Talk:The Wright Brother's Wright Flyer/@comment-24588058-20170724064856

So, I was watching the newest Ancient Aliens on the history channel, and it was talking about how advanced the Indian texts appeared to be for their time period. I don't remember all of the details, but I do recall one thing that caught my attention. Shivkar Bapuji Talpade had invented the modern aircraft eight years before the Wright brothers, at least according to some. He based the designs off of some very old texts, and the test apparently went farther and higher than that of the Wright Brothers. It's debated whether or not it actually happened, but they did test the design with a small scale aerodynamic test, which showed that the ship, while much different in appearance than others which would be built later, would actually have lift and could feasibly fly.