The fierce rivalry that shaped the future of flight
In short: While the Wright Brothers are celebrated as pioneers, their intense legal and technical battle with Glenn Curtiss nearly crippled the infant aviation industry.
This documentary explores the high-stakes competition between the Wright Brothers and Glenn Curtiss. It examines how their groundbreaking inventions and aggressive patent disputes created a period of intense friction that threatened to stall progress, even as their rivalry ultimately accelerated the global advancement of flight.
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