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- History_by_Contract abstract "History by Contract, published in 1978, is a book written by early aviation researchers Major William J. O'Dwyer, U.S. Air Force Reserve (ret.) and Stella Randolph, about aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead. The book, containing primary source documents, focused on an agreement between Smithsonian and the estate of Orville Wright that stipulates recognition of the Wrights as first to fly in order to retain the Wright Flyer. History by Contract purports to offer evidence that the Smithsonian Institution deliberately ignored Whitehead's aeronautical work, due to upholding the Wright brothers as the first to achieve successful manned, powered, sustained and controlled flight, per their agreement. Writer Frank Delear stated in an article that "The book accused the national Air and Space Museum (NASM) of an apparent conspiracy of silence interspersed with behind-the-scenes demeaning of Whitehead's efforts. The net result, O'Dwyer and Randolph alleged, made Whitehead a virtual nonentity in aviation annals."History By Contract recapped the evidence and material available in two earlier books about Whitehead by Randolph, as well as adding statements and affidavits concerning alleged flights by Whitehead.After what O'Dwyer described as secrecy and denials about the existence of a Smithsonian-Wright Agreement, O'Dwyer obtained a signed copy of the Smithsonian-Wright "Agreement" in 1976, with the help of then-Senator Lowell Weicker. Fox News reported the matter on April 1, 2013. The Smithsonian said that the agreement was put in place not to hide Whitehead's aviation experiments but to prevent the re-occurrence of a mistaken emphasis in the 1910s by the Smithsonian on the experiments of Samuel Pierpont Langley, identifying the 1903 Langley Aerodrome as the "first airplane capable of flight" even though it had not actually flown.The Smithsonian Institution issued a release, written by Senior Curator Tom Crouch, on the matter on March 15, 2013, which read, in part "The contract remains in force today, a healthy reminder of a less than exemplary moment in Smithsonian history. Over the years individuals who argue for other claimants to the honor of having made the first flight have claimed that the contract is secret . It is not. I have sent many copies upon request. Critics have also charged that no Smithsonian staff member would ever be willing to entertain such a possibility and risk losing a national treasure. I can only hope that, should persuasive evidencefor a prior flight be presented, my colleagues and I would have the courage and the honesty to admit the new evidence and risk the loss of the Wright Flyer."".
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- History_by_Contract author "William J. O'Dwyer, Stella Randolph".
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- History_by_Contract pubDate "1978".
- History_by_Contract publisher "Fritz Majer & Sohn".
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