In responce to
pusher:
Forgotten Silver was a hoax. But Richard Pearce was a real person, and did fly, but was not filmed. And there seems to be doubt over things like how far he flew, and if he did it before the Wright Brothers (they both flew in the same year).
Some more detailed info on Richard Pearce.
- http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/pearce1.html
- http://www.auckland-airport.co.nz/pearse.html
- http://www.infocus.co.nz/temuka/pearse.htm
- http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/Pearse/Pearse.html