"If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.“

-Orville Wright

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"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 flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe."

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"The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center."

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"In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power."

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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."

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"I hope everybody's had fun, because I've enjoyed my ride. I can tell you that. Now it's time to step aside and let some other young kid come in and win. Hopefully, they will, too."

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