Re: the comment:<< the brother's own version of events, published in Sep. 1908 (see:
The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane [Orville and Wilbur Wright, The Century Magazine, September 1908] | Library of Congress )>>
This article was actually written by Orville without Wilbur. He fashioned the article to give himself the credit for first flight. It was written by Orville with Katherine's (his sister's) help. Wilbur was abroad at the time and had left instructions for the lesser brother, Orville, to follow for the article. These were ignored. The article was published before Wilbur could object. The LOC Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright clearly show this.
It is an example of more to come, Orville, far less talented, was always trying to upstage Wilbur and did this for the rest of his life. He also worked hard to upstage other aviators and inventors, such as Whitehead.