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Old 3rd Jun 2014, 06:14
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One influence the Wrights had was to virtually stop all aviation research and development in the US
A similar view here Dan...

Greed and the Wright Brothers - NYTimes.com

“By attempting to neuter Curtiss,” Goldstone writes, “the Wrights stifled the development of American aviation.”
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