curtiss was not the intuitive scientist that wilbur wright was, but he was an absolutely brilliant innovator and for him to been to history is kind of a crime. after that meeting, that is what caused the wright brothers such animus towards curtiss. and they sued in 1909, as you know and curtiss is off in france, and it is set in what is called in aviation history the patent wars. wilbur, also in 1909 the wright brothers took in a consortium of investors, really rich guys. it was started by j.p. morgan and included the belmont and the vanderbilt and a lot of other very, very wealthy people. but the other investors, just to give you an idea how powerful of j.p. morgan was, the vanderbilt and the belmont's would not invest if morgan did because they thought he would push everybody around. i found a pretty impressive but anyway, the idea was to get wilbur back in to the shop. he was president, or the with vice president, and wilbur simply refused. he pursued his patents case against curtiss, micromanaging it, talking to the lawyers. the last letter before he died was to frederick fish, this pate