I found a book called  Early Flight  ISBN 1-55521-227-1 at the ten
dollar book store in Semi Valley. It was published in 1987 and it
was a collection of article dating back to 1860.

I found an extraordinary article written in 1911 which was a long
interview with the Wright brothers. It is mostly their words. I was
astounded by their aircraft and aerodynamic knowledge and
predictions of the future of aviation.

I scanned it and compiled it into one pdf.

Here it is.

Paul Lamar

I will have to read that and see if they mention George Spratt and
his control wing ideas, as he was there giving advice.

Steve Carlisle

 In the Smithsonian Museum of Space there is an excellent exhibit on
the accomplishments of the Wright brothers. In the exhibit, beyond
"first in flight", they are credited with a number of developments: •
methodical process for testing (they built their own instrumented
wind tunnel) • re-development of theoretical aerodynamic lift
equations based on test data • study of multiple wing shapes

Here's the interesting part: this happened in ca1906. Eight years
later, 1914, WWI begins with aircraft used for reconnaissance. Not
long after that, fighters, then bombers. Quite a pace of
development.

Regards,


Rob Weinstock


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