not forget Baron Von Steuben and his Prussian cohorts

Never heard of them


haha...

The French were probably top of the tree with their army at the time. I thought Blücher led the Prussians....