The flight was received with suspicion at first

One of the interesting facts about Orville Wright is that the flight was initially received with suspicion. Skeptics in the European aviation community attacked the Wright brothers in the press in 1906. They were openly derided by European newspapers, particularly those in France, who called them con artists. Despite the published accounts, Ernest Archdeacon, the Aéro-Club de France's founder, openly mocked the brothers' claims. He claimed in particular that "the French will conduct the first public demonstration of motorized flying" in a number of articles he authored in 1906. Paris Edition of The New York Herald. The Wright Brothers' reputation in Europe was summed up in an editorial on February 10, 1906: "Whether the Wrights had flown is up for debate. Either they had a machine or they didn't. Actually, they are con artists or liars".

Few people were there for the original trip, and despite eyewitness accounts, few people were aware it had taken place. The media received minimal attention as a result of the two brothers' secrecy and desire to keep their ideas hidden. When the information was made public, there were, nonetheless, numerous skepticisms. After the Wrights' maiden flight in France in 1908, the Archdeacon publicly acknowledged that he had treated them unfairly.