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Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician. After you once know the trick and know what to look for you see things that you did not notice when you did not know exactly what to look for.

— Orville Wright Birds in Our Lives (1966)

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

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.

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He stayed along beside the machine without any effort.

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

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