As soon as the peak of the new bicycle-selling season was over in the summer, they returned to Kitty Hawk in 1902 with a third design of glider/kite, made more adjustments, especially to the rudder, and learned the hard way how to pilot a device through the air, crashing frequently till they mastered the art. Bit by bit they had put together everything except the motor.
Now this is the definition of a “pilot”.
