Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote: Jed you are a good historian too...in which extent was the airplane > patented?
It was patented in 1906. The legal battles over the patent exhausted Wilbur Wright and contributed to his death in 1912 at age 45. See: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Wright_Bros/Patent_Battles/WR12.htm http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/i/Wrights/WrightUSPatent/WrightPatent.html The patent covers only the control system, not the motor or propellers. The propellers were the most difficult component to engineer. - Jed
