The reason Scott is simply because people are still interested. Absolutely nothing wrong with that and historical debate is not a bad thing lest we forget, that is a bad thing.

For those who would use the Wrights catapult launch system as a disqualifier in any 'Who's First' or 'What is Flight' debate, then they would be completely wrong. You see if you do the research the catapult was never used at Kitty Hawk. It was only used much later in the late 1904 and 1905 developments at Huffman prarie.

John