Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 8, 2023 21:59:49 GMT 12
Some terminology from the Oamaru Mail, 27 Sep 1906:
The Aero Club of France has enough faith in the flying machine of the future to christen it in advance. Although no airships without balloon support are yet in use, the club has got a name ready for them when they do come. They are to be called "aeronefs." If the aeronef is propelled by a screw it is a "helicopter." If it is supported by plane surfaces it is an "aeroplane." If it flaps its wings like a bird it belongs to the "orthoptera," the same as grasshoppers. The man who runs a flying-machine heavier than air is not to be called a crank, as he is now but an "aviator." The balloonist alone is an "aeronaut."
