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[adamy]

is he really flying that plane over Brazil

 

[Fuu]

 

[Memento]

Oh man...... Oh mannnn... I shouldnt be laughing.

This ceremony taught me that Brazilians think one of their guys was first in flight. Lmao. Team Wright Brothers

You guys are delusional. Santos Dummont ftw and now the whole world knows about your lies bitches!

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Oh shit, I guess I know where the guy from the Final Fantasy IX meme is from now.

 

[fireworkfan]

nbc needs to follow this advice...

 

[Buburibon]

This ceremony taught me that Brazilians think one of their guys was first in flight. Lmao. Team Wright Brothers

After doing some research of my own many years ago, I came to side with the Brazilians on this one. I'm Canadian, by the way.

 

[Hyllian]

 

[Brazil]

Cute.

 

[Kyou]

After doing some research of my own many years ago, I came to side with the Brazilians on this one. I'm Canadian, by the way.

1903 comes before 1906, seems pretty easy

 

[Fuu]

loved him. there's one time where he pulls the glasses down, winks and blows a kiss to the camera, I lol'd irl.

 

[Zero²]

Beijinho pro bolsonaro muahahahah
Amazing

 

[Alebrije]

What is the sign he did with his hand?

 

[Memento]

Am I crazy or was he doing the famoso sinal do Ronaldinho?

 

[isuzu]

omg

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

This speech lol.

 

[Massa]

This ceremony taught me that Brazilians think one of their guys was first in flight. Lmao. Team Wright Brothers

Now you guys need to invent live TV broadcasts.

 

[Memento]

omg

OMG

Now you guys need to invent live TV broadcasts.

O M G

U GUYS ARE KILLING ME STAHP

 

[orthodoxy1095]

This speech is stupid.

 

[Even]

Oh, great... one more Brazilian artist who decided to throw his reputation in the garbage bin...

 

[Buburibon]

1903 comes before 1906, seems pretty easy

Nah, it depends on what you consider an airplane. IIRC, Brazilians claim Dumont was the first to take flight on an airplane that was capable of take-off, in-flight maneuvering, and landing. Whether or not the Americans were the first to set off their flying contraption into wind is not the argument here.

 

[alfredofroylan]

So oiled guy from Tonga has a Indiegogo campaign.

 

[MikeDown]

my god this NBC coverage sucks

 

[Subaru]

Oh, great... one more Brazilian artist who decided to throw his reputation in the garbage bin...

What? Are you really talking about Cateano's reputation and he being against Temer? Lol, you know nothing about Caetano.

 

[Dai101]

 

[Hyllian]

 

[SaintGalgo]

..............brb

 

[Kid Ying]

Fuck the haters
Love my city
That was beautiful

Let's do this

Yep. Rio is a good place. There are a lot of problems that sometimes gets better and sometimes gets even worse, but it still is a good city that will do great.

Let's do this!

 

[hawk2025]

Always wonder if Global Warming deniers watch something like this and just go "NO! This is a LIE!" and turns off the TV.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Nah, it depends on what you consider an airplane. IIRC, Brazilians claim Dumont was the first to take flight on an airplane that was capable of take-off, in-flight maneuvering, and landing. Whether or not the Americans were the first to set off their flying contraption into wind is not the argument here.

1903 was the Wright Flyer I.

By June 1905, they had already created the Wright Flyer III, which was flying for 30 minutes at Huffman Prairie in Ohio (not Kitty Hawk in North Carolina).

In August 1906, Dumont flew the 14-bis. Brazil and France lose.

 

[Delio]

Whew King.

 

[zeemumu]

Always wonder if Global Warming deniers watch something like this and just go "NO! This is a LIE!" and turns off the TV.

They laugh and turn on the AC.

 

[GunBR]

Now you guys need to invent live TV broadcasts.

Oh, great... one more Brazilian artist who decided to throw his reputation in the garbage bin...

 

[Even]

What? Are you really talking about Cateano's reputation and he being against Temer? Lol, you know nothing about Caetano.

Oh, I know a lot about Caetano and I love his music, but let's not pretend he isn't a Dilma Rousseff supporter.

 

[John Rabbit]

my god this NBC coverage sucks

I've been watching the online stream and it's been abysmal. Feel like I saw half the damn performance.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Twitter is having a blast with Tonga guy.

