On 29/04/2015 02:19, Byker wrote:
> "PVK" wrote in message
> news:avGdnc2ulrDDhN3InZ2dnUVZ7sCdnZ2d@giganews.com...
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>> it was the French who gave us the words aileron and fuselage, in their
>> aeronautical contexts.
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> As well as "empennage" (tail assembly).
Indeed. And 'canard' too, where the elevators are in front of the main
wings. French word, but were the French first to use it ?
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