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Old 6th Jun 2014, 23:41
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The Wright brothers quickly rushed to have their flying machines published in various journals. When they did not show anything new they did not have anything new.

"'Some Aeronautic Experiments", Scientific American, pag. 125, Feb. 22, 1902,
see: https://archive.org/stream/scientifi.../search/wright

"DINER-CONFÉRENCE DU 2 AVRIL 1903, M. Chanute à l'Aéro-Club", L'Aérophile, pag. 81-86, April 1903, see: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...=wright.langEN

"LA NAVIGATION AÉRIENNE AUX ÉTATS-UNIS", L'Aérophile, pag. 81-183, August 1903, see: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...=wright.langEN
Detailed drawings of the 1902 glider published in August 1903 in L'Aérophile, see:
(1) http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...=wright.langEN
(2) http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...=wright.langEN
(3) http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...wright.langENn

These are articles that prove the Wright brothers quickly rushed to have their flying machines shown in various journals, as soon as they obtained some results. The August 1903 article in L'Aérophile even mentions the great "secret" of the two brothers, Wing Warping, together with detailed drawings of the 1902 glider, in a moment when the two inventors were not protected by any patent.

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