Sort of makes you admire the Wright Brothers all the more for their inventiveness, perseverance and courage.
If the aerodynamics were so dodgy (remember, it was "state-of-the-art" for its time) their achievement is all the more noteworthy.
Look what has been built on their beginning in less than a century of powered, manned flight! Truly amazing. Now, if they had just stuck to bicycles.....?
"I told Wilbur and I told Orville that thing'll never fly...it's the wrong colour!"