I wrote:
> An ordinary person unschooled in aviation science looking at flights by Du > Temple, Langley and Maxim would have great difficulty distinguishing these > flights from those of the Wright brothers. . . . > Langley's successful flights in 1896 were with a large model. They were unmanned. The manned version in 1903 immediately crashed into the water. No one would call that a flight. Langley's manned airplane as built could never have flown, and it had no control. It was later rebuilt by Glenn Curtiss and made somewhat airworthy, and flown briefly in 1914. This was done in a patent dispute with the Wrights. - Jed
