What exactly did Ernest Archdeacon say about the Wright brothers in 1908?
I really should charge a fee for research, but Archdeacon is quoted as saying:
For a long time, the Wright brothers have been accused in Europe of bluff...They are today hallowed in France, and I feel an intense pleasure ... to make amends.
This is quoted in
The Wright Brothers: Beyond the First Flight and I can't cite the source, because the footnotes aren't visible in Google preview. Archdeacon may, of course, have spoken in French. If you doubt this, the burden of proof is on you, oh simple one, and I hope you can come up with something more interesting than that Archdeacon was bribed to become part of the conspiracy. ? The Masons ? The Illuminati ? Alien Reptilian Overlords ?