(p.234):

"The 1900 Wright machine was designed to be flown as a kite..."

(p.236):

"Kitty Hawk offered steady winds, gently rolling sand slopes, and isolation - three conditions required for what the Wrights described as their "scientific kite flying".





"Scientific Kite Flying" is a term coined long before the Wrights' 1901 experiments, most notably by two of Whitehead's employers, J.B. Millet and Edward I. Horsman.



Gustave Whitehead was hired as Chief Mechanic for America's first aviation organisation - The Boston Aeronautical Society - by the publisher, J.B.Millet. In 1897, Millet was one of three authors who wrote a paper for the publication, "Scientific Kite Flying":

Gustave Whitehead was a member of Edward I. Horsman's "Scientific Kite Flying Team" in 1897: