Genius: Planes:Wright Brothers V CurtissGenius: Planes: Wright Brothers V Curtiss S1 Ep4

When Orville and Wilbur Wright build and fly the world's first plane, there's only one problem: no one believes them. Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss begins manufacturing and selling his own planes during this time, making tones of money in the process, and sparking a massive patent war that threatens to destroy the entire aviation industry before it even gets off the ground.

Genius: Planes:Wright Brothers V Curtiss was broadcast on SBS ONE at Monday 16 October 2017, 05:00. This episode was initially placed on Monday 15 August 2016.