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Had Quotes by Orville Wright
- When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the…
- In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.
- In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing…
- No data on air propellers was available, but we had always understood that it was not a difficult matter to secure an efficiency of 50%…
- One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track…
- With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first…
- With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or…
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