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Hmmm . . don't know about the Brazil thing (I'm not disputing it), but I know the Wright Bros had a lot of problems patenting their flyer - they ended up going to France with it in 1906 - 3 years after their first flight - to prove to the French (Who claimed to be "first in flight") what a <i>real</i> airplane could do. It seems that a French flyer (who's name escapes me) had been flying straight lines a couple of feet off the ground for 10 seconds per flight. When the Wrights took off, and made numerous turns and altitude changes around the field, the French were stunned. They even flew flights up to an hour long.
Yes - the airplane was going to be invented soon without the Wright brothers, but let's give them their credit - what they did in the time they did it was nothing short of amazing. They not only took glider design to the next level, but they invented wing warping for turns, the rudder (to stabilize and sustain turns), the propeller, and even an engine to power the thing. Sure - as was pointed out - they needed a little help to get started down the track, and good weather, but hey - it was 1903, after all.
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