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  "Truth in Aviation History"   is announcing a soon to be published article:   " The Telegram to Father--Fact or Fiction? "   Our aviation history tells us that on the morning of December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, made four flights at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. These are claimed to be the first manned, heavier than air, sustained, controlled flights in history. In the afternoon of that day, the Wrights tell us that they walked to the weather station at Kitty Hawk, where they could cable their father, Bishop Milton Wright, that they had successfully flown and that they would be home for Christmas. This  famous telegram is displayed as evidence that the Wright brothers' claims are true. But is the story true?  Is the telegram real? The article to follow in the next blog post will address these questions head on --with reliable,  irrefutable evidence. In the meantime, here is an introduction.     An Introd...

Alberto Santos-Dumont and the 14-bis Albert Santos-Dumont's "14-bis" replica in free flight, Brazil, 2006. The Brazilians didn't celebrate the Centennial of Flight in 2003 with a replica of the Wright "Flyer" I like the United States did . Their gala centennial ceremonies were three years later, in 2006, and honored their own Alberto Santos-Dumont with a replica of his pioneer plane, the "14 bis." The Brazilians call Dumont the  "Father of Flight," and claim that he, not Orville Wright, was "the first to fly." So t o the cheers of the 2006 celebrants, t he replica of Dumont's plane lifted up from level ground and flew like a champ. " Alberto Santos-Dumont 1873-1932 Ten years later, in the opening ceremonies of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics , the Brazilians again unveiled  a replica of their aviation hero Santos-Dumont's airplane, the "14-bis." This time, in front of millions of viewers throughout the w...

Fort Meyer, 1908. Orville trying to regain control of the Wright "Flyer" as it plummets to the earth. Lt. Thomas Selfridge, his passenger, was the first fatality from a powered flyer . Moment of impact--Ohio, 2009. The crash of a Wright Flyer replica that critically injured pilot Mark Dusenberry. Looking at the Wright "Flyers,"  T hen and Now "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again  and expecting different results" --attributed to Albert Einstein Even up to the present day, Wright "Flyers" have proven both dangerous and deadly.* As recently as 2011, the crash of a Wright "Flyer" replica tragically killed two pilots, Don Gum and Mitchell Carey. This incident is a continuation of Wright "Flyer" accidents that began years before the Wrights went public with the "flyers" they built in 1908. Trying to fly a  "replica" of a Wright "Flyer" has proven hazardous--and som...

________________________________________________________________ The Wright Flyers' Adventures in Wonderland "Curiouser and curiouser "-- Lewis Carroll ___________________________________________________  Do We Know Where the Real Wright "Flyer" Is? The Answer Is: Not Really. There is little to no believable evidence that the original Wright "Flyers" exist reconstructed anywhere in the world. Claims that they do are based on the narratives of Orville Wright, whose tales have been proven to be questionab le at best and absurd at the very least. P lease see "More 'Errors,' 'Inaccuracies,' and 'Whoppers' by Orville Wright..." in this blog. History can not or should not be written on the word of one or two brother s , both who had a great deal to gain in  fame and fortune by convincing the world and the courts to accept their claims. Their bias goes without saying. ______________________________________________________...