excessively good article ["Slipping the snappish Bonds.

excessively good article ["Slipping the snappish Bonds," December 2002], very well researched. However, the Wright brothers didn't build or piece together their admit engine. They tried to contract it to other firms, mostly of whom weren't interested in a flying machine or couldn't generate the exact requirements of a 12-horsepower engine. In fact, united of their employees, Charles Taylor, built the engine in his spare time. Taylor was, in reality, the first horde chief and, except for the annual Federal Aviation Administration Charles Taylor award, remains in relative obscurity.

Master Sgt John Wolf pontiff Air Force Base, N.C.

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