 Glenn Curtiss in Atlantic City, New Jersey | But by 1910, everything had changed. The Wrights had to fight to survive inthe very industry they had created. In only two years, dozens of competitorshad risen into the air, and, more worrisome for the Wrights, into thebusiness. Competitors were flying wherever and whenever they could. Therewere pilots and machines flying ever faster and farther, and in machinesthat advanced ever closer to the sophistication of the Wrights' designs. TheWrights sued those who got closest to their patent for controllableaircraft. But they also realized they had to appeal to the public to sellairplanes. Against their own best instincts, they formed an exhibition team. |
