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On May 22, 1906, Orville and Wilbur Wright’s historic patent was granted for “new and useful improvements to the flying machine.” These improvements included using the technique of wing warping to achieve lateral control. The effect that wing warping had on early flying machines is akin to the performance effect of adjusting the wing tips up and down on a paper airplane.
Read more about aviation history, from the Wright Brothers to America’s first jet engine, at GE Reports.