--- title: "6 Flight Quotes By Simon Newcomb" description: "6 Flight quotes by Simon Newcomb. Plus more from Simon Newcomb and more Flight sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/simon-newcomb-16581_aerial_aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-pr_275911.png" --- > [Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-problems-with-which-men-will/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/simon-newcomb-16581_aerial_aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-pr_275911.png) > [Construction of an aerial vehicle which can carry even a single man . . . requires the discovery of some new metal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/construction-of-an-aerial-vehicle-which-can-carry-even-a-single-man/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/simon-newcomb-16581_construction_construction-of-an-aerial-vehicle-which_403187.jpg) > [Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-problems-with-which-man-will/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/simon-newcomb-16581_able_aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-pr_1430120.png) > [Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/flight-by-machines-heavier-than-air-is-unpractical-and-insignificant/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/992/simon-newcomb-16581_air_flight-by-machines-heavier-than-air-is-u_2196618.png) > [Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-problems-with-which-man-will-2/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/simon-newcomb-16581_able_aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-pr_2266762.jpg) > [The mathematician of to-day admits that he can neither square the circle, duplicate the cube or trisect the angle. May not our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/the-mathematician-of-to-day-admits-that-he-can-neither-square-the/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1e/simon-newcomb-16581_aerial_the-mathematician-of-to-day-admits-that_2519978.jpg) ## Other authors on Flight ## More by Simon Newcomb > [If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/if-my-impressions-are-correct-our-educational-planing-mill-cuts-down/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/though-born-in-nova-scotia-i-am-of-almost-pure-new-england-descent/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-problems-with-which-men-will/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/one-hardly-knows-where-in-the-history-of-science-to-look-for-an/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [Until I was four years old I lived in the house of my paternal grandfather, about two miles from the pretty little village of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/until-i-was-four-years-old-i-lived-in-the-house-of-my-paternal/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/one-of-the-most-beautiful-hypotheses-ever-propounded-in-physics-is/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [Construction of an aerial vehicle which can carry even a single man . . . requires the discovery of some new metal or force.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/construction-of-an-aerial-vehicle-which-can-carry-even-a-single-man/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/james-edward-oliver-might-have-been-one-of-the-great-mathematicians/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/a-suggestion-had-been-made-to-me-looking-toward-a-professorship-in/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/my-father-followed-during-most-of-his-life-the-precarious-occupation/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [In 1858 I received the degree of D. S. from the Lawrence Scientific School, and thereafter remained on the rolls of the university as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/in-1858-i-received-the-degree-of-d-s-from-the-lawrence-scientific/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/the-result-was-that-if-it-happened-to-clear-off-after-a-cloudy/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/in-1860-a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun-was-visible-in-british-america/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/what-we-now-call-school-training-the-pursuit-of-fixed-studies-at/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) > [As the existence of a corps of professors of mathematics is peculiar to our navy, as well as an apparent, perhaps a real, anomaly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/as-the-existence-of-a-corps-of-professors-of-mathematics-is-peculiar/) [Simon Newcomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-newcomb/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flight/simon-newcomb/#itemlist", "name": "6 Flight Quotes By Simon Newcomb", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Simon Newcomb" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-newcomb/aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-problems-with-which-men-will/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/simon-newcomb-16581_aerial_aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-pr_275911.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/simon-newcomb-16581_aerial_aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-pr_275911.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/simon-newcomb-16581_aerial_aerial-flight-is-one-of-that-class-of-pr_275911.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.” — Simon Newcomb", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Construction of an aerial vehicle which can carry even a single man . . . requires the discovery of some new metal or force. 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