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Episode #147- Who Was First in Flight? (Part II)

Our Fake History

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Lighter Than Air Flight Is the Fandasiecle

The airship or dirigible balloon seems like a perfect symbol for la balliparc. It takes the leisure activity of ballooning and transforms it into something practical and forward looking. The airplane was fen de siecle, a hard break from the past that presaged a future radical disjuncture or cataclysmic upheaval. Lighter than air flight is la belleipac, and heavier than airFlight is the fandasiecle.

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