That #Tonga guy had so much oil, U.S wanted to invade him. #OpeningCeremony

All it took was one single man getting shirtless and oiled up to lead his team to make his country known; only in this day and age #Tonga

It makes me happy when lesser-known countries somehow get a chance to shine. #Tonga did it... literally.

 

[Volimar]

This woman singing tho...

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

Annitta omg im in love

 

[Lehow]

1903 was the Wright Flyer I.

By June 1905, they had already created the Wright Flyer III, which was flying for 30 minutes at Huffman Prairie in Ohio (not Kitty Hawk in North Carolina).

In August 1906, Dumont flew the 14-bis. Brazil and France lose.

The thing is, the plane didn't take off by itself. It always needed a catapult to be able to take off while 14 bis could do that by itself.

 

[zeemumu]

All it took was one single man getting shirtless and oiled up to lead his team to make his country known; only in this day and age #Tonga

You hear that, North Korea? That's all it took. THAT'S ALL.

 

[Chichikov]

Nah, it depends on what you consider an airplane. IIRC, Brazilians claim Dumont was the first to take flight on an airplane that was capable of take-off, in-flight maneuvering, and landing. Whether or not the Americans were the first to set off their flying contraption into wind is not the argument here.

Nah, the claim is that the Wright Brothers didn't use wheels and launched from a rail.
You can argue about how much of a real flight was the first famous one Kitty Hawk, but by 1905 the Wright Brothers were able to fly for over 20 miles. Dumont, in 1906, was able only to achieve a small 100 meter hop.
Honestly, this is mostly about the French being butthurt that them uncivilized Americans beat them to first flight, their criteria is arbitrary as fuck, not to mention that The Wright Brothers were way more influential than Dumont.
Honestly, there are better pretenders to that throne than Dumont.

 

[SwolBro]

my god this NBC coverage sucks

this is the worst coverage of an olympic even that i can remember in my life time. what the fuck?

 

[Norwegian_Imposter]

That wasn't a patch on the last 2 opening ceremonies. Way too many lulls in it. Basically felt like take your grandpa to work day.


The flame is amazing but that shouldn't be only what I remember

 

[Memento]

Someone help

Where can I buy the oil from the Tongo guy?

 

[Bubblicious]

Someone help

Where can I buy the oil from the Tongo guy?

Oil?! I'm more interested in what's under the oil 😍

 

[mreddie]

NBC wanted the ceremony in English? Is this true? They think they have the pull?

 

[SwolBro]

Beijing is the GOAT forever. Can't imagine that ever being topped

Yeah, Beijing is going to hold that mantle for a while.

Rio did more with less compared to the ridiculous amounts of money London spent for such a snoozer

 

[Norwegian_Imposter]

Yeah, Beijing is going to hold that mantle for a while.

Rio did more with less compared to the ridiculous amounts of money London spent for such a snoozer

Rio was a snoozer are your crazy. It had history and the ring lifting alone was better than the whole rio one. Rio's was generic as hell imo

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Beautiful ending to the ceremony, but man just like always, NBC coverage sucks so much!

 

[SwolBro]

Rio was a snoozer are your crazy. It had history and the ring lifting alone was better than the whole rio one. Rio's was generic as hell imo

London was terrible for the money they spent, sorry. The only thing i remember from London was a holographic Freddy Mercury, that was the highlight. The rest was terrible.

Rio wasn't bad, the coverage by NBC was what was complete shit.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Nah, the claim is that the Wright Brothers didn't use wheels and launched from a rail.
You can argue about how much of a real flight was the first famous one Kitty Hawk, but by 1905 the Wright Brothers were able to fly for over 20 miles. Dumont, in 1906, was able only to achieve a small 100 meter hop.
Honestly, this is mostly about the French being butthurt that them uncivilized Americans beat them to first flight, their criteria is arbitrary as fuck, not to mention that The Wright Brothers were way more influential than Dumont.
Honestly, there are better pretenders to that throne than Dumont.

Essentially, you could make an arugment of Kitty Hawk vs 14 bis.

You can not make an argument of the Wright Flyer III vs 14 bis.

When I can watch an episode of Friends plus commercials in the air, that's fucking flight.