Lawrence Hargrave

The plane is simply abstracting the power stored in the wave by a distant gale, and using it to counteract gravity. And…

— Lawrence Hargrave

My objective is and has been for years to make the lightest and most compact flying machine that would carry me at…

— Lawrence Hargrave

Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull…

— Lawrence Hargrave

“Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to…

— Lawrence Hargrave

And from a poise at this station the plane may swoop down, at great disadvantage if close to the back of the…

— Lawrence Hargrave

To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views,…

— Lawrence Hargrave

The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless…

— Lawrence Hargrave

Bent metal is worse than bent wood and weight for weight is more flexible.

— Lawrence Hargrave

Common sense steps in here and says: Separate the parts you want to be mobile from the parts you want to be…

— Lawrence Hargrave

If you direct your attention to the position of a bird with regard to the wave surface, it will speedily be noticed…

— Lawrence Hargrave

It becomes a giant's task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying…

— Lawrence Hargrave

The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising…

— Lawrence Hargrave

The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe…

— Lawrence Hargrave

The most ordinary conditions for observing sailing birds are then the wind and sea are both aft.

— Lawrence Hargrave

The people of Sydney who can speak of my work without a smile are very scarce.

— Lawrence Hargrave

As to the effect of the wave on the air, we will suppose the water to be quite flat and the air…

— Lawrence Hargrave