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Posted: 05 Jan 2007, 18:04
by steve p
Ben Watson wrote:They may be using the Ireland (as in Republic of) rather than Island of. I've heard of Ferguson before, infact there is mention of him in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
Think there's a statue of him in Limavady Ben, so I would imagine he comes from round there.
Best wishes
Steve P
Posted: 05 Jan 2007, 18:14
by Garry Russell
But of course the question is when did he make his second flight ?:think:
Maybe he sat at the landing field and waited for Aer Lingus to be invented :think:
Garry
Posted: 05 Jan 2007, 18:15
by Motormouse
he he, question 2 is er, slightly trick maybe, (but correct),
although the first man to fly an aeroplane in Ireland, he wasn't succesful,
as co-designer/builder of the Ferguson Monoplane, he crashed it on its' first flight.
And Garry is thinking on the right track there..
ttfn
Pete