The Wrights' 1903 Launch: It's All Downhill from Here
Further implications of the impossible perspective visible in the famous “First Flight” photograph. Ed.note: In this essay, a "Truth" valued editor knocks the ball out of the park. “The machine was launched from a monorail track. . . This track was laid in a slight depression, which a few days before had been covered by water. We chose this spot because the action of the water had leveled it so nearly flat that little preparation of the ground was necessary in order to lay the track. The starting end of the track lay a few inches below the end from which the machine lifted into the air." 1 Generations of Wright historians have read the above description of the experiments of December 17, 1903 and, unhesitatingly moved on to the next paragraph, which describes the launch trolley. A more appropriate next action might be to exclaim, “What — in the name of sanity — did they think they were playing at?” Most certainly, as the iconic First Flight photograph (above) undeniabl