“It is certainly true that if not the Wrights, somebody else would have invented the airplane in the early years of the 20th century.
This is a totally mind-numbingly, consummately, inept statement - demonstrating a total lack of appreciation or comprehension of the developmental process.
"Invented the Airplane"
Back to populist and simplistic "Barnum and Bailey" hogwash.
(Apart from the ongoing ignorance of not being capable of comprehending the reasoning behind the derivation of the grammatically correct term "Aeroplane")