During seven crucial days in the spring of 1908, the Wright brothers prepared for what they thought would be a season of secret flights at Kitty Hawk, the culmination of five years spent perfecting their planes. However, they were soon discovered by a host of fast-paced reporters and photographers, which forced the brothers to try to outmart the world press and avoid close scrutiny of their flying machine and its prowess. Within a few days. however, the brothers were catapulted into unwanted worldwide fame as the international press reported their every move using rudimentary telegraphs and early forms of photography. This comedy of errors pursuit of pilots and press resultewd in a series of bizarre and far-fetched news stories splashed across front pages around the world by journalists who knew they had just witnessed a milestone in history and were desperate to get to the story first...