Editing Joystick (section)

== Origins ==
The name ''joystick'' is thought to originate with early 20th century French pilot [[Robert Esnault-Pelterie]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Zeller | first = Tom Jr. | title = A Great Idea That's All in the Wrist | newspaper = New York Times | date = 2005-06-05 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/weekinreview/05zeller.html?ex=1275624000&en=127d9054b0921b1d | access-date = 2006-09-07 }}</ref> There are also competing claims on behalf of fellow pilots [[Robert Loraine]], [[James Henry Joyce]], and [[Arthur Edward George|A. E. George]]. Loraine is cited by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' for using the term "joystick" in his diary in 1909 when he went to [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to learn to fly at [[Louis Blériot|Blériot's]] school. George was a pioneer aviator who with his colleague Jobling built and flew a biplane at Newcastle in England in 1910. The George and Jobling aircraft control column is in the collection of the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Joysticks were present in early planes, though their mechanical origins are uncertain.<ref>{{cite web | last = Quinion | first = Michael | title = Questions & Answers: Joystick | publisher = [[World Wide Words]] | date = 2004-07-17 | url = http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-joy1.htm | access-date = 2006-09-07 }}</ref> The coining of the term "joystick" may actually be credited to Loraine, as his is the earliest known usage of the term, although he most certainly did not invent the device.