Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but good into the world; that it shall abridge distance, make all parts of the globe… — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
If there be one man, more than another, who deserves to succeed in flying through the air, that man is Mr. Laurence Hargrave, of Sydney, New South Wales. — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
The machine may even carry mail is special cases. But the useful load will be very small. The machines will eventually be fast, they… — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing… — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
If there be one man, more than another, who deserves to succeed in flying through the air, that man is Mr. Laurence Hargrave, of… — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
I believe the new machine of the Wrights to be the most promising attempt at flight that has yet been made. — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
All agreed that the sensation of coasting on the air was delightful. — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
To the possible enquiry as to the probable character of a successful flying machine, the writer would answer that in his judgment two types… — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image