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The Wright Brothers DID Invent the Airplane

Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Aviation & aerospace engineeringWorld history

What it is

A long rebuttal arguing that the Wright Brothers truly invented the airplane, responding to other YouTubers who credit others. It walks through the engineering breakthroughs the Wrights achieved, such as control and wind tunnel work.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters use it as a well-researched account of what the Wrights actually solved, in threads on airplane physics and invention credit.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “This video has a nice delineation of the collection of breakthroughs needed”

    Lays out the breakthroughs the Wrights needed

    mcarmichael, 2024-07 · Recommendation · in “The physics of airplane flight”

  2. “Check out Gregs Airplanes and Automobiles for really well researched aeronautic docs.”

    Well researched documentary on the Wrights

    dj_gitmo, 2025-03 · Recommendation · in “The Wright brothers invented the airplane, right? Not if you're in Brazil”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: wright brothers, first flight, aeronautics, invention credit, wind tunnel

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