Cooperating was neither their nature, nor Langley's... We could have no more
mixed the three together than oil and water... The Wright's were only able
to work with each other... Even their engine builder, Charley whatzhisname,
said they were a bit strange... Genius does not march to the 'lets all be
social' beat...
Langly needed the hard headed engineering of them to take his good ideas and
strip away the victorian gingerbread that doomed his aerodromes... The
Wright's could have really used his engine builder - but there is no way
they would been able to pay the bills for what he spent on Langley's
engine...

Ain't hind sight wunnerful?

Denny

"Jim" wrote in message
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Hey Denny,
I think that even if they never got any of Langley's grant money,
they might have had even more success if they had been more open minded
and
at least viewed Langley's aircraft (if you can call it that) and it's
engine.