Thanks Haraka, about what I figured! next time I visit the museum I will look out for it.
Until then, how would you say it compares with the description in the University of Houston article posted earlier?
In the end, computer modeling shows that the Wright's propeller design was almost optimal for their low airspeeds. Old photos of propellers from the not-quite-successful airplanes of people like Samuel P. Langley, Gustave Whitehead, and Hiram Maxim all show the same primitive flaring triangular shape. Those airplane-makers were nowhere close to their contemporaries, the Wright Brothers.
And may I ask whether or not you agree with this statement?
And so, while people try to challenge the Wright Brothers' priority, the vast base of solid engineering continues to tilt in their favor -- detail by detail. Did they invent the airplane? Oh yes indeed. I think we can safely say they really did.
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