Yes there are even pictures of it in the field it crashed in with the then prince of Wales and H G Wells even used the design to illustrate his book War of the Worlds. It was steam powered and ran on what is now Avtur it weighted 7000lbs with 2000 lbs thrust it had 2 axis steam powered gyro servo control and a crew of 3. The backers pulled out after the crash as had spent £60,000, a lot of money at the time. So the Wrights gained from Maxims work and added simplicity and wing warping. Maxim was born in the USA and became a British Subject, I believe he had a state funeral and is buried in Westminster Abbey.