There patent was worded in a way to protect the Wrights. I'm sorry it does not comport to your understanding.
and
there is a very nice book, called:
How We Invented the Airplane. An illustrated history. BY ORVILLE WRIGHT
Published, even listed with an ISBN 0-486-25662-6
It must ache you megan and others but there is the book. By the first flyer his own self.
CIP 87-33037
I'm glad you are all for doctoring history in your own way. It is amusing.
So thanks for all the good laughs folks. Just suck it up and motor on.