The biggest controversy surrounding the Wright brothers is whether they
were actually the first to fly. I gather New Zealand has a prior claim
with Richard Pearse.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/pearse1.html
http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/pearse.html
But claims of 'first' are always
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Item 23 in this newsletter, Pathological Skepticism by Bill Beaty, is
incorrect about the nature and the chronology of the controversy between
the Smithsonian and the Wright brothers. Langley himself had nothing to do
with it. As far as I know, he accepted the Wright's claims. He died in
1906,
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