[Kreuze]

A Revisionist History of Human Flight:

In 1901, 2 years before the Wright Brothers made their historic first flight at KittyHawk, Clayton Howard III (through clever use of his arms as a glider and an occasional kick of his legs to steer or propel himself,) became the first man to fly in a controlled manner. Mr. Howard was a pioneer in the field of fasion as well, often credited as the first man to wear white dress pants. Sadly the history books of our time fail to recognize his achievements.



[edit]
Oh yeah, Comments, Crits, Anything, very welcome

Thanks -JK


[This message has been edited by Kreuze (edited March 22, 2001).]

[tayete]

Well, in 1792 a Spanish inventor (if in that age they could be called like that) flought 360 meters in a controlled way. He falled because one of the wings broke in the air. (first non-motor flight)
In 1897, another Spanish scientist used a motor in conjunction with some wings, to fly over the city of Barcelona.(first motored flight)
None of them have been recognized until recent years, and I only know the Spanish aviation history, I guess there are more countries with forgotten people who flought before the Wight brothers, and the examples I've posted.

About the pic: I like it!!! You should have put the machine at the background!

[sacrelicious]

tayete- um, the joke here is that he flapped his wings and flew like a bird. Unless I'm an idiot- and that's a distinct possibility.

------------------
What is your obsession with my forbidden closet of mystery?

[Kreuze]

Yeah, it isn't serious, the (fictional?)Clayton Howard III is flying all by himself :-) The idea really was that with history, especially longer ago, you can never really know what's the truth. And some gets told, some doesn't. I compared him to the Wright Brothers because of their great fame (at least in the US.)
Now that you mention though it it seems like it would be a lot of fun to make up a flying machine and try to attach it to him in this pic, maybe next time I feel like drawing

Anyway ignoring the story and back to the image, comments on how you like it (too weird, too normal?, well drawn, poorly drawn?)/how it could be improved are appreciated. (And, of course, further discussion of the History of Human Flight is welcome too.)

[edit]grammar


[This message has been edited by Kreuze (edited March 22, 2001).]

[tayete]

Sorry, this stress is killing me...I usually distinguish quite well between fiction and reality, but this time...I bluffed it. I feel like an stupid.

Well, at least you have learnt something more about aviation in Spain

[-- Transcendent --]

It's definetely well drawn - great work.

I feel the composition is a little awkard, however, since his legs are truncated - but composition is so subjective, it could just be me.

[Kreuze]

tayette: It's interesting how what someone expects reading something can cause it to be read in a different way. Even though I didn't expect it at the time, I can easily see how this could be seen as a serious post.

Transcendant: Thanks.
I thought of changing it so you could see his feet when finishing it, then decided I could probably get away with it. But now that I look at it I can't fight the idea that he's actually standing on the bow of the Titanic Although I kinda like the broader range of possible interpretations from not knowing if he's standing on something.

[This message has been edited by Kreuze (edited March 25, 2001).]