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How much did Belfort Instruments pay General Avaition News to
publish it's company line of untruthful BULL-SHIT? And why would
the publishers of General Aviation News just accept as fact the
complete BULL-SHIT that Belfort Instruments Digiwx AWOS
obviously feed them to publish?

General Aviation News NEEDS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
The only question is: WILL THEY?

Company memo that Belfort Instruments needs to write but never will

To: Bruce R. Robinson, Nicholas C. Kaufman, Mark W. Decker, Debra
Alascio, Ralph Petragnani, and any other Belfort employees with their
heads up managament's asses

In a move to restore credibility and reputation to the company,
Belfort Instruments is hereby informing all employees (and that
includes all management) that it must halt the further dissemination
of lies.

For example:
1) The Wright Brothers did not use Belfort
or Friez wind sensors at any time for anything.

The Wright Brothers Relied exclusively on a
Richard's Anemometer to record wind speed and
direction. Here is a history documenting the
definitive proof including a picture of Wilbur
Wright actually using Richard's anemometer.

DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU DIFFERENTLY!

THE HISTORY: Octave Chanute responded to
Wilbur's letter on May 12th, 1901. He suggested
that Wilbur specify whether he wanted to use the
English [Robinson, a cup type] or French
anemometer [Richard of Paris, a rotating vane
type] at the appropriate time. [An anemometer is
an instrument used to determine the wind's
speed. The English anemometer is a Robinson
anemometer, a cup type. The French anemometer is
by Richard of Paris and is a rotating vane type.]

WILBUR WRIGHT TO OCTAVE CHANUTE

Dayton, Ohio, May 17, 1901

As to anemometer we are inclined to think that
we would prefer the nonrecording Richard's
instrument as our chief use for it will be
measuring velocities for very brief periods.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1903

An anemometer, or wind gauge, is an instrument
for measuring the force and speed of wind. The
earliest anemometer was invented by Thomas
Romney Robinson (1793 - 1882). This gauge uses
an arrangement of cups on a spindle to detect
the wind and a series of clockwork connections
to translate the speed of the rotating cups to a
wind speed value. Octave Chanute, the Wright's

French colleague, brought them a later
anemometer made by Richard of Paris.

WRITINGS OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS (Final Prep)

We had a "Richard" hand anemometer with which we
measured the velocity of the wind. Measurements
made just before starting the first flight

(December 17, 1903) showed velocities of 11 to

12 meters per second, or 24 to 27 miles per
hour. Measurements made just before the last
flight (December 17, 1903) gave between 9 and 10
meters per second. One made just after showed a
little over 8 meters.

WILBUR WRIGHT WITH RICHARD'S ANEMOMETER (picture)

http://www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aviators/wright3.cfm

2) Belfort is not 125 year old weather company.

Belfort claims to have been founded in 1876. Yet,
Julien Friez never made it to Baltimore until at
least 1890 according to:

"Julien Pierre Friez (1852-1916) was born in France
and came to the United States at the age of 15. He
worked with Robert Henning in Ottawa, Illinois on
telegraphy equipment, circa 1868; later he was a
foreman for Ottomar Mergentheler, circa 1880-1890.

After leaving Mergentheler, Friez moved to Baltimore
where he set up Belfort Laboratories and began a
manufacture of scientific instruments. He later
acquired an interest in meteorology and did important
work on the design and manufacture of meteorological
recording instruments."

3) Belfort is not the oldest weather company in the
world. Belfort claims to be "The Oldest Weather Company"
yet the earliest anemometer was invented by Thomas

Romney Robinson (1793 - 1882). Mr. Robinson invented
his anemometer in 1846 before Julian Friez even was
born six years later in 1852. That makes Mr. Robinson
the creator of "The Oldest Weather Company in the World."

Bob Gardner · Guest

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Bob Gardner

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