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Quotes from The Early History of the Airplane — Orville Wright

1871–1948 United States

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The distance over the ground was measured and found to be 852 feet; the time of the flight 59 seconds.

The Early History of the Airplane (1908)

Wilbur, having used his turn in the unsuccessful attempt on the 14th, the right to the first trial now belonged to me.

The Early History of the Airplane (1908)

He stayed along beside the machine without any effort.

The Early History of the Airplane (1908)

The time of this flight was fifteen seconds and the distance over the ground a little over 200 feet.

The Early History of the Airplane (1908)

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 and had risen to a height of about two feet.

The Early History of the Airplane (1908)

The ribs in the surfaces of the machine were broken, the motor injured and the chain guides badly bent, so that all possibility of further flights with it for that year were at an end.

The Early History of the Airplane (1908)

Wilbur started the fourth and last flight at just 12 o’clock. The first few hundred feet were up and down as before, but by the time three hundred feet had been covered, the machine was under much better control.

The Early History of the Airplane (1908)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Orville Wright (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.