Comments on: Were The Wright Brothers Wrong? http://www.pacificflyer.com/2010/07/were-the-wright-brothers-wrong/ The Voice of Aviation Thu, 10 May 2012 05:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wilson Ghosver http://www.pacificflyer.com/2010/07/were-the-wright-brothers-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-5196 Wilson Ghosver Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:20:04 +0000 http://www.pacificflyer.com/?p=1676#comment-5196 All the facts points Santos Dumont as the real airplane inventor. All the facts points Santos Dumont as the real airplane inventor.

]]> By: Frank E. Merrill http://www.pacificflyer.com/2010/07/were-the-wright-brothers-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Frank E. Merrill Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:41:08 +0000 http://www.pacificflyer.com/?p=1676#comment-1095 When I teach principles of flight I always include a discussion about Wilbur and Orville. While they were not the first to conduct a powered, controlled and sustained flight in a heavier than air craft, the thing that put them in the history books is that they documented their flight with photographs and witnesses. I look forward to reading Mr. Bullmer's book. When I teach principles of flight I always include a discussion about Wilbur and Orville. While they were not the first to conduct a powered, controlled and sustained flight in a heavier than air craft, the thing that put them in the history books is that they documented their flight with photographs and witnesses. I look forward to reading Mr. Bullmer's book.

]]> By: Joe May http://www.pacificflyer.com/2010/07/were-the-wright-brothers-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Joe May Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:08:44 +0000 http://www.pacificflyer.com/?p=1676#comment-1094 This subject has required addressing for a very long time. The Wrights should get credit for what the accomplished. And they would have been the first to say that they stood on the shoulders of others. Then they went a legal route (see the Wright patent fight vs. Glen Curtiss) with clever language which was non specific to the point that birds were joked to have violated the patent. Eventually WW I forced the Wright Co to merge with Glen Curtiss's company. The Wright's led the way into controlled flight, and with engineering science unlike many comtemporaries, but it was Curtiss who most moved aviation ahead in the USA. I summarized all of this in a post called "Wright … or correct?" in http://travelforaircraft.wordpress.com/ Travel for Aircraft Joe May This subject has required addressing for a very long time.

The Wrights should get credit for what the accomplished. And they would have been the first to say that they stood on the shoulders of others. Then they went a legal route (see the Wright patent fight vs. Glen Curtiss) with clever language which was non specific to the point that birds were joked to have violated the patent. Eventually WW I forced the Wright Co to merge with Glen Curtiss's company.

The Wright's led the way into controlled flight, and with engineering science unlike many comtemporaries, but it was Curtiss who most moved aviation ahead in the USA.

I summarized all of this in a post called "Wright … or correct?" in http://travelforaircraft.wordpress.com/

Travel for Aircraft
Joe May

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