Quotes From Orville and Wilbur Wright

The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power.

We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power.

We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

We were then satisfied that, with proper lubrication and better adjustments, a little more power could be expected. The completion of the motor according to drawing was, therefore, proceeded with at once.