Title: Enlightening and enjoyable
Product review: I found this book to be a very fast and enjoyable read. The book is written in a manner that made me long to find out what happened next, I didn't want to put it down.Much has been said in other reviews about about the merits of the Wright's patents and the author's "bias" against the brothers from Dayton. No doubt the Wrights were first to demonstrate that heavier than air flight was possible. However, there is also no doubt that any technical superiority the Wright Flyer enjoyed was short lived. The Wright brothers litigation was allowed to languish in the courts only until the outbreak of WWI, at which time the U.S. military was eager to get its hands on the far superior planes being built by Curtiss.I strongly recommend this book. "Unlocking the Sky" will likely inspire you to read other books on the history of early aviation. After doing so, you can draw your own conclusions about the conrtibutions of Curtiss and the Wright brothers.
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