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[PA Engineer]

During my first Patent filing, our lawyers gave us a bit of history on the Wright and Patterson patent war. According to them, our government was greatly concerned about the impending war in Europe and national security.

The Patent Pool Solution was not necessarily voluntary. Both the Wright and Patterson groups were placed in an office to work out the details of the patent pool. The US government made clear they were not aloud to leave the meeting until and agreement was reached.

[tanknetter]

The 1903 Wright Flyer ended up spending a few decades on display in France because the Smithsonian kept recognizing the contributions of Samuel Langley to manned powered flight.

Iirc the terms of the plane returning to the US after WWII (it was a miracle it survived) included acknowlegement of the Wrights as the sole creators of manned flight AND the removal of Langley’s prototype (never flown manned) from display, allegedly within a certain distance of the Flyer.

The agreement still stands and if the Smithsonian violates it the Wright Estate can reclaim the aircraft. Langley’s plane is on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, at 26 miles outside the display restrictions that are allegedly part of the agreement.