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On 3/10/25 5:13 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:51:43 -0700, Don_from_AZ wrote:
> 
>> The Wright brothers and others were trying to fly like the birds could,
>> right? It doesn't seem surprising to me that they would hit upon wing
>> warping before thinking of ailerons.
> 
> And then they tried to patent the whole idea of controlled flight. So when
> Curtiss came up with articulated control surfaces that didn’t work by wing
> warping, they insisted that this was still covered by their patent.


   Hey, $$$ often outranks Truth !  :-)


> The resulting legal wrangle practically shut down the US aviation
> industry, allowing the Europeans to get an early lead. Until FDR leaned on
> the Wrights to loosen up a bit.

   There was a similar death-match between Tesla
   and Marconi.

   FINALLY resolved, conveniently AFTER Tesla was
   dead ... it was determined that Tesla HAD invented
   the basic tech. But he had no heirs - so Marconi
   didn't have to pay up  :-)