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  A study of the Wright brothers' "third flight photo" "The Blind Leading the Blind" by Peter Breughal the Elder Note from our editors: The typical aviation historian presents the Wright photograph, below, as proof of the third flight, claimed by the Wright brothers on December 17, 1917. Expert examinations of the photo reveal that these historians are blindly accepting its authenticity. We are pleased to provide our readers with an essay by one of our own expert aviation historians to rebut the credibility of the third flight photo if we accept Orville Wright's statements in his diary. Alleged third flight photo of the Wrights brothers,  December 17, 1903? I Wouldn't Stand There If I Were You One of the oddities of the third claimed Wright flight of December 17, 1903, is that the photograph of the event is significantly at odds with Orville Wright's diary description of the same.That's strange, because the diary was, supposedly, written up ...

"T he Blind Leading the  Blind " by Pieter Breughal the Younger The "1903" Wright Photos (Or The Blind Leading the Blind )   Most aviation historians have come to accept without question Orville and Wilbur Wright's story that they made four actual powered flights on December 17, 1903.  Three days before  that, on December 14th, the Wrights said they tried a flight, but it was a failure. We might add that the witnesses make no mention of this Dec. 14 attempt.To back up the first, third, and fourth alleged flights on the 17th, the Wrights eventually presented photos, below, as proof that these three claimed flights occurred. The second alleged flight has no photo. But what do these photos actually show? According to our studies of the photos together with the Wrights' written descriptions of these attempts, they show that they are not what they are claimed to be. If they are indeed photos of alleged flights on December 17th, 1903, what they actually indicate ...

  , The great detective,Sherlock Holmes-- portrayed by Basil Rathbone The Wright brothers--Orville and Wilbur The telegram to Father, Bishop M. Wright An Introductio n      It is frustrating when traditionalist Wright historians use their positions as scholars of aviation to smother legitimate questions about the Wright brothers' claims.      The following contribution is different. It is not, as such, about the history of aviation, but about U.S. cable telegraphy of the early 20th Century. The opinion of aviation historians of whatever status or caliber upon its content and conclusions is brought down to the same level--a level playing field, in fact. No position in aviation "historianship," or lifetime number of aviation books and articles written, bestows the authority to dismiss evidence on the subject of the telegraph.     Its contents are long and detailed because of the need to lay down an absolutely watertight defense...