Well Simplex - some very knowledgeable guys on here giving you some sound practical information - as Brian posted previously - language useage has changed greatly over the 100+ years,different words/phrasing and even meanings !The technical language of aviation would evolve over the next ten years after 1903 - but it just did not exist in the early 1900's - so people just called and described things in different ways !
I did post yesterday why an exact replica of the 1903 Flyer could not be built to fly - and it has nothing to do with any half ar5ed conspiracy theories !
Have a nice life
