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On 09 Mar 2025 21:56:33 -0400, Rich Alderson wrote:

> The original Tom Swift books date to before Curtiss, so that Tom Swift's
> airplane (or was it still aeroplane?) used wing warping.

Probably. My brother went to college to become an AE when he got back from 
WWII and always said 'aeroplane'. I suppose it was consistent as he spent 
his career in the aerospace industry.