The first person to understand that the Wright Brothers had solved the various problems of heavier-than air human flight was not an academic, a member of the military, nor person from the government, but rather Amos Root, the owner of a small company that made beekeeping equipment in Medina, Ohio. Outsiders sometimes see things more clearly.
I'm an IT manager, woodworker, gardener, and farmer's son from Ohio who has some thoughts. This is my place to say them, without interference.