Vienze Ziction

In January 1905, more than a year after the Wrights had first flown, Scientific American carried an article ridiculing the 'alleged' flights that the Wrights claimed to have made. Without a trace of irony, the magazine gave as its main reason for not believing the Wrights the fact that the American press had failed to write anything about them.

Reporter comes to Kitty Hawk, NC, in 1903. He asks a local, "What's that buzzing sound coming from the sky?" Local replies, "It's those crazy Wright Brothers. They think they can fly."